Senior IT Workforce Architect

Position: Senior IT Workforce Architect (18-months contract)
## Senior IT Workforce Architect (18-months contract)
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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
R26 00518
** Range:
** 95,200. CAD
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* Job Description:

**** Senior IT Workforce Architect (18-months contract)
** We are ready to take this game to the next level and need someone passionate to  help shape the future of EIT's workforce, ensuring our people, skills, and leadership capabilities evolve alongside changing business priorities and emerging technologies. This role strategically plans and shapes how the workforce evolves by designing workforce strategies, capability roadmaps, learning journeys, talent pipelines, and succession plans that prepare EIT for the future.

The successful candidate will lead workforce readiness initiatives from strategy through execution, ensuring employees, leaders, and teams have the skills, support, and opportunities needed to thrive in a continuously evolving environment.
** YOUR ROLE IN THE GAME
** Reporting to the Sr Director IT Workforce Enablement, you will be empowered to:
* ** Lead Workforce Planning
** by assessing current and future workforce capacity and capability needs, identifying gaps, and defining strategic responses through reskilling, redeployment, hiring, succession planning, or transition strategies.
* ** Own the EIT People Plan
** by developing and executing workforce strategies that align skills, talent, leadership development, engagement, and inclusion efforts with EIT's strategic priorities.
* ** Shape Future Workforce Capabilities
** by building capability roadmaps, and workforce strategies that prepare EIT for emerging technologies, evolving business needs, and changing ways of working.
* ** Drive AI Workforce Readiness
** by assessing the impact of AI on roles, skills, and workforce requirements while guiding the evolution of jobs and capabilities needed for the future.
* ** Lead Learning & Development Strategies
** by designing and delivering broad-based upskilling and reskilling initiatives that equip employees with the skills, tools, and confidence required for future roles and new ways of working.
* ** Build Leadership Capability
** by strengthening People Leaders' ability to lead through change, reinforce accountability, and actively support the adoption of EIT's target operating model.
* ** Advance Talent & Succession Planning
** by ensuring continuity of critical roles and capabilities through proactive succession strategies, talent pipeline development, and career growth pathways.
* ** Drive Job Architecture & Career Development
** by supporting role design, career pathing, and skills-based workforce planning that enables employees to grow their careers with confidence.
* ** Strengthen Workforce Engagement & Inclusion
** by developing initiatives that enhance employee experience, belonging, engagement, and organizational readiness across EIT.
* ** Enable Organizational Readiness
** by proactively identifying workforce impacts, preparing leaders and employees for change, and ensuring EIT has the right capabilities to successfully deliver on business priorities.
* ** Bridge Strategy and Execution
** by translating workforce insights and future-state workforce plans into practical programs, learning experiences, talent strategies, and measurable outcomes that deliver business value.
** WHAT YOU BRING TO THE GAME
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* Education & Experience:

**** Degree in Information Technology, Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Adult Education, or a related discipline.
* Strong understanding of workforce planning, talent management, learning and development, and capability-building practices within technology-driven environments.
* Knowledge of job architecture, skills-based workforce planning, career development frameworks, and succession planning methodologies.
* Understanding of organizational change management principles and workforce readiness practices.
* Knowledge of emerging workforce trends, AI impacts on work, and future workforce strategies.
* 5–7 years' progressive experience in workforce planning, talent management, learning and development, organizational effectiveness, or transformation roles within IT or technology-driven environments.
* Experience developing workforce strategies, capability roadmaps, and talent programs aligned to business priorities.
* Demonstrated success leading learning, upskilling, reskilling, leadership development, or workforce readiness initiatives.
* Experience collaborating with senior leaders, People & Culture partners, and technical stakeholders to drive capability development and organizational readiness.
* Experience using workforce insights, skills data, and market trends to inform workforce and talent decisions.
*** Relevant

Skills:

***** Behaviors**
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* Collaboration:

** Builds strong partnerships across EIT, People & Culture, and leadership teams to align workforce initiatives with business priorities and organizational goals.
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