Enterprise Architect

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BELIEVE IN BETTER

Do you believe in shaping a better, healthier, more sustainable future through the power of digital?

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone.

It's finding new ways to not only better people's lives, but to better the communities and environments we live. As pioneering innovators for over 100 years, we’re now transforming our organisation to be faster, simpler, and more connected. Because we want to be even better equipped to develop digital solutions and experiences that help more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

And to get there, we need people with tech / digital / analytics expertise and passion to help develop positive sustainable change through digitally enhanced experiences that will impact the lives of millions of people and create a healthier future for everyone.

Sound like you? Then read on.

The Opportunity

The Enterprise Architect position plays a key role in shaping and optimising AIA NZ’s technological landscape. As an Enterprise Architect, your primary objective is to lead the development and execution of a comprehensive architecture strategy. This strategy will radically simplify the technology in use at AIA and embed AI throughout our business and the customer experience we deliver.

You will be responsible for ensuring the ongoing quality and strategic alignment of technology solutions and tracking progress towards our technology and business goals. This role will act as an evangelist for technology by way of communication, socialization of ideas, concepts, and building partnerships in alignment with change management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Management : Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into a comprehensive technology roadmap.
• Leadership of Solution Planning, Design & Quality Assurance : Oversee the option analysis, design and implementation of scalable, secure, efficient and simplified IT systems that meet current and future business needs.
• Strategic Alignment : Work closely with AIA NZ business stakeholders and AIA Group Office to understand strategic objectives and translate them into actionable technology plans that support business growth and align to AIA Group target architecture.
• Governance : Responsible for ensuring AIA NZ follows and is aligned to the architecture and technology governance models set out by AIA Group Office, and local BU.
• Technology & Package Evaluation : Assess emerging technologies and evaluate their potential impact on AIA NZ’s architecture, providing recommendations for adoption. Keep up to date on the latest technology trends in the industry, focusing on the areas of cloud computing, storage, applications, software development, data systems and automation.
• Standards & Best Practices : Understand, develop and maintain architectural principles, practices, policies and standards, locally and with AIA Group Office, ensuring consistency and compliance across the IT environment
• Documentation and reference architecture : Create and maintain architecture documentation and diagrams (physical, logical, process flow) for current critical systems architecture including integrations and workflows.
• Enterprise Capability Planning : Collaborate with key stakeholders to assess, define and plan the development of enterprise capabilities, aligning technology initiatives with organisational goals.
• Risk Management : Identify, assess and mitigate technology-related risks, with a focus on ensuring the security, availability and reliability of enterprise systems.

Qualifications

Why choose AIA?

At AIA, we believe in empowering every one of our people to find their 'better'. We do this by offering :

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of who we are and what we do. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and they are central to our mission. AIA NZ values diversity in the workforce. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional mental health needs, chronic health conditions and / or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles. If there's anything we may need to consider to support you with our recruitment process, please email

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