Montréal, Québec, Canada
Onsite
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Job Description:
The Technical Product Owner, Enterprise Architecture is responsible for shaping and delivering the product roadmap for Enterprise Architecture platforms, architecture data capabilities, automation services, and AI-enabled EA solutions.
This role helps evolve the EA Office toward a product-oriented operating model focused on trusted architecture data, integrated platforms, simplified stakeholder experiences, and measurable enterprise outcomes.
The role partners across architecture, technology, data, security, governance, and delivery teams to translate stakeholder needs into practical product increments that improve decision-making and execution.
What will you do?
Define and communicate the technical product vision for Enterprise Architecture platforms, data products, automation capabilities, and AI-enabled EA solutions.
Own and manage the product roadmap and backlog, ensuring priorities align with EA strategy, technology modernization, governance needs, and enterprise value.
Translate stakeholder needs into product features, technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and measurable success outcomes.
Partner with Enterprise Architects, platform teams, data and integration teams, security, governance, vendors, and delivery partners to shape scalable solutions.
Drive improvements to architecture repositories, application and technology portfolio data, dashboards, reporting, workflows, integrations, and automation.
Support AI-ready architecture data by improving data quality, metadata standards, lineage, integration patterns, and trusted data flows across EA systems.
Assess and manage technical risks, dependencies, platform health, technical debt, operational impacts, and opportunities for simplification.
Facilitate product discovery, backlog refinement, sprint planning, release planning, demos, roadmap reviews, and stakeholder feedback sessions.
Define and monitor product success measures, including adoption, data quality, stakeholder satisfaction, delivery throughput, platform reliability, and reduction of manual effort.
Communicate roadmap trade-offs and delivery progress clearly, ensuring stakeholders understand priorities, decisions, and expected outcomes.
What do you need to succeed?
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience in technology, business, architecture, product management, engineering, information systems, or a related discipline.
Experience in technical product ownership, product management, business analysis, enterprise architecture, platform management, or technology delivery.
Experience working in an agile delivery environment, including backlog management, user story creation, prioritization, sprint planning, demos, and release planning.
Strong ability to translate complex business, architecture, data, and technical needs into clear product requirements and delivery priorities.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess alternatives, risks, dependencies, benefits, and implementation trade-offs.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Client-focused mindset with a passion for improving user experience, reducing manual effort, and delivering measurable outcomes.
Experience with Enterprise Architecture, architecture governance, technology portfolio management, application portfolio management, or architecture repository platforms.
Experience with tools such as Ardoq, ServiceNow, LeanIX, MEGA, Bizzdesign, or similar architecture and portfolio management platforms.
Understanding of architecture data models, metadata, data quality, integrations, reporting, dashboards, workflow automation, and AI-ready data practices.
Familiarity with AI-enabled solutions, agentic AI concepts, APIs, analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, or technology modernization.
CSPO, SAFe POPM, Agile, Scrum, Product Management, or equivalent certification would be an asset.
Ability to create executive-ready product roadmaps, decision materials, status updates, and value-based reporting.
As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide
What's in it for you?
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
We’re committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment. Our goal is to make sure all our employees have the chance to live up to their full potential
We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2025 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada
We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health
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The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.
We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range:
90,000/90 000 - 140,000/140 000Job Category:
IT - Application DevelopmentPosting End Date:
16/07/2026Want to know if this job is worth applying to?