Flexible Strategic Enterprise Architect – Data & Asset

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi; Palmerston North; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Five weeks annual leave

Income Protection and Critical Illness

Professional development and career成长

Inclusive culture

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi (NZTA) seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect, Data and Asset to lead architecture direction across data and asset technology domains. You will shape platforms, services and standards that support digital products and services, working with senior technology leaders to enable practical, future-focused delivery.

You will balance strategic technology leadership with pragmatic delivery, guiding architecture roadmaps and investment choices while partnering with

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise, solution or technology architecture.
• Strong knowledge of data platforms, information management, analytics and emerging AI capabilities.
• Experience developing technology strategies, target states and architecture roadmaps.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders, technology leaders and investment decisions.
• Experience working across complex product, platform and delivery environments.
• Strong systems thinking, analysis and problem-solving capabilities.
• An understanding of how data and technology enable organisational outcomes and digital services.
• The ability to translate complex technology concepts into clear strategic direction.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture direction for the Data and Asset technology domains.
• Develop target states, architecture roadmaps and strategic technology guidance.
• Partner with the Head of Data & AI to shape NZTA’s enterprise data and AI capabilities.
• Guide the direction of data platforms, information management services, analytics capabilities and asset technology ecosystems.
• Identify opportunities for standardisation, simplification and reuse.
• Provide strategic domain guidance to solution architects and delivery teams.
• Influence technology investment decisions and organisational priorities.
• Ensure enterprise architecture principles are reflected in product and platform development.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Data platforms

Analytics capabilities

AI capabilities

Stakeholder influence

Delivery environments

Systems thinking

Communication skills

Job description

NZ Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi (NZTA) seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect, Data and Asset to lead architecture direction across data and asset technology domains. You will shape platforms, services and standards that support digital products and services, working with senior technology leaders to enable practical, future-focused delivery.

You will balance strategic technology leadership with pragmatic delivery, guiding architecture roadmaps and investment choices while partnering with