Information Technology - Enterprise Principal Architect Corporate Systems

THE BUSINESS

We are Everyday Luxury™.

It's what we do and how we do it — together.

It's working alongside world-class talent in pursuit of world-class results.

It's maximizing your potential in a high-performance culture.

It's knowing that wherever you are, you belong.

It's elevating your world — and the world of those who love and will love Aritzia.

It's You. And an endless runway of opportunity.

With a Global Support Campus in Vancouver and additional Support Office hubs in major cities across North America — including Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle — our workplace network is strategically designed to support our People and serve our Clients a frictionless experience. So, you can do what you do best — with us.

THE TEAM

The mission of the Global Architecture Department is to set global architecture strategies and standards to enable secure, scalable, and innovative technology solutions that accelerate our business goals.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a leader in the Global Architecture Department, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality enterprise architecture services that enable secure, scalable and innovative capabilities, systems and applications at Aritzia. You will play a pivotal role in shaping Aritzia’s technology landscape across integral Support division areas like Finance, Legal, People & Culture, as well as enterprise-wide ERP capabilities – partnering directly with domain Technology leaders to assess our current corporate systems landscape, identify capability gaps against Aritzia’s growth ambitions, and define future-state architectures that are scalable and built for the next phase of business growth. You will bring deep knowledge in ERP-centric environments and navigate our vertically integrated retail business where corporate systems touch everything from merchandise financial planning to workforce optimization to cross-border compliance. You will own the multi-year architecture vision for corporate systems and elevate the architectural maturity of our organization – setting the standard for how we evaluate, adopt, and govern enterprise platforms at Aritzia. With your valuable contribution to the business in this role, the opportunities are endless — from a rewarding career in Global Architecture to continued growth with Aritzia.

THE ROLE

As the Principal Enterprise Architect, you will:

• Translate corporate strategy and business transformation goals into actionable architecture blueprints that balance ambition with operational readiness and ensure architecture investments deliver tangible business value.
• Lead the multi-year architecture strategy and roadmap for Aritzia’s corporate systems domain — spanning Finance & Legal Tech, People & Culture Tech, SAP ERP, and cross-functional enterprise platforms — ensuring alignment with Aritzia’s corporate objectives and investment priorities with clear, sequenced outcomes.
• Drive modernization across the Finance, Legal, and People & Culture Technology domains, ensuring flexibility and future-readiness.
• Lead the architecture vision for modernizing SAP ECC, including the strategic migration to S/4HANA.
• Architect robust, scalable integration patterns between SAP, HR, Finance, Legal, and enterprise data platforms—defining a cohesive integration strategy that spans API-led connectivity, event-driven architectures, middleware (EDI, iDoc), and cloud integration platforms (SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, or equivalent).
• Evaluate and rationalize enterprise SaaS platforms to reduce vendor sprawl, improve capability alignment, and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Establish and maintain organizational architectural standards to ensure new solutions are secure and scalable
• Mentor enterprise architects and senior engineers across the organization, elevating architectural thinking, technical quality, and the discipline of translating business problems into well-reasoned technology strategies.

THE QUALIFICATIONS

The Principal Enterprise Architect has proven skills, certifications, education, and/or experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent. Advanced degree is an asset.
• SAP certification in one or more relevant modules (FI/CO, MM, SD, HCM) preferred.
• TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent enterprise architecture framework certification is an asset.
• Experience with retail or vertically integrated business models is strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, ERP delivery, or IT strategy, with significant tenure in complex, multi-system environments. At least 5 years in a principal or lead architect capacity with direct accountability for architecture strategy across multiple corporate functions.
• Deep expertise in enterprise ERP architecture, including SAP ECC and S/4HANA, with experience leading full lifecycle ERP transformations in complex, multisystem environments.
• Strong working knowledge of core ERP capabilities across Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Procurement, with an understanding of customization tradeoffs, technical debt, and modernization paths.
• Proven experience designing enterprise integration architectures using APIs, event driven patterns, EDI/iDocs, and cloud integration platforms.
• Solid grounding in master data management, data governance, and ERP centric data architecture.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms and modern application delivery practices in hybrid on prem/cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute multiyear architecture visions and transformation roadmaps that balance long-term integrity with delivery realities.
• Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise transformations, including vendor evaluation, systems integrator oversight, and change navigation.

• A commitment to learn, apply, champion and enrich Aritzia's Values and Business and People Leadership principles.

THE COMPENSATION

At Aritzia, we provide market-leading compensation packages designed to reward impact through our pay-for-performance philosophy.

The range for roles at this level is $200,000 - $400,000 per year. Total compensation may include base, bonus and/or equity depending on the role, which has the potential to be greater than this range.

With comprehensive benefits, aspirational workspaces, and elevated perks and experiences — we provide it all.

THE PERKS

Some of the industry-leading benefits you will receive working at Aritzia:

• Product Discount — Maybe you’ve heard of our famous product discount? Or our exclusive private shopping events? You have now.
• Baby Leave Program — We provide up to 16 weeks of paid time to support you and your growing family.
• A-OK Commissary & Cafe — Everyday Luxury dining, exclusive to Aritzia. Our in-house bistro and cafe is a private oasis where employees can enjoy curated, subsidized Everyday Luxury dining.
• The SET — Our in-office fitness studio and gym with state-of-the-art equipment, custom-created classes and optional personal training. Open 7 days a week, it works out well.
• Aritzia Virtual Wellness — Because your health, happiness and safety matter, we provide 24/7 resources to support you in your wellbeing goals, whether they’re physical, mental, social or financial.
• Aspirational Workplace — Our offices are specially designed to be spaces of creativity, productivity and inspiration. They’re also dog friendly. Woof.
• Amenities — Additional amenities include a private parent’s room, shower facilities with elevated complementary conveniences, bike rooms and more.
• The Extras — We also offer a multitude of other perks like dry-cleaning, hotel and restaurant discounts, self-care promos and on-site medical care.

ARITZIA

Aritzia is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Our goal is to be inclusive, diverse, and representative of the communities where we work while creating an environment where every person can enjoy a successful career. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and any other protected characteristic. 

Requests for accommodation due to a disability or any other protected characteristic can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People & Culture Team.

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