Information Technology - Enterprise Principal Architect Corporate Systems

The Role

As the Principal Enterprise Architect, you will:

• Translate corporate strategy and business transformation goals into actionable architecture blueprints that balance ambition with operational readiness and ensure architecture investments deliver tangible business value.
• Lead the multi-year architecture strategy and roadmap for Aritzia’s corporate systems domain — spanning Finance & Legal Tech, People & Culture Tech, SAP ERP, and cross-functional enterprise platforms — ensuring alignment with Aritzia’s corporate objectives and investment priorities with clear, sequenced outcomes.
• Drive modernization across the Finance, Legal, and People & Culture Technology domains, ensuring flexibility and future-readiness.
• Lead the architecture vision for modernizing SAP ECC, including the strategic migration to S/4HANA.
• Architect robust, scalable integration patterns between SAP, HR, Finance, Legal, and enterprise data platforms—defining a cohesive integration strategy that spans API-led connectivity, event-driven architectures, middleware (EDI, iDoc), and cloud integration platforms (SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, or equivalent).
• Evaluate and rationalize enterprise SaaS platforms to reduce vendor sprawl, improve capability alignment, and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Establish and maintain organizational architectural standards to ensure new solutions are secure and scalable.
• Mentor enterprise architects and senior engineers across the organization, elevating architectural thinking, technical quality, and the discipline of translating business problems into well-reasoned technology strategies.

Qualifications

• Proven skills, certifications, education, and/or experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent. Advanced degree is an asset.
• SAP certification in one or more relevant modules (FI/CO, MM, SD, HCM) preferred.
• TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent enterprise architecture framework certification is an asset.
• Experience with retail or vertically integrated business models is strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, ERP delivery, or IT strategy, with significant tenure in complex, multi-system environments. At least 5 years in a principal or lead architect capacity with direct accountability for architecture strategy across multiple corporate functions.
• Deep expertise in enterprise ERP architecture, including SAP ECC and S/4HANA, with experience leading full lifecycle ERP transformations in complex, multisystem environments.
• Strong working knowledge of core ERP capabilities across Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Procurement, with an understanding of customization tradeoffs, technical debt, and modernization paths.
• Proven experience designing enterprise integration architectures using APIs, event driven patterns, EDI/iDocs, and cloud integration platforms.
• Solid grounding in master data management, data governance, and ERP centric data architecture.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms and modern application delivery practices in hybrid on prem/cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute multiyear architecture visions and transformation roadmaps that balance long-term integrity with delivery realities.
• Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise transformations, including vendor evaluation, systems integrator oversight, and change navigation.
• A commitment to learn, apply, champion and enrich Aritzia's Values and Business and People Leadership principles.

Compensation

The range for roles at this level is $200,000 - $400,000 per year. Total compensation may include base, bonus and/or equity depending on the role, which has the potential to be greater than this range. With comprehensive benefits, aspirational workspaces, and elevated perks and experiences — we provide it all.