Desjardins Group

Senior Advisor, IT architecture

Desjardins Group • $100K — $120K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Minimum six years of relevant experience
  • Other qualifications or experience may be considered
  • Knowledge of French required
  • Intermediate knowledge of English preferred due to work interactions

Responsibilities

  • Act as an architecture team member and advisor on application solutions
  • Advise stakeholders on technology solutions for strategic initiatives
  • Design IT solutions aligning with business needs and architecture standards
  • Identify and analyze IT solutions that meet organization needs
  • Represent the unit in decision-making forums and committees
  • Negotiate agreements with external partners

Benefits

  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan for stable retirement income
  • Group insurance including telemedicine access
  • Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
  • Telework equipment reimbursement
Full Job Description
As a Senior Advisor, IT Architecture, you design IT solutions to meet project business needs using Desjardins Group's architecture targets and shared platforms. You ensure consistency with the organization's structure, as well as current and future needs, and ensure that new elements are compatible with existing architecture. You influence business partners and stakeholders on solution architecture development initiatives that are strategic, complex and innovative. Your initiatives require extensive, in-depth expertise across several IT fields, including data, applications, security and infrastructure. You make recommendations on IT development and implementation strategies that comply with architecture targets. You produce specialized deliverables as part of projects or initiatives that have a high degree of operational and conceptual complexity. You use your analytical skills and comprehensive, in-depth understanding of your line of business and the organization. Coordination is critical. You interact with a very large number of stakeholders working in a wide range of fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as a specialist advisor, as well as a resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:
  • Act as an architecture team member and a specialized advisor to sectors on application solutions and operations architecture and as an integrator for one or more delivery teams for projects, initiatives and development activities that have a significant impact on the organization
  • Advise business partners and stakeholders to help them orient, plan, develop, configure, execute and monitor innovative technology solutions for the projects, mandates and strategic initiatives under your responsibility
  • Design IT solutions that meet business needs and oversee the development of policies and standards, taking into account data, application, security and infrastructure needs to support your unit's strategic projects and initiatives
  • Identify and analyze potential IT solutions that meet the organization's needs. Identify and analyze issues. Report major issues. Diagnose issues, establish guidelines and make recommendations to decision-making bodies and committees
  • Represent your unit before decision-making bodies and committees
  • Represent Desjardins when making agreements with external partners and organizations


What we offer*
  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of six years of relevant experience
  • Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
  • Knowledge of French is required
  • Intermediate knowledge of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
Business insight, Communicates effectively, Interpersonal Savvy, Strategic mindset

Trade Union (If applicable)

Job Family
Information technology (FG)

Unposting Date
2026-10-8

About Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is a Canadian cooperative financial group with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1900 and has since grown to become the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with over 7 million members and clients. The group offers a range of financial services including banking, insurance, wealth management, and investment services. Desjardins Group operates primarily in Quebec and Ontario, but also has a presence in other Canadian provinces as well as in the United States and Europe. The group is committed to social responsibility and sustainability, and has implemented various initiatives to promote these values.
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