Program Architect Capability Modernisation

Bupa Australia; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Bupa Australia is seeking a senior Program Architect to own and evolve the end-to-end architecture for the Health Insurance Capability Modernisation Program. You will translate architectural intent into coherent delivery decisions, solution designs and transition outcomes, reporting to the Enterprise Architect for Health Insurance.

The role requires influencing across business and technology stakeholders, balancing time, cost, risk and quality, and operating in a matrix, multi-vendor

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Program Architect or Enterprise Architect in large transformation programs.
• Experience owning end-to-end program architecture across processes, data, applications, integration and transition layers.
• Ability to assess options, impacts, and sequencing for multi-workstream programs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management in matrix environments.
• Experience translating target-state directions into executable program architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve end-to-end program architecture for the Health Insurance Capability Modernisation Program.
• Translate architectural intent into delivery decisions, designs and transition outcomes.
• Provide program-level architectural leadership reporting to the Enterprise Architect for Health Insurance.

Skills

Program architecture

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Transition sequencing

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

The purpose of the role is to own and evolve the end-to-end Program Architecture for the Health Insurance Capability Modernisation Program, and ensure architectural intent is translated into coherent delivery decisions, solution designs and transition outcomes. Reporting to the Enterprise Architect for Health Insurance, this role provides the program-level architectural leadership needed to own the architecture for Capability Modernisation, close material gaps in current artefacts, and ensure coherent delivery decisions, transition outcomes and alignment to the broader Health Insurance target state.

Whatyou’llneedto make it possible

• Significant experience as a Program Architect, Enterprise Architect or senior architecture leader in large transformation programs, either in consulting or embedded roles.
• Experience owning, developing and maintaining end-to-end program architecture across business process, functional placement, application, data, integration and transition layers.
• Strong experience in architecture optioning, impact assessment, transition sequencing and decision support for complex multi-workstream programs.
• Ability to identify gaps in immature artefacts and quickly produce fit-for-purpose views, decisions and recommendations.
• Experience working with enterprise architecture leadership to translate target-state direction into executable program architecture.
• Experience in health insurance, claims or similarly regulated environments is highly desirable.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and judgement in matrix and multi-vendor environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior business and technology stakeholders, frame options clearly, and broker practical outcomes across competing priorities. Commercial acumen in the context of program shaping and delivery, including the ability to assess trade offs across time, cost, risk, quality and strategic fit.
• Experience working in organisations undergoing significant strategic and operating model change, with the judgement to stabilise ambiguity and maintain delivery momentum.
• Strong situational analysis, structured problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Manages complexity: Synthesises cross-capability issues, isolates the core problem, and frames practical options and trade-offs.
• Future thinking: Connects immediate program decisions to longer-term Health Insurance target-state direction.
• Business insight: Links architecture choices to business outcomes, risk, sequencing and delivery feasibility. Effective decision-making: Brings clarity to ambiguous issues and drives timely, well-grounded decisions.
• Ensures accountability: Creates clarity on ownership, dependencies, decisions and follow-through.

Whyyou’lllove it?

We support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves. From providing initiatives that develop careers to looking after our people’s health,wellbeingand futures. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working, with a mix of time in the office and at home, while having plenty of opportunities to learn, grow, and take your experience to the next level.

At Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are continuing to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Bupa is committedtoprovidingequal opportunities and fostering a workplace and environment that is free of discrimination,bullyingand harassment.

We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants. We are dedicated to removing barriers to participation. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, or ifyou’dlike to discuss how this role can be flexible for you, please let us know so we can support your participation onan equitablebasis.