GM Architecture, Information Security

As the GM Architecture - Information Security, you will lead architecture outcomes across Information Security, ensuring cyber security strategy, technology strategy and capability evolution are aligned through effective architecture leadership, governance and workforce management.

The role is accountable for architecture outcomes across Information Security capabilities and technologies, whilst acting as the strategic architecture partner to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and leadership team. Working closely with security, technology and risk stakeholders, the role helps shape cyber security strategy, technology investment, resilience outcomes and risk management priorities, whilst contributing to enterprise architecture outcomes across the Bank through collaboration with peer architecture leaders, the GM Enterprise Architect and the Group Chief Architect.

What will your day look like?:

• Leading architecture across the Information Security portfolio, including strategy, target states, roadmaps and architecture outcomes.
• Providing oversight of portfolio capabilities, ensuring Lead Architects effectively govern capability evolution and the associated platforms, products, services and technology assets.
• Partnering with the Chief Information Security Officer and leadership team to provide architecture leadership, strategic advice and decision support across cyber security, resilience, regulatory and technology initiatives.
• Operating portfolio architecture governance and acting as the primary architecture decision authority for significant initiatives and investments.
• Ensuring architecture resources are effectively deployed to meet portfolio demand, delivery commitments and strategic priorities, whilst resolving capacity, capability and prioritisation constraints.
• Leading, developing and growing a high-performing architecture workforce, including capability development, succession planning and practice consistency.
• Collaborating with peer architecture leaders to ensure cross-domain alignment, integration and enterprise coherence.
• Contributing to enterprise architecture artefacts, standards, roadmaps and governance processes and ensuring architecture perspectives, priorities and requirements from the Information Security portfolio are effectively represented in enterprise architecture, investment and technology decision-making forums.
• Identifying and managing architecture risks, technical debt, resilience concerns and strategic technology issues.
• Representing architecture within portfolio leadership, investment and governance forums.

What will you bring?:

• Over 20 years of IT experience, including nearly 10 years leading architecture functions within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of security architecture, cyber resilience, risk management and regulatory obligations.
• Strong understanding of business, enterprise and technology architecture practices.
• Experience defining architecture strategies, target states, roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including workforce planning, capability development and succession planning.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including experience partnering with CIOs, senior technology leaders and business executives.
• Experience operating governance forums and influencing strategic technology decisions.
• Ability to balance business outcomes, technology risk, delivery priorities and enterprise objectives.
• Strong commercial, strategic and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Experience within cyber security, information security or risk management functions.
• Experience supporting resilience, regulatory or security transformation initiatives.
• Experience contributing to enterprise architecture strategy and governance.

You're not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ, a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we'd love to hear from you.

Skills

Architecture, Cyber Security, Information Security, Risk Management