BE THE DIFFERENCE

At AIA we don’t simply believe in being ‘the best’. We believe in better – because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us. Everything we do is driven by our purpose to make a difference by helping people embrace Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. And every one of our people has an important role to play. If you want to make a difference by helping shape a healthier, better-protected Australia, read on.
The opportunity:
AIA now has a fantastic opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join our Technology team in either Melbourne or Sydney.
As the Enterprise Architect, you will deliver AIA’s Technology Strategy and Enterprise Roadmap in alignment with strategic objectives. This role involves close collaboration with senior business leaders to ensure technology initiatives support and enable their strategic vision. You will also provide leadership and guidance to Solution Architects and development teams, ensuring that solution designs are consistent with enterprise architecture principles and long-term strategic direction.

To do this successfully:

• Analyse the current business and IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement
• Work with IT Vendor and Innovation managers to capture industry trends as well as current vendor roadmaps that will assist in the development of the Enterprise Roadmap
• Work with Project office to create the portfolio of projects, estimating and budgeting the portfolio of projects.
• Produce Enterprise architecture blueprint in conjunction with the other Enterprise Architects
• Leading the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to derive enterprise business, information, technical and solution architecture requirements; analysing industry, technology and market trends to determine their potential impacts on the enterprise
• Liaise with all levels of the business and IT to identify areas of opportunity that require architecture support and produce requests for architecture work to develop the required architecture
• In conjunction with Head of Architecture, develop, communicate and maintain IT Architecture Governance processes, including document templates, charter and assessments.
• Leading and facilitating the creation of governing principles to guide solution decision making for the enterprise

Successful applications will demonstrate:

• Enterprise Architecture experience, ideally within the financial services or insurance industry
• Experience in managing technology, associated risks and working in partnership with consultants
• Experience in resource allocation, shaping priorities and managing different skills within a team
• Well-developed strategic and leadership skills
• Ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues to business stakeholders

Why choose AIA:

At AIA, we’ve made a promise to help people live healthier, longer, better lives. And it starts with our own people.

• Access our training and development to build on your current skills
• Career development through internal mobility opportunities
• Work for a business helping millions of Australians and make a difference to someone’s life everyday
• Access additional leave days a year to recharge and refresh yourself
• Enjoy wonderful Health and Wellbeing initiatives that support you
• Work with supportive and inclusive managers

At AIA Australia, we’re proud to help guide, support and protect the wellbeing of over 3.5 million Australians. As part of the AIA Group - the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group – it is our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.
Lots of companies like to say they’re different. What makes us truly different at AIA, is the difference we make in people’s lives. We are proud that this difference has been recognised in the 2024 ANZIIF awards by being named Life Insurance Company of the Year
AIA is different. Are you?
If you want to be part of an organisation that helps people live better every single day, apply via the link.

Please refer the Job description for details