Architecture Coach

**The role**

Join Suncorp as an Architecture Coach and play a key role in shaping the future of architecture across our organisation. In this influential position, you’ll guide and support our architecture community on best practices, standards, methodologies, and toolsets, with a strong focus on Model Driven Architecture.

As a passionate advocate for new ways of working, you’ll promote a collaborative and forward-thinking culture through coaching, mentoring, and training. You’ll also help curate and maintain models and meta-models within our group architecture repository, ensuring consistency and alignment across the enterprise.

If you’re a natural leader with deep expertise in architecture practices and a talent for empowering others, we’d love to hear from you.

**What you’ll do**
- Champion Architecture Best Practices: Support the development, maintenance, and promotion of TOGAF-aligned meta-models, architecture standards, methods, and roadmaps
- Guide Governance and Consistency: Implement and support architecture governance frameworks, ensuring consistent practices and high-quality deliverables
- Coach and Mentor: Uplift architecture maturity through one-on-one coaching, group sessions, training events, and tailored learning materials
- Drive Capability Building: Lead learning initiatives, establish learning objectives, and promote continuous improvement across architecture teams and domains
- Manage Architecture Assets: Curate, integrate, and improve architecture models, tools, and repositories to support accurate, up-to-date enterprise architecture
- Engage and Influence: Build strong relationships across IT and business, promote architectural thinking internally and externally, and provide thought leadership
- Ensure Alignment and Compliance: Support alignment of solution and enterprise architecture, monitor compliance, and contribute to strategy and planning
- Stay Ahead of the Curve: Monitor market trends, evaluate emerging technologies, and engage with vendors to inform architecture decisions and business strategy

This role is ideal for a strategic thinker and strong communicator with a passion for enabling architectural excellence across a complex, evolving organisation.

**What you’ll bring**
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or a related field, or equivalent experience
- TOGAF or equivalent architectural certification
- 10+ years of IT experience, with at least 5 years in IT Architecture
- Strong knowledge of Model-Based Architecture
- Proficiency with architecture modeling tools (BizzDesign Horizzon preferred)
- Familiarity with Agile and Lean methodologies
- Experience in insurance or financial services is a plus
- Consulting background is an advantage

**What we can offer you**
- Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as insurance products
- A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks paid secondary carer parental leave and unlimited paid emergency response leave
- Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs
- Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave
- Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council

Employee benefits | Suncorp Group

At Suncorp we believe we are our best when our workforce is as diverse, talented, and passionate as the communities in which we live and operate, and where our people feel included, valued and connected. We are passionate about inspiring our people by creating a diverse, accessible, and inclusive culture, offering flexible work, career development and internal mobility, and building connected relationships amongst our team members and with our customers.

**Advertised**: 23 Apr 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 02 May 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time