Head of Americas Architecture and CTO

Head of Americas Architecture and CTO

Location: Toronto, ON

The Head of Americas Architecture and CTO provides enterprise-level technical leadership across multiple architecture disciplines, shaping strategy, planning, and design for large-scale, transformational technology initiatives. This role collaborates closely with senior business and technology leaders to define and execute the architectural direction that enables growth, resilience, and innovation across the Americas.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert architectural leadership to accelerate and empower delivery, product, and platform teams across the international organization.
• Enable consistent, high-quality delivery through clear guidance, standards, and documentation, including evolving enterprise requirements such as resiliency, security, and risk frameworks.
• Define and drive the technology strategy for the Americas, forging strong partnerships with executive leaders across business and technology functions.
• Act as steward of international architecture, ensuring alignment with the long-term growth agenda and enterprise strategy.
• Maximize value from enterprise and external technology platforms, tools, and practices.
• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing team of architects and senior technology specialists.
• Serve as an active general management leader on the IST–Americas Leadership Team.
• Develop authoritative, clear, and accessible architectural content that enables product teams and system integrators, including current- and future-state system and platform models.
• Build strong relationships with global and regional CTO peers to ensure evolving technology standards and platforms are incorporated into solution designs.
• Contribute to the broader international business agenda by addressing durable, complex challenges such as:
  • High cost and risk associated with entering new countries
  • Increasing security, fraud, and regulatory complexity
  • Limited reuse across the international code base
  • Operating effectively across diverse regulatory environments

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of related professional experience, including at least 3 years in senior technology architecture roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; graduate degree preferred.
• Demonstrated success in technology strategy, large-scale transformation, and enterprise architecture.
• TOGAF certification or meaningful experience with enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Proven people leadership, influencing skills, and the ability to operate effectively at the executive level.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.