Enterprise Architect

Air New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Air New Zealand is accelerating its journey to become the world's leading digital airline. This role sits in the Architecture Chapter and acts as a trusted strategic partner across business areas, collaborating with Tribe leaders to envision, plan and design the Tribe ecosystem to deliver customer-centric service outcomes.

You will lead architecture governance, set guardrails, and guide decision-making on make-buy-subscribe options, while evangelising the value of architecture to both technical

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise architecture initiatives.
• Ability to translate complex problems into actionable strategy.
• Experience partnering with Tribe leads and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop the architecture vision for the Tribe, consulting on strategy and long-term roadmaps in conjunction with the wider Architecture community.
• Work as a strategic lead within the Tribe, supporting the Tribe Lead and Tribe Digital Lead to develop the capabilities required to step change delivery of Air New Zealand digital products.
• Participate and lead architecture governance processes to ensure decisions impacting our digital estate are within the digital dexterity guard-rails and aligned with the strategic platform direction.
• Evangelise and communicate effectively the Architecture value proposition to enable and align the Tribe vision and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in vendor selection processes by providing strategic guidance and using architecture tools such as capability maps, to guide the definition of selection criteria and evaluation.
• Work closely with Tribe leadership team to provide visibility of the options available in the market, do the necessary research and facilitate balanced build vs buy vs subscribe discussions and decision making.
• Set and govern architecture guardrails for shared, enterprise-level “intentional” architecture.
• Provide autonomy and expertise to product managers to make product level “emergent” architecture decisions.
• Represent Air New Zealand in events of relevance for the industry or for our technology landscape (both attending and/or presenting).

Skills

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

Vendor selection

Roadmapping

Job description

Kia ora! Air New Zealand is accelerating its journey to become the world's leading digital airline. At the centre of this ambition, our Architecture Chapter defines the technology foundations that enable exceptional customer experiences, drive enterprise-wide transformation, and equip the airline to adapt and thrive in a rapidly evolving industry.

Reporting to theChapter Lead Enterprise Architecturewithin ourArchitecturefunction, this role is a trusted strategic partner acrossAir New Zealand’sbusiness areas and will work collaboratively with Tribe leaders to envision, plan and designtheAirNew ZealandTribe eco-system to enable customer centric service outcomes.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop the architecture vision for the Tribe,consultingon strategyand long-term roadmapsin conjunction with the wider Architecture community
• Work as astrategic leadwithin the Tribe, supporting the Tribe Lead and Tribe Digital Leadtodevelop the capabilitiesrequiredto step change delivery of Air New Zealand digital products
• Participate and leadarchitecturegovernance processes to ensuredecisionsimpactingour digital estateare within the digital dexterity guard-rails and aligned with the strategic platform direction
• Evangelise andcommunicate effectivelythe Architecture value proposition to enable and align the Tribevision and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Participate in vendor selection processes byprovidingstrategic guidance and using architecture tools such as capability maps, to guide the definition of selection criteria and evaluation
• Work closely with Tribe leadership team to provide visibility of the options available in the market, do the necessary research andfacilitate balancedbuild vs buy vs subscribe discussions and decision making
• Set and govern architecture guardrails for shared, enterprise-level “intentional” architecture
• Provide autonomy andexpertiseto product managers to make product level “emergent” architecture decisions
• Represent Air New Zealand in events of relevance for the industry or for our technology landscape (both attending and/or presenting)

Key Skills and Experience:

• The ability to rapidly gain the trust of Tribe and Executive stakeholders and communicate effectively to this audience is paramount
• Exceptional ability tocollate and express complex problems and systems into digestible concepts and enabledecision making at all levels
• Consult on digitising end-to-end services to improve operating model delivery
• Strategic thinking is a core skillrequiredfor this role along with a broad, diverse product anddigitalbackground
• Experienceproviding architectural leadership to enterprise procurementefforts
• An understanding of commercial and financialconceptsishighly desirable

Applications close on Tuesday 11 August, 2026.

Additional Information

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."