Technology Architecture, Principal

AIA Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AIA Singapore is looking for a Technology Architecture, Principal to lead technology strategy and governance. The role involves defining architecture aligned with business objectives, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring scalable, compliant architectures. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience with strong expertise in technology and application architecture, as well as excellent stakeholder management skills. AIA values transformative ideas and offers an opportunity to contribute to a healthier, sustainable future.

Qualifications

• Strong architectural expertise across technology, application, and data architecture.
• Proven track record in defining technology architecture frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern technology architecture aligned with business strategy.
• Lead evaluation and selection of technologies and platforms.
• Engage senior leaders to influence technology direction.

Skills

Technology architecture

Microservices

APIs

Data platforms

DevOps

Stakeholder management

Education

8 to 10+ years of experience in technology architecture

Tools

Azure Architecture certification

TOGAF certification

Job description

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone. As pioneering innovators for over 100 years, we’re now transforming our organisation to be faster, simpler and more connected, enabling us to develop digital solutions and experiences that help more people live healthier, longer, better lives.

To achieve this, we need people with tech, digital and analytics expertise and a passion for driving positive change through digitally enhanced experiences that impact millions of lives.

If you believe in building a better tomorrow, read on.

About The Role

The Technology Architecture, Principal is responsible for defining and governing AIA Singapore’s technology‑wide architecture, ensuring that technology investments are aligned with business strategy, scalable for future growth, and compliant with Group standards.

This role develops and drives architecture frameworks and integration strategies, and technical roadmaps across the application, data, infrastructure, and security domains. The ideal candidate is a strong technologist with deep architecture expertise and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across business and technology.

You will play a critical role in enabling AIA’s digital transformation, modernising our application landscape, and guiding engineering teams toward future‑ready platforms and patterns.

What You’ll Be Doing

Technology Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Define, maintain, and evolve the technology architecture blueprint aligned with AIA Singapore’s business strategy.
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, principles, and guardrails across application, data, integration, and security domains.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of technologies, platforms, and tools to support future‑state architecture.
• Drive adoption of Group architecture frameworks and ensure compliance with governance and regulatory requirements.

Architecture Planning & Roadmap Execution

• Work closely with business, technology, and AIA Group teams to develop multi‑year architecture roadmaps.
• Guide the modernisation of legacy systems toward native, scalable, API‑driven architectures.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to design target‑state architectures for major programs and initiatives.
• Ensure architectural designs deliver performance, scalability, security, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Conduct analysis of technology trends, vendor/product lifecycles, regulatory conditions, and market capabilities to recommend improvements to existing solutions.

Technology Design Leadership

• Provide leadership for technology design across major organisational initiatives, from concept to delivery.
• Review and endorse technical design proposals, ensuring alignment with organisational technology standards.
• Resolve complex technical challenges and ensure designs are scalable, resilient, and cost‑efficient.
• Conduct impact assessments, technology evaluations, and design‑related risk assessments.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Engage senior business leaders, product teams, Group architecture, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure teams to ensure alignment on technology direction.
• Act as the architecture thought leader, influencing decision‑making across the organisation.
• Communicate architecture strategies, decisions, and technical trade‑offs in a clear and structured manner.

Technology Leadership & Capability Building

• Champion engineering excellence, modern architecture practices and reusable platform capabilities.
• Mentor solution architects and senior engineers, developing the next generation of architectural talent.
• Promote continuous learning, innovation and adoption of emerging technologies, such as native, integration, analytics, DevSecOps, and API‑first.

What You Should Have

• 8 to 10+ years of experience in technology architecture or technical leadership roles.
• Strong architectural expertise across:
  • Technology architecture.
  • Application architecture (microservices, event‑driven architecture, APIs).
  • Data and integration architecture (data platforms, streaming, ETL/ELT, API gateway).
  • Security and infrastructure fundamentals.
  • Proven track record defining technology architecture frameworks and governing large‑scale technology ecosystems.
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, engineering practices, DevOps and native development.
  • Experience leading architecture for large digital transformation programmes.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with ability to influence at senior levels.
  • Strong analytical, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.

Good To Have

• Experience in insurance or financial services.
• Certification in TOGAF, Azure Architecture or similar.
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in a financial institution.
• Background in platform engineering and API management.