Job Title: Data Modernization Transformation Lead

Location: Toronto, ON Hybrid

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent

- Program Leadership Own overall delivery of the Clients Modernization Program.
- Define and manage program roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, assumptions, and critical decisions.
- Coordinate work across multiple delivery streams and teams.
- Drive executive governance, steering committees, status reviews, and stakeholder communications.
- Ensure alignment to business outcomes, timelines, budget, and quality targets.
- Architecture Solution Oversight Work closely with Data Architects, Solution Architects, and Enterprise Architects to define target-state capabilities.
- Provide architectural leadership and challenge solution approaches where required.
- Ensure consistency across data, integration, reporting, analytics, and platform modernization initiatives.
- Guide modernization decisions balancing business objectives, technical debt reduction, risk, and cost.
- Delivery Leadership Partner closely with Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Engineering Managers.
- Remove delivery blockers and drive cross-team dependency management.
- Monitor program health and proactively mitigate risks.
- Ensure successful execution across Agile and traditional delivery workstreams.
- Business Stakeholder Management Serve as the primary technology leader for Retirement Modernization.
- Engage business leadership, platform owners, product teams, and technology executives.
- Translate business priorities into actionable delivery roadmaps.
- Drive alignment between business strategy and technology execution.





We are seeking a senior technology leader to lead the Clients Modernization Program.
- The individual will be responsible for driving the overall transformation roadmap, managing cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring architectural alignment, and partnering closely with Program Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Architects, Business Stakeholders, and Engineering teams.
- The ideal candidate will come from a Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Technical Delivery background and have demonstrated success leading large-scale transformation programs.

Must Have15 years of experience in technology delivery and transformation.
- Strong understanding of data Architecture Solution Architecture Enterprise Integration Modernization Programs Cloud Platforms Experience managing large-scale modernization initiatives involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Robust executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred Background Solution Architect who has evolved into Program Leadership.
- Data Architect with transformation delivery experience.
- Enterprise Architect with accountability for execution.
- Technical Delivery Leader managing complex modernization programs.
- Key Success Criteria The successful candidate will Understand architecture sufficiently to challenge technical decisions. Lead and coordinate architects, engineering teams, PMs, and Scrum Masters.
- Drive execution and delivery accountability across multiple workstreams.
- Operate effectively with business and executive stakeholders.
- Own modernization outcomes from strategy through implementation.

📌 Data Modernization Transformation Lead (Toronto)
🏢 Zodiac Solutions
📍 Toronto