Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 05/22/2025

About this opportunity:

The D&IT Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture will play a pivotal role in Cenovus Energy, overseeing the development and integration of D&IT and AI strategies to align with the organization’s strategic objectives. This position is ideal for a strategic leader with expertise in enterprise architecture and AI technologies, responsible for driving innovation, governance, and scalable solutions to improve operational efficiency across the company. The role will also include the development and management of comprehensive technology roadmaps for both D&IT and AI, ensuring alignment with the company’s long-term business goals and identifying key opportunities for future technological advancements.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the development and execution of enterprise architecture strategies to support Cenovus’s corporate mission and vision

• Champion the integration of AI into Cenovus’s enterprise architecture, ensuring AI technologies enhance decision-making, automation, and business outcomes

• Develop and manage comprehensive D&IT and AI roadmaps, aligning technology advancements and AI adoption with broader business objectives

• Oversee the architectural review process, ensuring AI and D&IT solutions meet enterprise standards and governance requirements

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of AI technologies across business operations

• Evaluate and select AI-driven technologies to enhance business processes and technical architectures

• Drive continuous improvement in AI applications and architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals and optimizing operational efficiency

• Manage financial stewardship, ensuring D&IT and AI investments align with company goals, and oversee budget forecasts, cost modeling, and ROI analysis

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; a Master’s degree or advanced certifications in AI or Enterprise Architecture considered an asset

• 16+ years of leadership experience in D&IT, with a focus on both AI and non-AI integration

• Proven track record of managing both AI-driven and non-AI technology architecture projects

• Strong expertise in AI technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and AI governance, along with a deep understanding of non-AI driven technologies

• Experience in developing enterprise architecture strategies and aligning them with business and technology goals

• Solid experience in managing D&IT budgets, cost modeling, and ensuring ROI for both AI and non-AI technology investments

• TOGAF, CCSP, CISSP, ISO or relevant certification consider an asset

• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT, May 21st, 2025.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to resolving next steps.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.  

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Who we are:

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We’re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

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At Cenovus, we embrace diversity of thought, experience and backgrounds to help us make better business decisions, address our challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions. We’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where people feel respected, valued and engaged. We strive for a collaborative, physically and psychologically safe environment where you can be yourself, feel a sense of belonging and thrive. For more information, including details on our inclusion and diversity targets and networks, visit Cenovus.com.

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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