General Manager - Information Security Architecture

ANZ Banking Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ANZ Banking Group is seeking a GM Architecture – Information Security in Bangalore. You will lead architecture outcomes across Information Security, align cyber security and technology strategies, and partner with the CISO and leadership to shape resilience and regulatory initiatives.

You will collaborate with security, technology and risk stakeholders to guide investment, governance and enterprise architecture outcomes, while mentoring a high-performing architecture team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading architecture functions in large enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of security architecture and cyber resilience.
• Experience shaping cyber security strategy, resilience, and regulatory initiatives.
• Proven ability to govern architecture portfolios and investments.
• Demonstrated leadership in capability development and succession planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture across the Information Security portfolio, including strategy and roadmaps.
• Oversee portfolio capabilities and governance of platforms, products and technology assets.
• Partner with the CISO and leadership to provide strategic architecture guidance.
• Serve as primary architecture decision authority for major initiatives and investments.
• Ensure effective deployment of architecture resources to meet priorities and delivery commitments.
• Develop and grow a high-performing architecture workforce with succession planning.
• Collaborate with peer architecture leaders for cross-domain alignment and enterprise coherence.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture artifacts, standards and governance processes.
• Identify and manage architecture risks and technical debt.

Skills

Security architecture

Cyber resilience

Risk management

Regulatory obligations

Enterprise architecture

Architecture leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Strategic thinking

Business-IT alignment

Job description

GM Architecture, Information Security

About Us

At ANZ, we're applying new ways technology and data can be harnessed as we work towards a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Our community of over 5,000 engineers is key to making this happen, because technology underpins every part of our business - from delivering tools, apps and services for our customers, to building a bank for the future.

About the Role

Role Type: Full Time Permanent. Role Location: Bangalore. Work Hours: Standard.

As the GM Architecture – Information Security, you will lead architecture outcomes across Information Security, ensuring cyber security strategy, technology strategy and capability evolution are aligned through effective architecture leadership, governance and workforce management.

The role is accountable for architecture outcomes across Information Security capabilities and technologies, whilst acting as the strategic architecture partner to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and leadership team.

Working closely with security, technology and risk stakeholders, the role helps shape cyber security strategy, technology investment, resilience outcomes and risk management priorities, whilst contributing to enterprise architecture outcomes across the Bank through collaboration with peer architecture leaders, the GM Enterprise Architect and the Group Chief Architect.

What will your day look like?

• Leading architecture across the Information Security portfolio, including strategy, target states, roadmaps and architecture outcomes.
• Providing oversight of portfolio capabilities, ensuring Lead Architects effectively govern capability evolution and the associated platforms, products, services and technology assets.
• Partnering with the Chief Information Security Officer and leadership team to provide architecture leadership, strategic advice and decision support across cyber security, resilience, regulatory and technology initiatives.
• Operating portfolio architecture governance and acting as the primary architecture decision authority for significant initiatives and investments.
• Ensuring architecture resources are effectively deployed to meet portfolio demand, delivery commitments and strategic priorities, whilst resolving capacity, capability and prioritisation constraints.
• Leading, developing and growing a high-performing architecture workforce, including capability development, succession planning and practice consistency.
• Collaborating with peer architecture leaders to ensure cross‑domain alignment, integration and enterprise coherence.
• Contributing to enterprise architecture artefacts, standards, roadmaps and governance processes and ensuring architecture perspectives, priorities and requirements from the Information Security portfolio are effectively represented in enterprise architecture, investment and technology decision‑making forums.
• Identifying and managing architecture risks, technical debt, resilience concerns and strategic technology issues.
• Representing architecture within portfolio leadership, investment and governance forums.

What will you bring?

• Over 20 years of IT experience, including nearly 10 years leading architecture functions within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of security architecture, cyber resilience, risk management and regulatory obligations.
• Strong understanding of business, enterprise and technology architecture practices.
• Experience defining architecture strategies, target states, roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including workforce planning, capability development and succession planning.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including experience partnering with CIOs, senior technology leaders and business executives.
• Experience operating governance forums and influencing strategic technology decisions.
• Ability to balance business outcomes, technology risk, delivery priorities and enterprise objectives.
• Strong commercial, strategic and systems‑thinking capabilities.
• Experience within cyber security, information security or risk management functions.
• Experience supporting resilience, regulatory or security transformation initiatives.
• Experience contributing to enterprise architecture strategy and governance.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

Your Career at ANZ

Our purpose is to shape a world where people and communities thrive. That's why we strive to create a balanced, sustainable economy in which everyone can take part and build a better life. By helping people make the most of what they have, we transform ideas, hard work and ambition into reality.

Career development means different things to different people. It may simply mean developing a skill, broadening your experience by moving sideways or stretching yourself by moving to a different business. How you manage and develop your career is up to you.

ANZ is committed to helping you do this by providing you with the support, tools and resources you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things in the future.

We work flexibly at ANZ and encourage you to talk to us about how this role can be flexible for you and any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself.

If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.