Enterprise Architect - Enterprise Information Model

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Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions though our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. No two days are the same.

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join our Tech Strategy & Architecture team.

This is a rare opportunity to shape how BNZ describes its business. You will establishand own the enterprise semantic model: the common business definitions, information standardsand ontology that everything else relies onand is the essential foundation that we need to meet our data, analytics, information, automationand AI goals.

This is a 12 month fixed term opportunity, based in Auckland.

MōteTūranga| About the Role

We sat down with our Head of Architecture, Enterprise, Data & AIand they let us know the following about the role.

What projects / mahiwill the candidate be working on now and into the next year?

In this role you will be actively participatingin the broader practice of Technology Strategy & Architecture at BNZ. This includes:

• Establishing BNZ's enterprise information model and semantic layer, including the stewardship model, standards and governance that keep it current and used

• Enterprise Architecture rituals and cycles; enterprise portfolio planning aligned to simplification and modernisationroad maps, and enterprise architecture KPIs and maturity

• Our Data Modernisationprogramme, making sure modern data products are built on consistent, governed business definitions rather than platform-specific interpretations

• Working with our Customer MasterCore Banking architects ,where a shared understanding of customer, party, productand account concepts is essential

• Working on our enterprise AI adoption, partnering with the AI CoEso that agents, copilotsand models operateagainst governed, trusted definitions

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?

BNZ is investing in enterprise architecture to support its data and AI ambitions while keeping strong governance, privacyand control. Key focus areas include:

• Creating the enterprise semantic model with the mandate and sponsorship to make it stick

• Building reusable enterprise information assets, ontologies and standards that lift interoperability, data qualityand lineage across the bank

• Partnering on the evolution of BNZ Data Hub toward a data mesh-aligned architecture, with data products that carry consistent meaning wherever they are used

• Making the semantic model a working control in the AI governance framework, improving the quality, explainability and reusability of AI-enabled capability

What is the most challenging thing about this opportunity?

This role offers broad scope, influenceand complexity. You will need to:

• Start from a fragmented picture. Information is represented differently across platforms, domains and initiatives, and there is no single agreed source of meaning to fall back on

• Set the guidelines, standards and patterns that determinehow information is categorised, managed, discoveredand accessed, including data contracts, schemas, glossariesand lineage

• Land a stewardship model that business and technology teams will actually use, so definitions are maintainedby the people who own them rather than sitting in a document

• Sequence the work so that live programmesget value early, while still building toward a coherent enterprise model

• Work alongside separate but connected efforts, including enterprise information tooling and the operational versus analytical data concerns that have their own architectural oversight

• Hold the line on consistency when delivery pressure pushes teams toward local shortcuts

What attributes will this person display in order tobe successful in this role?

We'relooking for someone with strengths in big picture thinking, communication (verbal and written)and negotiation skills. You will have the ability to “read the room”,understand that being a trusted advisor doesn'talways mean your advice will be taken, and you can deal with that appropriately.

You will also need to be comfortable engaging with a wide and diverse array of stakeholders, from senior managers and executives through to data, risk, businessand technical specialists.

Specific skills we are looking for:

• Enterprise semantic modelling and information architecture

• Ontology, taxonomyand business definition development

• Information standards, governanceand stewardship

• Data quality and lineage outcomes

• AI governance alignment, including how semantics support responsible and explainable AI

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This is an exciting opportunity to join us! We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it.

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Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.