Data Architect

Job Title: Data Architect Company: Manulife Job Category: Machine Learning Roles & Responsibilities: The Data Architect will shape and lead the data architecture strategy that enables trusted, scalable, secure, and AI\-ready data capabilities across the organization. In this role, you will provide technical and architectural leadership across the design, governance, modernization, and implementation of enterprise data solutions and platforms supporting analytics, reporting, machine learning, and AI. You will combine strategic architecture leadership with hands\-on technical expertise, contributing directly to solution design, data platform engineering, and implementation where your expertise can have the greatest impact. Position Responsibilities: * Define and evolve the segment data architecture vision, principles, standards, and roadmap. * Design scalable Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Lakehouse architectures supporting analytical, operational, and AI workloads. * Establish reusable architecture patterns and standards for data integration, metadata management, data governance, data quality, and data products. * Lead data modernization, migration, and cloud transformation initiatives, helping teams evolve legacy data environments toward modern cloud\-based platforms. * Provide hands\-on technical leadership in the design and implementation of data pipelines, integration frameworks, and cloud\-native data platforms, including data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and performance optimization. * Design scalable batch, streaming, event\-driven, and near real\-time data processing solutions based on business and technology needs. * Embed data security, governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements into architecture and solution design in partnership with governance, risk, and security teams. * Design AI\-ready data architectures that enable machine learning, advanced analytics, and generative AI solutions. * Provide technical and architecture leadership across strategic data initiatives, including architecture reviews, technology evaluations, solution trade\-offs, and key design decisions. * Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, engineers, and other technology partners to translate business needs into practical, scalable data solutions. * Experience implementing governed data products, domain\-oriented data architectures, or data mesh concepts in a large enterprise environment. * Experience working in a large, complex, or highly regulated organization, such as financial services, insurance, banking, wealth management, retirement, or another regulated industry. * Familiarity with machine learning, MLOps, and data architectures supporting generative AI solutions. * Working knowledge of DataOps, CI/CD, automation, platform monitoring, performance optimization, and operational resilience for data platforms. * Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. * We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want. * We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well\-being and inclusion are more than just words. * As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see. The role being advertised is an existing vacancy. Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our\-story.html. Work Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Availability: Full time

Required Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: If you are applying to this role in US, please note the salary range is $107,450 to $199,550 USD. Additionally, employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance*. Referenced Salary Location Hybrid Salary range is expected to be between $113,000\.00 CAD \- $163,000\.00 CAD Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job\-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact hr@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short\- and long\-term disability, life and AD\&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact hr@manulife.com for more information about U.S.\-specific paid time off provisions. Key Skills: Machine Learning, Python Salary: CAD 107450 - 199550 per yearly