Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Audience Facing Products (Digital Strategy And Product[...]

Position Title Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Audience Facing Products (Digital Strategy And Product) (English Services)

Status Of Employment Permanent

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Job Description At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours? If you share our passion for storytelling, Canada and having a positive impact on your community, CBC’s Digital Strategy and Product team is where you want to be!

CBC serves one of the country’s largest digital audiences and one of the few that is built and owned in Canada, by Canadians. Our product suite includes cbc.ca, CBC News app, CBC Gem and CBC Listen.

Our product vision is to make it effortless for all people and communities in Canada to tell and discover the stories that connect us. Whether delivering the latest breaking news, international hit series like North of North, deep dives into the issues of your town or neighbourhood, award winning podcasts like Someone Knows Something, or nation building events like the Olympics, our products ensure that these stories reach Canadians on their phones, TVs, desktops or smart speakers whenever they need or want us.

You have the opportunity to play a part in informing, enlightening and entertaining Canadians through innovative storytelling formats and content discovery. We are an empowered outcome-driven innovative hub for CBC, critical to the future growth of Canada’s public media company and the wider content ecosystem. We believe that we are most impactful when our teams reflect the breadth of experience of the audiences we serve and we are committed to an inclusive and equitable workplace to realize that belief. When you join our mission, you are not only contributing to the growth of the CBC, but the future of our country.

Why is this role important? We’re looking for a senior manager of Enterprise Architecture, audience facing products. This role will lead the architectural practice, and align technology solutions with digital product strategies and overall business goals. Audience facing products are more than frontend technologies. You are helping product teams realize their missions in discovering content, and stay engaged and connected to our digital products. You’ll be at the heart of innovation—working hand‑in‑hand with product leaders, engineering managers and technical leaders.

Your mission: guide and inspire teams to implement smart, scalable, and future‑ready solutions—anchored in strong architectural principles and best practices.

If you're passionate about building what's next, and thrive at the intersection of strategy, technology, and collaboration, we want to hear from you!

Perks You Can Look Forward To

Work with purpose and impact at scale

Flexible work schedules, allowing you to find balance for yourself, your family and your work

A hybrid environment you can enjoy the benefits of work from home and in‑office collaboration

Competitive total rewards package including robust health benefits and best‑in‑class defined benefits pension plan

Dedicated time for innovation, learning and development; wherever your interests lie

Opportunities to work with emerging technology

Opportunities for continued learning and professional development

Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups

Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent

A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected

A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity

An environment which favors experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation

How You Will Make An Impact

Partnering with a number of stakeholders, including product managers and directors, technical leadership community, designers, explore architectural and technology needs, using architectural solutions to help define reasonable scope.

Handling and driving key technical decisions for audience-facing products. Effectively working across development teams, technical leaders, business stakeholders within the department and across departments. Leading and facilitating collaborative analysis, solutioning, review and technical decisions.

Experienced in product planning and roadmap by bringing the technology perspective to the process, and championing critical, valuable work.

Observe technical leadership gaps, and grow domain expertise.

Lead the design of enterprise-wide software architecture that considers functional integrity, scalability, resilience, stability, security and operational excellence while balancing time to market, business needs with long‑term growth and health of the digital ecosystem.

Bring industry trends on web and mobile technologies to the department. You educate and advise, bringing teams closer alignment with industry best practices. You have academic interests, yet you are pragmatic in terms of understanding the most impactful applications for certain technologies.

Able to advise on technology investments in the immediate and long term.

Build architecture practice that contributes and enhances the discovery process, allowing clarity on deliverables, team dependencies and skills development.

Establish and maintain architectural standards including data governance, security and regulatory compliance.

Manage architects and maintain a high performance culture, where people are passionate about the work they do.

What you bring to our team:

Three or more years of experience in a technical management position. You followed a progressive career from developer to architect. You had experience managing a team with specific missions of more than 2 employees.

You are a technical leader, first and foremost. You demonstrate broad knowledge on a variety of architectural / technical domains for audience facing products. You are an expert in web and mobile platforms, and you have demonstrated experience in cross platform technologies and framework. You also have deep knowledge in data integration, personalization, commenting and community practices, authentication, and other services that are crucial to audience experience.

You are experienced in maturing practices. You’ll navigate evolving priorities and sometimes fluid direction, with the opportunity to shape outcomes.

You are knowledgeable in engineering practices: for instance, test strategy, test management and tooling, automation platforms, monitoring platforms, observability strategy. CI/CD devOps.

You have experience leading projects and programs, as well as allocating the right people, or applying the right process to solve problems. You can perform under ambiguity, bringing clarity through discovery, and be able to provide effective solutions.

People Leadership – Lead and coach a team to achieve business objectives. Direct, motivate, and develop your team, maximizing their impact and professional growth. Build a high performance culture, grounded by diversity and inclusion.

A problem solver and good communicator who takes ownership of the work they do, see problems as opportunities, and share new ideas. A dynamic individual who loves to learn and connect with others.

Possess a degree in engineering (applied science), computer science, science or related discipline, delivered by a recognized university.

Exposure to AI / ML / LLM. You are able to share insights about when to use AI, when not to use AI, and governance requirements.

Nice to have:

Master in engineering (applied science) and related discipline is highly desirable.

Experience in other audience facing platforms, like connected tv’s.

Experience in the media industry.

To Apply At the CBC, we recognize that not everyone takes the same path when it comes to building their skills. We value diversity of thought and of experience, and we are excited to hear from you! Hands‑on experience, intelligence, innovation, a passion for learning, and a team-focused approach can combine to form the best set of qualifications. If you feel you meet most of these qualifications and you are excited by the possibility of adding to the rich culture of the CBC, take a chance and express your interest by applying now!

If you’re interested in reading more about the various backgrounds of the talented people that make up our teams, our exciting new projects, and what we’re currently working on, check out our Digital Labs blog on Medium!

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we prov...