Co-op/Intern Enterprise Architecture

About Kinaxis Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you! In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today. Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers. About the team As part of the Corporate IT Enterprise Architecture team, you will help connect business priorities, technology investments, and reliable enterprise data. You will support architecture governance, business capability management, technology portfolio planning, and the implementation of the Enterprise Architecture management platform.  The team works across Kinaxis, partnering with Corporate IT, Product, Finance, Security, Sales, Marketing, People, and other functions. This role is well suited to someone who enjoys organizing complex information, working with stakeholders, analyzing data, and turning findings into clear recommendations and visual stories.  Location If in Ottawa or Toronto, you must be in the office at least three days a week.Other Canadian Locations – REMOTE Term Duration This is a full-time, 8, or 12-month position, starting January, 2027. Co-op / Intern Eligibility This position is open to co-ops and interns. To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in full-time education or be a recent/upcoming graduate within 12 months of the placement end date. Compensation range $19.46 - $28.55 hourly rate. The final offer within this range will reflect the candidate’s skills, year of education, and experience. Vacancy Status This is an existing job vacancy. What you will do Help collect, validate, organize, and analyze business capability, application, technology, integration, and portfolio data. Support implementation and ongoing administration of the Enterprise Architecture management platform, including data loading, quality controls, reporting, and user guidance.  Assist with business capability assessments by preparing materials, coordinating workshops, documenting evidence and decisions, and tracking actions.  Maintain business capability maps, application inventories, technology standards, architecture roadmaps, and related EA artifacts.  Analyze relationships among business capabilities, processes, applications, data, integrations, and technology to identify gaps, duplication, risk, and opportunities for improvement.  Prepare dashboards, reports, presentations, and visualizations that explain architecture information and support decision-making.  Support Architecture Review Board and governance activities through intake analysis, meeting preparation, decision documentation, and follow-up tracking.  Document business and technology processes, assist with requirements gathering, and translate stakeholder input into structured information.  Conduct research on technologies, vendors, industry trends, architectural practices, and technology strategy topics.  Coordinate workshops, governance reviews, and stakeholder sessions across multiple business teams.  Improve the quality, consistency, and usability of EA repositories, taxonomies, templates, and working practices.  Identify opportunities to streamline EA processes and improve operational effectiveness.  What we are looking for Completed 3+ year of study or recently graduated from Business Technology Management, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field.  Strong analytical skills and comfort working with spreadsheets, structured datasets, reports, and large amounts of information.  Ability to organize ambiguous information, identify patterns, ask thoughtful questions, and produce clear, evidence-based outputs.  Strong attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to maintain accurate, consistent data.  Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.  Ability to collaborate across business and technical teams while managing multiple priorities and following through on commitments.  Initiative, ownership, curiosity, and willingness to learn new business and technology concepts.  Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.  Things that would definitely help Experience with data analysis, data cleansing, reporting, dashboarding, or visualization tools such as Power BI. Basic knowledge of SQL, relational data, data modeling, metadata management, or data-quality concepts.  Exposure to business analysis, process mapping, workshop support, requirements gathering, or stakeholder research.  Understanding of enterprise architecture concepts such as business capabilities, applications, integrations, data, technology standards, and roadmaps.  Exposure to enterprise platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, SAP, Workday, or similar systems.  Experience with diagramming and