Senior Enterprise Architect: Strategy & Investment Direction

New Zealand Transport Agency; Wellington; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Five weeks annual leave

Income Protection and Critical Illness

Professional development and career增长

Collaborative and inclusive culture

Job summary

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect – Corporate to shape the future direction of enterprise capabilities. You will translate business strategy into target states, and partner with senior leaders across Commercial, Corporate, People & Safety to guide strategy and investment decisions.

You’ll translate business needs into capability roadmaps, advise on risks and opportunities, and ensure alignment with technology opportunities while connecting digital, data

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, business architecture or strategic advisory roles.
• Strong business capability modelling and enterprise planning experience.
• Ability to translate business strategy into clear enterprise direction.
• Experience influencing executives and senior decision-makers.
• An understanding of investment planning, governance and organisational priorities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to simplify complexity and provide clear, actionable advice.
• Collaborative approach that builds alignment across business, architecture, digital and delivery communities.

Responsibilities

• Shape enterprise capability strategies and future-state direction.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior business leaders.
• Provide enterprise architecture advice on emerging needs, opportunities and risks.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and better align capabilities and services.
• Influence investment decisions through an enterprise-wide perspective.
• Connect business priorities with digital, data and technology opportunities.
• Ensure business and Digital engage early enough to understand opportunities, constraints and enterprise implications before investment and delivery pathways are established.
• Identify and help resolve cross-organisational dependencies to support coherent enterprise outcomes.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Business capability modelling

Strategic advisory

Executive influencing

Investment planning

Stakeholder engagement

Complexity simplification

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect – Corporate to shape the future direction of enterprise capabilities. You will translate business strategy into target states, and partner with senior leaders across Commercial, Corporate, People & Safety to guide strategy and investment decisions.

You’ll translate business needs into capability roadmaps, advise on risks and opportunities, and ensure alignment with technology opportunities while connecting digital, data