Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders

Closing date: 2nd June 2023 *

note: applications will be reviewed prior to the above date, which is subject to change

About Us

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support more than 1.9 million members, with around $70 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

About the Job

The Head of Architecture role is accountable for providing leadership to the wider organisation to ensure that the business objectives are enabled by the Enterprise Architecture and the Technology Strategy. This role will evangelise the Architecture principles and vision through a direct and indirect team that will own business and process architecture, applications architecture and technical architecture.

• Accountable for the maintenance of the architecture strategy at Rest across all architecture domains
• Accountable for ensuring Architecture Governance processes and frameworks are embedded across the enterprise
• Accountable for communicating and partnering with the whole of Rest to ensure enterprise-wide understanding and compliance with Rest’s architecture frameworks and standards
• Lead a team to provide technology solutions that balance delivery of business outcomes against architecture standards, technology strategy and security.
• Accountable for defining and maintaining Architectural repositories, assets and ways of working
• Responsible for creating Conceptual architectures to articulate architectural vision
• Ensuring that systems are architected to be performant, resilient and secure through the effective application of architectural best practices
• Liaising with key stakeholders to quantify and communicate the impacts, trade-offs, risks, costs, benefits and opportunities of technology solutions
• Develop and maintain key stakeholder relationships to ensure that the architecture practice continues to be valued across the enterprise

About You:

Qualifications:

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Computer Science or related field

Architecture Credentials:

• Minimum of 10 years as a leader in the Architecture field
• Strong background in technology domains across Cloud, Security, Digital and Data
• Experience in development and implementation of architecture frameworks like TOGAF
• Essential business domain experience in financial services, preferably superannuation, 5 years
• Proven experience in applying analytical skill & conceptual thinking to Architecture planning across a range of capabilities and technologies
• Experience in implementing and supporting an Architecture operating model within Agile delivery environments

Leadership

• Ability to articulate a technology vision and transformation strategy
• Develop people, skills in coaching, mentoring, and teaching on the job. Identify and recruit talent, including identifying the right people for the capabilities and skillset reqd.
• Ability to build a strong team culture based on trust, respect, collaboration and fun and to engender confidence and manage senior relationships across Business and Technology
• Develop cooperative and constructive working relationships with peers
• Ability to handle complaints, resolve conflicts and negotiate with others

Benefits

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities 
• Flexible, hybrid working – work to suit your lifestyle (must be based in Australia) 
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave 
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave 
• Meeting free breaks (Rest Stops) 
• Income Protection Insurance 
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours) 

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 31 December 2022. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier