senior information architect.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Information Architect to lead the definition, design, and implementation of enterprise-level information architecture frameworks, principles, standards, and roadmaps. In this role, you will be responsible for creating standardized templates, semantic concept models, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, and classification schemes from the ground up. Working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and data governance committees, you will conduct comprehensive architecture assessments, establish enterprise metadata standards using modern governance solutions, and support large-scale digital transformation initiatives.

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)

Duration: 6-month contract

Advantages
Strategic Architecture Impact: Define and author foundational enterprise information frameworks, taxonomies, and roadmaps from the ground up.

Modern Metadata Tooling: Direct exposure working with enterprise metadata management platforms like Microsoft Purview, Collibra, or Informatica.

Enterprise Interoperability Scope: Drive semantic alignment, common data models, and cross-domain data sharing initiatives.

Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Collaborate directly with senior architects, business leaders, and technical stakeholders in a focused 5-day per week workspace.

Responsibilities
Information Architecture Strategy & Frameworks: Define, develop, and implement enterprise information architecture frameworks, principles, governance policies, and strategic roadmaps.

Controlled Vocabularies & Glossaries: Design, author, and maintain enterprise business glossaries, controlled vocabulary frameworks, taxonomies, and classification models to align business concepts across multiple domains.

Semantic & Domain Modeling: Construct conceptual information models, semantic concept models, information domain maps, and common data models that enable interoperability and cross-organizational data sharing.

Metadata Management & Inventories: Establish robust metadata standards, metadata models, and information asset inventories leveraging tools such as Microsoft Purview, Informatica, or Collibra.

Standardized Template Creation: Author and establish custom, standardized architectural templates and foundational documentation required for enterprise governance checkpoints.

Architecture Governance & Checkpoints: Present deliverables to architecture review boards, manage gating checkpoints, and provide expert advisory support during complex modernization reviews.

Stakeholder Alignment & Facilitation: Facilitate workshops across business, IT, and external partner groups to drive consensus on business terminology, data definitions, and information requirements.

Qualifications
Information Architecture Leadership: Demonstrated experience defining, identifying, and obtaining approvals for information architecture requirements, frameworks, principles, and strategic roadmaps (Strictly Required).

Taxonomies & Business Glossaries: Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, and classification frameworks (Strictly Required).

Template & Artifact Creation: Demonstrated ability to author custom, standardized documentation and templates from scratch (without relying on copying existing assets) (Strictly Required).

Metadata Management Solutions: Hands-on experience working with enterprise metadata management tools such as Microsoft Purview, Informatica, Collibra, or equivalent platforms (Strictly Required).

Data Governance & Semantic Modeling: Hands-on experience supporting enterprise data governance programs and developing semantic concept models, information domain models, and metadata standards (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Prior information architecture experience within a public sector or enterprise environment.

Familiarity with semantic technologies, ontologies, or enterprise knowledge graphs.

Knowledge of information lifecycle management principles and digital accessibility standards (AODA).

Summary
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