Manager - AI and Data - Toronto

Manager - AI and Data - Toronto

Location: Toronto

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Salary: Competitive

Date: May 21, 2026

Job description

Requisition ID: 1711901

At EY, were all in to shape your future with confidence.

Well help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

We are seeking a Manager/ Data Architect for our AI & Data practice team. We are looking for a candidate with strong technical leadership background, hands experience with Data Bricks, Pursuits, proposal and delivery.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Manager/ Data Architect, you will apply your knowledge and experience to support the delivery of key projects, build valuable relationships both within EY and with clients, and develop strong capabilities through both formal training and working with senior mentors and talented colleagues across different functions. We succeed when we combine high performing team members from a variety of backgrounds. We are therefore looking for individuals with industry, consulting, delivery or vendor backgrounds. We will provide the required support to transition into the team if this is your first step into consultancy.

Skills and attributes for success

The ability to provide excellent client service and manage and build strong relationships both internally and externally, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills

Provide architecture leadership & subject matter expertise to client engagements focusing on complex & innovative products and reusable assets

Develop solution plans, prior to kicking off a project as part of a product life cycle, intended to support business investment decisions which means they must hold the appropriate balance between costs, risks and quality of the product

Create innovative and practical designs that account for the end-to-end technical solution of a system, in line with the business strategy and objectives and within the context of EYs technology environment

Work closely and continuously with the business/client to focus on meeting business/client requirements and incorporating broader aspects such as overall product costs/revenue, data privacy & sovereignty, business continuity, information security, integration with other systems etc.

Identify, define and implementing reusable assets and standards. The data architect is also responsible for adherence to these standards and consumption of reusable assets across products and portfolios

Ensure relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices are applied correctly across Technology programs/projects and products

Contribute to the development of architecture governance structures, methodologies, and compliance activities

Work with the vendors to assess vendor products, understand vendors delivery models and assist in implementing them at EY

Ability to work across multiple projects with varied stakeholders. A Data Architect sets architectural direction, builds consensus, mediates conflicts providing technical leadership and advisory services to the business. He/she anticipates needs and potential objections and helps to create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all participants: Data and Technical Architects, engineering teams, product manager, project managers, product analysts, test and project teams, Information Security and Operations