16 Oct
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Nutrien
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Calgary
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.The Domain Enterprise Architect - Downstream is accountable for the architecture of Nutrien's Retail and grower-facing business domain. The role connects business strategy, customer and grower outcomes, value streams and capabilities to information, applications, and technology; maintains the domain target state and transition roadmap; and provides architecture direction before significant investment commitments. Working within a centralized EA Co E, this architect brings a One Nutrien perspective to the Downstream portfolio while recognizing legitimate regional, market and operating differences.What You'll Do:Business outcomes and capability architectureDevelop and maintain business capability maps, taxonomies, and value streams in partnership with business leadersTranslate business strategies, operating priorities and measurable outcomes into capability implications and architecture requirementsAssess capability maturity, strategic importance, differentiation, pain points, duplication, and investment needs using common EA Co E methodsConnect business outcomes and value streams to information, applications, integrations, technology platforms, and organizational dependenciesCreate concise, decision-ready views that make cost, risk, complexity, prospect, and trade-offs understandable to business and IT leadersDomain architecture and strategic roadmapsOwn and maintain the domain current-state,
target-state, and transition architectures at an appropriate level of detail for strategic decision-makingDevelop an actionable, multi-year domain architecture roadmap aligned with enterprise strategy, the ERP Five-Year Plan and approved investment prioritiesDefine transition states, sequencing assumptions, dependencies, architecture risks, and decision points required to move from current to target stateProvide domain capability requirements and business context to Application, Data, Integration, Technology, Security and ERP architects; collaborate on integrated enterprise roadmapsMaintain architecture products, decisions, dependencies, and roadmaps in the approved EA repository and refresh them when business strategy, investment priorities or the technology landscape materially changesSome of the above responsibilities involve working within the EA team and collaborating with other Co EsDomain specific knowledge and industry experience is required to streamline the collaboration with BRM and business stakeholders as neededWorking closely with the BRMs and business stakeholders to support their strategic technology needsInvestment shaping and portfolio transparencyProvide architecture point of view (Po V) for material investments before solution or vendor commitments are made, covering target-state fit, reuse, duplication, options, dependencies, lifecycle risk, technical debt, and total-cost driversPartner with BRM during demand shaping: BRM owns demand, sponsorship, value case, and outcome continuity; the Domain EA owns architectural fit, options and enterprise coherenceSupport/Partner with Portfolio and Finance to make capability gaps, architecture dependencies,
lifecycle exposure and investment trade-offs visible; Portfolio and Finance retain prioritization, funding and financial-validation authorityIdentify opportunities to reuse, consolidate, modernize or retire capabilities and applications, and route recommendations to the accountable business, product, platform and portfolio ownersMaintain a domain view of architecture-related technical debt and exceptions, including business impact, accountable owner, remediation path and review dateArchitecture governance and assuranceApply enterprise principles, standards, reference architectures and approved patterns through early, risk-based engagementDetermine whether proposed changes conform to the approved domain target state within delegated authority; recommend material exceptions and unresolved cross-domain decisions to the EA Design Authority or Architecture Review BoardDocument architecture decisions, conditions, risks, exceptions and expiry or review dates in the approved system of recordProvide architecture assurance at agreed lifecycle points and verify that material decisions and conditions are reflected in solution designs and delivery evidenceUse pre-approved patterns, proportionate review and governance by exception to improve decision speed without weakening enterprise accountabilityCollaboration, influence and EA practice developmentServe as a trusted architecture advisor to senior business and IT leaders, framing options and recommendations in terms of outcomes, cost, risk, resilience, speed and valueFacilitate cross-functional decisions and surface conflicting assumptions, duplicated activity and ownership gaps earlyCollaborate with other Domain EAs to manage end-to-end value streams and cross-domain dependenciesContribute domain analysis to merger, acquisition, divestiture and separation assessments using EA Co E playbooks and governanceHelp mature EA Co E methods, reusable assets, service measures, communities of practice and architecture literacy across NutrienDomain-specific accountabilitiesMaintain the architecture view for customer and grower engagement,
📌 Domain Enterprise Architect (Calgary)
🏢 Nutrien
📍 Calgary