Enterprise Architect - Financial Institution

Salary: $75k - $95k p.m.

Our client is a leading financial market infrastructure organization with a critical role in supporting the stability, efficiency, and digital transformation of the financial services ecosystem. The organization is investing heavily in strategic technology initiatives and enterprise-wide modernization to enhance operational excellence, innovation, and long-term scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Enterprise Architecture function and manage a team of enterprise architects.
• Define and develop enterprise architecture strategies, target-state architectures, and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Establish and evolve architecture frameworks, governance models, and decision-making processes.
• Partner with senior business and technology leaders to ensure architecture decisions support business objectives while optimizing cost, risk, and delivery efficiency.
• Drive the execution of enterprise-wide technology transformation initiatives and strategic programs.
• Translate business priorities into actionable architecture initiatives and measurable outcomes.
• Chair architecture review boards and facilitate alignment across application, data, infrastructure, cloud, security, and risk domains.
• Provide architecture guidance, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to executive stakeholders.
• Foster best practices, scalable operating models, and continuous improvement across the architecture function.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in an architecture leadership role with people management responsibilities.
• Strong experience in developing enterprise architecture strategies, target operating models, and technology roadmaps.
• Proven track record in delivering large-scale enterprise transformation programs.
• Hands-on experience establishing enterprise architecture frameworks and governance practices.
• Ability to align technology strategy with business objectives and executive decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.
• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture accreditation preferred.
• Fluent English communication skills; Mandarin proficiency is advantageous.