Chief Architect & Digital Enablement Leader (Hybrid)

Alcoa; Hervey Bay; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Wellbeing programs

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Unitywater is seeking an Executive-level Enterprise Architecture and Digital Enablement Manager to shape technology strategy and lead a multi-disciplinary architecture team across data, applications, cloud and security. You will establish target architecture, transition roadmaps and governance, ensuring value delivery, cost efficiency and strong stakeholder engagement with executives and delivery teams.

Reporting to the Head of Technology and Digital Solutions, you will translate complex options

Qualifications

• Senior enterprise or solution architecture leadership experience in a complex, regulated or critical-infrastructure environment.
• Proven ability to establish target architecture, transition roadmaps, standards, reusable patterns and architecture governance.
• Strong cross-domain architecture judgement across data, applications, integration, infrastructure, cloud, cyber security, operational technology and artificial intelligence.
• Experience assessing emerging technologies, industry trends and innovation opportunities to support future business needs.
• Experience improving architecture decision quality, demand management, service performance, reuse, exceptions and technical debt outcomes.
• Credible people leadership, including coaching specialists, setting expectations, building capability and improving team performance.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear choices for executives and delivery teams.
• Relevant tertiary qualification, TOGAF or comparable enterprise architecture qualification, or substantial equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future technology vision through target architecture and practical transition roadmaps that enables Unitywater's strategic objectives.
• Lead a team of Architects through coaching, clearer accountability and strong stakeholder engagement in delivering enterprise-wide impact and value.
• Drive technology strategy and investment decisions through transparent and trusted advice and architectural leadership.
• Simplify and modernise technology landscapes to improve business outcomes and customer experiences.

Skills

Enterprise leadership

Architecture governance

Cross-domain architecture judgement

Emerging technologies assessment

Decision quality improvement

People leadership

Communication & influencing

TOGAF qualification

Education

TOGAF or comparable enterprise architecture qualification

Job description

Unitywater is seeking an Executive-level Enterprise Architecture and Digital Enablement Manager to shape technology strategy and lead a multi-disciplinary architecture team across data, applications, cloud and security. You will establish target architecture, transition roadmaps and governance, ensuring value delivery, cost efficiency and strong stakeholder engagement with executives and delivery teams.

Reporting to the Head of Technology and Digital Solutions, you will translate complex options