Director, IT Strategy – Architecture
nib Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Lead
Tech Stack
CloudCyber Security
About the role
- Work inward and outward of the technology teams, to define nib’s long-term IT Strategy, aligning technology initiatives with business growth and transformation goals
- Lead the development of pragmatic enterprise architecture principles, frameworks and standards that support a cloud-first, data driven digital ecosystem
- Partner with executive and business leaders to embed technology-driven decision making and strengthen IT-business alignment
- Support the synthesising of various technology plans and execution methods into a cohesive narrative that is both understood and measurable
- Drive technology governance and simplification; reducing complexity, optimising investment, and ensuring interoperability across systems
- Champion cybersecurity and IT risk management, ensuring resilience, compliance and trust
- Inspire a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement within a high-performing IT team
Requirements
- 10+ years’ experience leading technology strategy, architecture or enterprise transformation functions
- Proven success driving digital modernisation in large, complex or regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills; able to engage from the boardroom to the technical floor
- Deep understanding of enterprise applications, cloud adoption and technologies such as AI
- Courage to challenge the status quo and inspire others to think differently
- Demonstrate a strong “we over me’ mindset, fostering collaboration and alignment with existing architecture capabilities across delivery teams when shaping the future
Benefits
- New starter benefit to help set up a functional home workspace
- 50% discount on employee health insurance + 35% off travel insurance
- The opportunity to give back to the community through paid leave for volunteering through nib foundation
- Access to our nib Well Program and corporate fitness discounts
- Access to employee share plans, short-term incentive program and life and salary continuance insurance benefits
- 18 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents regardless of carer status
- 5 days paid cultural leave for First Nations peoples
- 4 weeks paid gender affirmation leave for trans, gender diverse and intersex employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
enterprise architecturecloud adoptiondigital modernisationcybersecurityIT risk managementdata-driven decision makingtechnology governanceinteroperabilitytechnology strategytransformation functions
Soft skills
stakeholder managementnegotiation skillscollaborationinnovationcontinuous improvementleadershipcommunicationcourage to challengemindset fosteringinspiration