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About the opportunity  

Drive the future of technology at Australia Post. 

Australia Post is undertaking significant modernisation. We’re looking for a visionary Chief Architect to set and steer our enterprise architecture spanning both business and application domains, to ensure our platforms, roadmaps and investment decisions deliver measurable value for our customers and the enterprise. Reporting to the Chief Technology & AI Officer (CTAIO) within Enterprise Services, this senior leadership position shapes strategy and mobilises execution across multiple business domains. If you’re motivated by defining strategy, architecting modern target states, simplifying complexity, and unlocking transformation at national scale, we’d love to hear from you.  

Why this role matters 

• Modernisation agenda: Own the technology strategy and architecture underpinning the future of Australia Post – transforming our business through technology, data, and AI. 
• Influence at the top table: Partner with the CTAIO, Technology and Business GMs, and program leaders to shape our strategy and long-term transformation roadmap. 
• Ecosystem leadership: Engage partners and thought leaders globally to evaluate and integrate the best strategic and emerging technologies. 
• Scale & complexity: Simplify a complex portfolio, reduce legacy and technical debt, and drive adoption of strategic platforms and standards that lift resilience, speed and cost efficiency. 

What you’ll deliver with us  
  

You will be responsible for: 

• Defining and evolving Enterprise-wide architecture target states, encompassing business and application domains, to ensure scalability, efficiency, and alignment with emerging technology and best practice. 
• Developing and maintaining comprehensive business capability models aligned to technology, to support strategic decision-making.  
• Creating and managing holistic technology roadmaps and planning activities, ensuring tight alignment with business strategy, priorities, long-term goals, and risk management.  
• Driving the adoption of strategic platforms, technologies, and standards while actively reducing architectural complexity, legacy systems, and technical debt.  
• Support strategic initiatives and major programs through collaboration with executives, business leaders, project teams, and stakeholders, and provision of solution architecture resources.  
• Ensure proper governance for all architecture domains, defining standards, principles, and frameworks as necessary to ensure consistency, interoperability, and scalability. 
• Partner with external vendors, partners, industry groups, and thought leaders to stay abreast of trends, evaluate new technologies, and incorporate best-in-class solutions.You’ll also  
• Partner with the CTAIO and executive leadership to ensure the application architecture supports growth, resilience, and transformation.  
• Communicate with both external (e.g., solution vendors, customers) and internal (e.g., business GMs) parties to create solutions that are aligned with our strategic intent.  
• Build strong, trusted relationships with business and Enterprise Services stakeholders. This includes providing thought leadership to our business at the highest level. 
   
    

About you  
  

You are a forward-thinking leader with deep technical expertise and a passion for business transformation through technology. You are a visionary yet pragmatic leader with deep enterprise architecture experience, capable of building a shared vision and inspiring cross-functional teams to deliver. 

 
 
You’ll also need  

• 15+ years of senior architecture leadership in an ASX200-scale (or equivalent) organisation undergoing significant transformation & modernisation, with a deep technical background and a track record leading Enterprise Architecture across multiple business domains. 
• Extensive experience with complex, multi-year ERP transformations (preferably SAP). 
• Outstanding communication with non-technical executive audiences; proven ability to build a shared vision and influence strategic decision-making. 
• Domain fluency in Retail, eCommerce or Logistics and their operating realities, including the integration of OT and IT and the strategic application of Data and AI. 

How we’ll deliver for you 

 
 * Inaugural appointment, with ample opportunity for impact across the enterprise 
 * Be part of a modernisation and transformation success story for an iconic institution 
 * Join an outcomes-driven organisation with a fantastic team culture 
 
We’re delivering together 
 
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 We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in and are proud to be an inclusive workplace for people from all walks of life. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability, LGBTQIA+ and Refugees. 
 
 We are one of the largest organisations in Australia to successfully achieve Disability Confident Recruiter status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and workplace for those living with a disability and are committed to reviewing and removing bias in our processes to create a gender-equitable recruitment experience and workplace. If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact our Diversity & Inclusion team on inclusivecareers@auspost.com.au.