Enterprise Architecture and Digital Enablement Manager

Unitywater; Hervey Bay; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Discounted private health insurance

Salary packaging

Employee assistance program

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Unitywater is seeking a senior Enterprise Architecture and Digital Enablement Manager to lead the architecture practice, connecting Technology and Digital Plans to delivery. You will guide technology decisions, establish target architectures and transition roadmaps, and ensure security, resilience, lifecycle cost, reuse and customer outcomes are considered early.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team across business, data, applications, integration, infrastructure, cloud, cyber security, OT and

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, network, cyber security, OT and AI.
• Experience assessing emerging technologies, industry trends and innovation opportunities.
• Experience improving architecture decision quality, demand management, service performance, reuse, exceptions and technical debt outcomes.
• Credible people leadership, including coaching specialists, setting expectations and building capability.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future technology vision through target architecture and practical transition roadmaps that enable Unitywater's strategic objectives.
• Lead a team of Architects through coaching, clearer accountability and 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

Architecture leadership

Architectural governance

Cross‑domain architecture

Technology assessment

Decision quality

People leadership

Communication

EA qualification

Education

TOGAF or equivalent EA qualification

Tertiary IT/Engineering qualification

Job description

Act as Unitywater's Chief Architect and senior technical design authority.

Lead a multi-disciplinary architecture team and specialist partners.

Drive governance, reuse and simplification across digital environments.

About the role:

As Enterprise Architecture and Digital Enablement Manager, you will lead the architecture practice that connects Unitywater’s Technology and Digital Plan to practical delivery. You will guide material technology decisions, establish target architecture and transition roadmaps, and make sure security, resilience, lifecycle cost, reuse and customer outcomes are considered early.

The Enterprise Architecture and Digital Enablement Manager will act as Unitywater’s Chief Architect and senior technical design authority who has the unique opportunity to shape the technology future of hundreds of thousands of people across Southeast Queensland. Reporting to the Head of Technology and Digital Solutions, you will lead a multi-disciplinary architecture team and guide material technology decisions across business, data, applications, integration, infrastructure, network, cloud, cyber security, operational technology and artificial intelligence.

You will help define what tomorrow looks like, ensuring the technology ecosystem is innovative, sustainable and aligned to the strategic ambitions of Unitywater.

In this role, you’ll:

• 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.

About you:

You are a senior credible architecture leader who combines enterprise thinking with practical delivery judgement. You can influence executives, constructively challenge assumptions; and operate at a strategic level while staying close enough to the work to test decisions and coach technical specialists. You are known for being able translate complex choices into clear improve delivery outcomes and applying sound, balanced judgement and strong business acumen in decision making. You are confident in communicating complex ideas to non-technical executive, operational audiences to support effective and informed decision making.

Our One Unitywater behaviours - Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:

Must have

• 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, network, 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.

Nice to have

• Experience in a water utility, asset-intensive, operational technology or critical-infrastructure environment.
• Experience presenting architecture strategies, investment recommendations or business cases to executive or board-level audiences.
• Experience leading architecture review boards, technology governance forums or enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
• Applied knowledge of AI architecture and governance, including responsible use, integration, data dependencies and lifecycle controls.
• Strong commercial judgement across whole-of-life cost, sourcing, vendor management and technology investment trade-offs.

Working at Unitywater:

• Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays. Tell us what this looks like for you!
• Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
• Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, and access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
• Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.

About us:

Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

We think a pretty good job starts here.

We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.

Applications close:

Midnight Wednesday 9th September 2026

For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]

If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist [e-mail]

Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.