Executive Manager - Strategy And Architecture Practices, Queensland Fire Department

Queensland Government; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Fire Department seeks an Executive Manager to lead Strategy and Architecture Practices, shaping enterprise architecture across the department and guiding digital transformation initiatives. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to define roadmaps, standards and strategic directions, ensuring alignment with business goals.

The role requires significant enterprise architecture experience in large organisations, with TOGAF or equivalent certification highly desirable, and

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an Enterprise Architect in large, complex organisations.
• Experience leading assessment of future strategic and technology directions and portfolio planning for IT strategies.
• Experience as an ICT architect in solution or technical architecture.
• Experience developing plans/roadmaps aligning capabilities with technical solutions.
• Knowledge of waterfall and agile project methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and review of architectural blueprints, roadmaps and standards for digital transformation.
• Provide advisory input on business and information systems through innovation.
• Contribute to enterprise design artefacts and implementation of enterprise architecture and strategies.
• Develop networks and liaisons across internal teams and stakeholders to support architecture.
• Manage projects and represent the department in groups to ensure outcomes and continuous improvement.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment

Strategic IT Thinking

Communication Skills

Education

TOGAF Certification

Job description

Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:

• Lead the development and review of architectural blueprints, roadmaps, standards and direction, and conduct feasibility studies and options analysis to support the departments digital transformation strategy.
• Provide well-informed advice, over a range of topics influencing the effectiveness of the organisation's business and information systems through the implementation of innovation.
• Provide key input and direction in the creation, review and updating of enterprise design artefacts, including development and implementation of enterprise architecture and other business strategies.
• Develop, maintain and foster effective networks and liaisons, between internal teams, projects, other stakeholders, in order to assist in the development of enterprise architecture.
• Manage projects and represent the department at working groups and forums to ensure outcomes are delivered and monitored for continuous improvement to achieve shared community safety objectives.
• Ensure all work is developed and documented in line with the government enterprise architecture processes, and recommend standards and protocols needed to establish industry standard and best practice architecture.
• Assist in the identification, addressing and scheduling of issues, risks and solutions that may impact the successful implementation of business initiatives.
• Lead and manage the functions of the team through effective human resource, and financial management practices, including developing staff through performance, planning and review.

Highly desirable requirements

• Significant experience as an Enterprise Architect in large, complex organisations.
• Certification in The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) or similar industry recognised certification would be regarded as highly desirable.
• Experience in leading the assessment of future strategic and technology directions, and portfolio planning to facilitate the development of IT strategic plans using a collaborative and customer centric approach.
• Experience as an ICT architect in either solution or technical architecture.
• Experience in developing plans or roadmaps which match changing organisational capabilities to technical solutions.
• Knowledge and/or experience in both waterfall and agile project methodologies.

Executive Manager - Strategy and Architecture Practices, Queensland Fire Department • Brisbane - North, Australia