Principal Enterprise Architect – Data & AI

• Location: Sydney

• Type: Permanent, full time

• Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

We have an opportunity for an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect - Data & AI to join the Architecture team. The Architecture team are critical to the success of our technology teams and broader business in setting architecture standards in the core foundation and enterprise value streams. As Principal Enterprise Architect – Data & AI, you will provide technology leadership and direction to stakeholders, including suppliers, IT, and business units, by developing strategies, roadmaps, standards, and project options.

Your new role

As Principal Enterprise Architect – Data & AI, you will support the delivery of global enterprise programs and focus on enterprise architecture vision and strategy for Data & AI technology. Other key responsibilities will include.

• Promote the data architecture we’ve for our modernisation architecture.

• Align different delivery streams to our target architecture, and ensure the designs are following our guardrails.

• Define data and AI strategy, roadmaps, patterns, and reference architectures, while driving alignment and promoting technology reuse to achieve cost efficiencies.

• Lead capability and capacity planning to meet short and long-term business demand.

• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into actionable architecture plans.

• Balance operational delivery and risk commitments by identifying emerging, underlying, and accumulating risks across processes and controls.

• Clearly communicate the risk landscape to leaders, and assist in prioritising resources in response and formalising, where required, in conjunction with the first line risk team.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have experience setting an Architecture strategy and ensuring a governance policy is adhered to across the business. With proven ability to deliver architecture in a large-scale fast-moving dynamic environment, you will demonstrate your ability to influence decisions and negotiate solutions with suppliers and QBE stakeholders in order to ensure the right results for QBE.

You will also have.

• Deep knowledge of large-scale data platform, ML, GenAI and agentic AI technologies.

• Proven experience in problem analysis and design techniques

• Strong ability to identify and quantify key areas of risk or complexity

• Ability to prioritise and organise work to achieve deadlines

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, to communicate with and respond to the needs of diverse audiences

• In-depth knowledge of Management Information and Enterprise Information Integration within a corporate environment

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest

• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• Voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program

• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards 

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen! 

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at [email protected]

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.