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This includes developing and maintaining a rolling one to three year technology reference architecture and target state, starting with the target state that supports nib's 2030 ambition.\nThe role provides enterprise-wide architectural leadership, guiding technology investment decisions, portfolio planning, transformation initiatives and future-state roadmaps across business, information, application, integration, data, security and technology domains. Working closely with executive leaders, delivery teams and technology stakeholders, the Enterprise Architect establishes architecture standards, architecture decision records, roadmaps and governance practices that enable simplification, innovation, scalability and risk-managed delivery.\nThe Enterprise Architect plays a critical role in ensuring technology investments maximise business value, improve customer and employee experiences, support responsible use of emerging technologies, and enable nib's strategic priorities within appropriate risk, privacy, security and regulatory settings.\nReporting to the Group Head of Strategy, Architecture & Transformation, you will lead a team of domain, solution and security architects in the Strategy, Architecture & Transformation Office, part of nib's Technology & Transformation division.\nIn this role you will:\nDevelop and maintain the technology reference architecture and target state, and the transition roadmaps that guide investment across the nib Group.\nRun architecture governance forums and set the guardrails within which platform teams make technical decisions, including architecture checkpoints in delivery stage gates and validating supplier designs before nib commits to them.\nSimplify the technology landscape by reducing duplication across policy administration, CRM, workflow, pricing, claims, portal and sales funnel platforms, and build reusable foundations such as identity, APIs, data products and agentic AI patterns.\nShape the Group technology strategy and enterprise roadmap, and provide architecture assessment of business cases, vendor evaluations and sourcing decisions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestments where required.\nSet security architecture standards, lead infrastructure and cloud architecture, promote secure-by-design and privacy-by-design, and set the architecture guardrails for AI and agentic AI.\nPartner with leaders across Digital Platforms & Experiences, Insurance Platforms, Enterprise Platforms, Cloud & Technology Services, Data & AI, Line 1 Technology Risk & Controls and the Transformation Office.\nBuild and lead a high-performing architecture practice, including recruitment, career pathways and communities of practice.\nAbout you\nYou’ll bring extensive Enterprise Architecture experience within complex technology environments, ideally with broad expertise across business, information, application, data, integration, security and technology domains. You’ll have a strong understanding of how these architecture disciplines work together to support business and technology strategy.\nYou’ll also have demonstrated experience developing enterprise architecture blueprints, transition roadmaps and target-state architectures, helping organisations define their future technology direction and the pathway to get there.\nYou’ll bring:\nExperience influencing senior business and technology stakeholders and shaping technology investment decisions.\nExperience leading and developing architects or technical teams.\nStrong strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving capability.\nExceptional communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.\nExperience establishing or operating architecture governance forums, standards, design assurance processes and exception management.\nStrong understanding of cloud platforms, modern integration patterns, data architecture and cyber security considerations.\nDemonstrated experience supporting enterprise transformation, technology modernisation and responsible adoption of emerging technologies.\nRelevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.\nDesired:\nTOGAF, ArchiMate, SAFe, Zachman, cloud architecture or equivalent architecture certification.\nExperience within financial services, health insurance, healthcare or other regulated industries, including familiarity with APRA prudential standards such as CPS 230 and CPS 234.\nExperience with large-scale cloud modernisation, enterprise data platforms, AI enablement or complex integration environments.\nDon't tick every box? If this role excites you and you bring relevant experience, we'd still love to hear from you.\nWho we are \nnib is a leading health insurer and health partner across Australia and New Zealand. Our purpose is simple: helping people enjoy better health by making healthcare more accessible, affordable and connected.\nDiversity, equity and inclusion \nWe embrace a flexible working environment and welcome candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We're committed to an environment where everyone has the autonomy and freedom to be their authentic selves, every day. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people living with disability, veterans, LGBTQIA+ as well as culturally diverse community members to apply for open roles.\nWe’re committed to creating an accessible recruitment process, if you identify as a person living with disability and require adjustments to our online application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, or would like this advertisement in an alternative format, please contact us at .\nWorking at nib \nOur hybrid working model offers flexibility to work from home or our purpose-built office Hubs (1-2 days in Hub expected), designed for focus, connection, and collaboration.\nOther benefits to support you at work (and play) include:\nNew starter benefit to help set up a functional home workspace\n50% discount on employee health insurance\nOpportunity to give back to the community through paid leave for volunteering through nib foundation\nAccess to our nib Well Program and corporate fitness discounts\nAccess to employee share plans, short-term incentive program and life and salary continuance insurance benefits\n18 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents regardless of carer status\n5 days paid cultural leave for First Nations peoples\n4 weeks paid gender affirmation leave for trans, gender diverse and intersex employees\nThe fine print\nAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 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