Program Architect Capability Modernisation Melbourne, Victoria

Bupa Dental; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Career development opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Program Architect to own and evolve the end-to-end Program Architecture for the Health Insurance Capability Modernisation Program in Melbourne. You will provide program-level architectural leadership and ensure delivery decisions translate into coherent designs and transitions.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, experience in end-to-end program architecture across multiple domains, and the ability to prioritise initiatives in a complex, regulated health insurance

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Program Architect, Enterprise Architect or senior architecture leader in large transformation programs.
• 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 in health insurance, claims or similarly regulated environments is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the end-to-end Program Architecture for the Health Insurance Capability Modernisation Program.
• Provide program-level architectural leadership to translate architectural intent into delivery decisions and designs.
• Close material gaps in artefacts and ensure alignment to the broader Health Insurance target state.
• Translate target-state direction into executable program architecture with senior stakeholders.
• Work effectively with senior business and technology stakeholders to broker practical outcomes across priorities.

Skills

Program Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder management

Architecture optioning

Transition sequencing

Cross-functional collaboration

Health insurance domain experience

Job description

Program Architect Capability Modernisation Melbourne, Victoria

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 committed toprovidingequal 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.