Head of Architecture

About Ampol

Ampol is a prominent energy enterprise operating throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States. Our services encompass fuel supply, energy solutions, convenience retail, infrastructure, trading, and shipping. Every role contributes towards driving progress for our customers, communities, and employees. We foster a workplace that champions individual growth, providing tools and opportunities for career advancement within a culture that values ownership and initiative. Our commitment to inclusivity ensures a respectful environment where diversity thrives and everyone can be authentic.

Technology, Digital & Data at Ampol

Our Technology, Digital, and Data teams empower the business through innovative technology integration, focusing on sustainable value creation. We embrace data-driven decisions and tackle complex challenges with creative solutions, aiming for meaningful business impact and enhanced customer experiences that align with future needs.

Role Overview

The Head of Architecture position is a senior leadership opportunity to define and guide the strategic architecture direction across the Ampol Group. This role oversees enterprise-wide architecture ensuring that technology investments and solutions align with business strategies, security standards, scalability, and future readiness. The position leads enterprise and domain architecture functions, collaborating closely with executives to shape target-state architectures, influence investment decisions, and ensure consistent architectural practices across diverse business areas, including Retail, Commercial, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, and Corporate functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine enterprise architecture strategies, principles, and standards to direct technology investment and transformation.
• Lead and cultivate Ampol’s Architecture team, encouraging a culture of excellence and building a high-performing community.
• Collaborate with business and IT leaders to translate strategic goals into scalable technology solutions, acting as a trusted advisor on technology risk, innovation, and transformation.
• Implement and manage enterprise-wide architecture frameworks, reference architectures, and governance to maintain alignment and agility.
• Oversee architectural governance ensuring adherence to enterprise strategy while enabling efficient delivery.
• Align technology portfolios and delivery teams to guarantee interoperable and reusable solutions.
• Influence key technology decisions, modernization initiatives, and investment priorities organization-wide.
• Create domain-specific architectures, capability maps, and technology roadmaps connecting business objectives to future technology states.

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive leadership experience in enterprise architecture within large, complex organizations undergoing significant transformation.
• Proven expertise in establishing architecture frameworks, governance models, standards, and strategic roadmaps.
• Experience managing and growing Enterprise/Domain Architecture teams, including workforce planning and capability development.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link business outcomes to technology strategies.
• Ability to influence senior executives and shape major investment and platform decisions.
• Track record of driving cross-unit alignment amid competing priorities.
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise and solution architecture, cloud platforms, integration, data management, and security.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Benefits

• Competitive total remuneration including base salary, performance incentives, employee share options, and a 25% fuel discount for two private vehicles.
• Flexible work environment supporting a hybrid model combining remote and office-based collaboration.
• Recognition platforms celebrating achievements aligned with company values.
• Access to career development resources such as professional learning platforms and tailored training.
• Support for parents transitioning back to work with financial and flexible BabyCare packages.
• Novated leasing options available.
• Participation in the Employee Share Scheme to invest in your future.
• Annual leave of 4 weeks, with options to purchase additional leave weeks and 3 wellbeing days yearly.
• Access to rewards and retail discounts across 500+ Australian retailers helping manage living costs.
• One paid volunteering day per year supporting community engagement through Ampol Foundation partners.

Additional Information

Applicants acknowledge and agree to the company's recruitment privacy statement upon applying. Ampol embraces equal opportunity employment, actively fostering diversity and inclusion including cultural, age, gender diversity, sexual orientation, and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.