CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Thinking – Ability to see the big picture and craft architectural strategies that support long-term business goals.
• Technical Leadership – Brings deep technical understanding across modern technologies (cloud, APIs, data, platforms, etc.).
• Stakeholder Engagement – Exceptional communication and influencing skills with senior business and technical leaders.
• Execution Orientation – A hands-on leader who ensures architecture is actionable, pragmatic and delivery-focused.
• Team Leadership – Proven ability to inspire, mentor, and grow technical talent within a distributed team.
• Business Acumen – Strong understanding of life and general insurance processes, products, and regulatory considerations in APAC.
• Collaboration – Works across functions and geographies to align efforts, reduce duplication, and maximise reuse
• Disciplined - Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills with thorough attention to detail. Excellent planning, documentation and problem-solving skills. Time management ability and drive-for-results oriented outcomes.
• Multi-task - Able to work in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

PURPOSE

Enterprise Architect role for the APAC region to lead the architecture function across a portfolio of life and general insurance initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role that combines deep technical expertise with business acumen to deliver scalable, future-proof insurance solutions across multiple markets. A can-do attitude is critical along with an ability to be strategic yet able to deep dive into application blueprints and designs
Develop and execute architectural strategies and roadmaps tailored to the region while ensuring alignment with global architecture principles. This role will lead and grow an experienced regional architecture team and work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders to drive innovation and consistency across IT delivery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and drive the architecture strategy and technology roadmap for life and general insurance solutions across APAC, aligned with global architecture direction.
• Lead the design and oversight of enterprise-wide solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with business goals.
• Build, lead, and mentor a team of architects, ensuring continuous growth, technical excellence, and a strong architectural community of practice.
• Act as the primary architecture advisor to regional executives and senior stakeholders across business and IT, influencing decision-making at the highest levels.
• Champion enterprise architecture governance, including principles, standards, reference architectures, and review processes.
• Collaborate closely with the global architecture team to ensure consistency in solution design, technology stack usage, and reuse of enterprise capabilities.
• Lead architectural engagement throughout the full lifecycle of programs and projects, including strategy, design, delivery oversight, and post-implementation review.
• Partner with engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure robust and pragmatic designs that are grounded in real-world implementation.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, regulatory trends, and market shifts to inform future-state architectures.
• Establish architecture patterns, best practices and governance processes
• Work with development teams to engage in strategic roadmap and delivery projects
• Act as subject matter expert, providing guidance and support on IT related projects.