Strategic Enterprise Architect - Corporate & Digital Strategy

New Zealand Transport Agency; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Five weeks annual leave

Income Protection

Critical Illness Insurance

Professional development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to shape the future of our enterprise capabilities across Commercial & Corporate and People & Safety. You will translate business strategy into target states, capability roadmaps and strategic advice, influencing senior leaders and investment decisions at enterprise scale.

You will partner with executive stakeholders to link business priorities with digital, data and technology opportunities, guiding investment and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, business architecture or strategic advisory roles.
• Strong business capability modelling and enterprise planning experience.
• The 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.
• The ability to simplify complexity and provide clear, actionable advice.
• A 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 architecture

Strategic advisory

Stakeholder engagement

Investment planning

Job description

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to shape the future of our enterprise capabilities across Commercial & Corporate and People & Safety. You will translate business strategy into target states, capability roadmaps and strategic advice, influencing senior leaders and investment decisions at enterprise scale.

You will partner with executive stakeholders to link business priorities with digital, data and technology opportunities, guiding investment and