COUNTRY ROAD GROUP (CRG) IS EMBARKING ON A TRANSFORMATION TO POSITION ITSELF FOR GROWTH, LEVERAGING OUR SCALE, CAPABILITIES AND CULTURE AS A HOUSE OF BRANDS. WE ARE INVESTING IN NEW AND EXISTING CAPABILITIES AND HAVE A NUMBER OF EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.

We’re looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join our IT team at Country Road Group.
We’re on the lookout for a strategic and forward-thinking Enterprise Architect to help drive this transformation. This role is pivotal in shaping the architecture direction for our customer, digital, and retail platforms.

As the Enterprise Architect – Customer, Digital & Retail, you’ll:

• Set the strategic direction for architecture across customer, digital, and store ecosystems.
• Champion enterprise-wide architectural decisions that are scalable, secure, and future-ready and supporting business growth (new channels, new brands etc.)
• Architect and design the transformation of legacy systems into modular, API-first, cloud-native platforms.
• Embed an AI-first approach to elevate customer engagement, personalization, and operational intelligence.
• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to ensure alignment of IT initiatives with long-term business capabilities and objectives.

KEY CAPABILITIES

• Proven experience in Solution / Enterprise Architecture, with a strong background in delivering technology solutions for customer, retail, or digital platforms within a large-scale retail environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, Information Technology or a related field, advanced certifications (e.g., TOGAF) and knowledge of MACH principles desired.
• Strong background in cloud platforms (preferably AWS), APIs, microservices, and event-driven integration.
• Experience working with third-party vendors, delivery partners, and platform technologies.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing Unified Commerce and Distributed Order Management solutions, Loyalty, eCommerce and Mobile applications for large-scale retail organizations is highly desirable.
• Experience in a range of application technologies e.g. SQL, Oracle, python, Java, Unix shell etc