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
• Strong understanding and experience of ArchiMate concepts and their application in Architecture modeling
• 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