Sr. Manager, Business Architecture

Department: Information Technology
Employment Type: Full-Time
Requisition ID: 1725
Date Posted: May 5, 2026
Closing Date: May 19, 2026 or until filled

STRATEGIC PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Sr. Manager, Business Architecture is accountable for establishing, governing, and evolving UFA’s business architecture and process governance model to ensure that operating models are well-defined, the right problems are solved, solutions are well-defined and executable, and governance provides the discipline and visibility required for successful execution—while business leaders remain accountable for adoption and performance outcomes.

This role translates strategy by bridging process, data, and technology, ensuring that all transformation and process efforts at UFA are grounded in clear problem definition and outcome-based thinking, preventing solution-first approaches and driving higher quality, more effective business outcomes that generate value.

The Sr. Manager leads the development of the enterprise value stream and capabilities model, processes taxonomy, governance framework, and initiative intake model, ensuring UFA invests in the right initiatives and executes them effectively.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS

Business Architecture Strategy & Alignment

• Define and evolve UFA’s business architecture framework
• Translate enterprise strategy into business architecture roadmaps and priorities
• Defines and evolves UFA’s future state business and operating models to support enterprise strategy and long-term capability development
• Partner with senior leaders to identify transformation opportunities and investment priorities
• Ensure business architecture and process initiatives are developed with stakeholders, not imposed
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure initiatives deliver business value and strategic alignment

Governance Development & Leadership

• Define standards for problem definition, root cause, and outcomes
• Design and operate governance model (roles, decision rights, cadence, evaluation criteria)
• Establish clear ownership for value streams, outcomes and adoption
• Establish process standards (BPMN, KPIs, controls)
• Implement lifecycle governance (intake → improvement)
• Ensure governance adoption and compliance

Initiative Intake, Definition & Prioritization

• Establish structured, problem-first intake process
• Ensure initiatives are clearly defined (problem, scope, outcomes, value)
• Align initiatives to strategy and architecture principles
• Support prioritization with PMO and leadership
• Maintain traceability from strategy to outcomes

Value Stream, Process & Capability Framework

• Define and maintain enterprise value streams, capability model, and enabling process taxonomies
• Establish common process language
• Align process, capability, data, and systems
• Drive standardization for integration and scalability

End-to-End Process Design Oversight & Value Realization

• Ensure designs are practical, adoptable, outcome-driven and scalable
• Focus on removing friction and identifying automation opportunities
• Ensure alignment with systems and data
• Ensure linkage between problem, design, and outcomes

• Monitor adoption, performance, and benefits

Leadership & Influence

• Act as strategic advisor to shape strategy through process and transformation
• Align business, IT, data, and PMO stakeholders while maintaining clear ownership boundaries
• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional conflicts (process, prioritization, design trade-offs)
• Influence senior leaders with clarity and pragmatism
• Lead and develop Business Architecture team
• Build capability in problem definition and process thinking
• Establish governance discipline across the organization

EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES

• Post Secondary Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related fields
• 10–15+ years experience in business architecture, process transformation, or operating model design
• Proven experience establishing or leading enterprise process governance
• Experience aligning business strategy with process, data, and technology execution
• Strong understanding of end-to-end process with a focus to simplify, reduce friction and identify automation opportunities
• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Strong experience with process and capability modeling, ERP implementation and leading practices
• Experience leading teams and developing capability
• Enterprise thinking and systems mindset
• Strong strategic + execution balance
• Governance and decision-making discipline
• Advanced stakeholder influence and facilitation
• Structured problem solving and critical thinking
• Ability to simplify complexity into actionable frameworks
• Ability to translate enterprise strategy into practical, usable processes
• Strong communication (executive-level and operational)
• Change leadership and resilience in ambiguity

THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS ROLE

We are building business architecture capability in a complex, evolving environment — this is not a fully defined function with established playbooks.

This role is for someone who wants to:

• Shape how the organization thinks about end-to-end processes, capabilities, and value creation, not just document them
• Work across silos to connect strategy to execution, often without formal authority
• Challenge deeply embedded ways of working and influence senior leaders to think differently
• Operate in ambiguity, where priorities, structure, and governance are still being defined
• Balance big-picture thinking with practical application, ensuring architecture translates into real decisions
• Build frameworks, standards, and governance while simultaneously delivering value

You and UFA. Let’s Grow Together.

UFA is one of Canada’s largest and most progressive agricultural co-operatives. We’re a multi-billion-dollar organization that offers the products, services, and support our 127,000+ members need to build, grow and succeed. While our roots will always be in agriculture, we’re proud to support the industries and communities that drive Western Canada’s economy. We need your skills, expertise and ideas to help us keep growing.

• A Business with a Purpose - Join a member-owned co-operative with a mission that matters: improving the well-being of our members, helping them feed the world, and enabling investment in local communities.
• Recognized and Rewarded for Your Performance - At UFA, success is shared. You’ll own your work and be recognized for both individual and organizational results.
• Work-Life Success - We prioritize safety, respect your time, and offer flexible options and comprehensive benefits to support your life inside and outside of work.
• We Help Each Other Grow - Our collaborative culture fosters growth through hands-on experience, mentorship, training, educational support, and diverse career paths.

Diversity Equity, and Belonging

At UFA, we care about our employees and what makes them unique. We strive to create an inclusive environment that welcomes employees from diverse backgrounds, where everyone can do their best work. If you require accommodation during the application or selection process, please contact careers@ufa.com.

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We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.