Enterprise Solution Architect (12 Month MTC) at Challenger · Sydney

Enterprise Solution Architect (12 Month MTC) Location: Sydney CBD, NSW Challenger Limited is an ASX-listed investment management firm managing $128.2 billion in assets (as at 31 December 2025). Life with us is fast moving and always exciting. Together we’re driving to deliver our vision to provide our customers with financial security for a better retirement. We achieve this goal by providing a work environment where people from diverse backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences can contribute and succeed. Enterprise Solutions Architect · 12 Month MTC · Martin Place, Sydney CBD · Hybrid (3 days in-office) This is an opportunity for an experienced Enterprise Solution Architect to join a small architecture function with broad scope, strong visibility, and the ability to make decisions that stick We're in the middle of a significant technology uplift - multiple concurrent programmes, external partner integrations, and a modernisation agenda that is creating real, meaningful architecture work. Not governance for governance's sake. Actual design, actual decisions, actual delivery. It’s an initial 12-month max term contract with meaningful scope, visible impact, and the chance to shape decisions across a critical delivery period About the role You'll sit at the intersection of business and technology, working across multiple concurrent programmes and owning end-to-end solution design across a portfolio of high-priority initiatives. This isn't a single-project engagement. You'll be expected to hold context across workstreams, make design decisions that stick, and produce architecture artefacts to a high standard from day one. For the right person, this is the kind of role that offers real ownership, strong visibility, and the opportunity to influence both delivery and longer-term architecture direction. You’ll be close to the work, close to decision-making, and able to see the impact of your thinking across multiple initiatives. What you’ll be doing Designing and producing High Level Solution Architectures (HLSAs) and review low-level designs across multiple programmes Making and documenting key technology decisions that unblock delivery teams and reduce downstream rework Working closely with Product Owners, engineers, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned to business outcomes Representing Challenger in technical discussions across external partner programmes and helping keep delivery aligned Contributing to the enterprise architecture direction and reference architecture where relevant Participating in the Architecture Review Board and supporting governance across solutions, designs and decisions Managing relationships with technology vendors and ensuring partner delivery stays aligned Identifying and managing technical debt and interdependency risks across overlapping workstreams Ensuring all solutions comply with relevant governance, cybersecurity, privacy and data standards What we’re looking for We’re looking for an experienced Enterprise Solution Architect who has owned complex designs across multiple domains and is ready to add value quickly in a high-impact role. This role will suit someone who enjoys working across ambiguity, can hold context across several moving parts, and is comfortable making practical decisions in environments where pace, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations all need to be balanced. It requires someone who has owned end-to-end solution architecture - not just contributed to it. Just as importantly, you’ll need the judgment to assess options, navigate trade-offs, and communicate recommendations with credibility across both technical teams and senior business stakeholders. As well as; Essential Demonstrated hands-on technology architecture experience across complex enterprise environments End-to-end solution architecture capability across applications, data, integration and infrastructure Experience working across complex delivery environments, including SDLC, multiple concurrent initiatives, and external technology partners Strong stakeholder communication and influencing skills, including the ability to translate complexity for non-technical audiences and guide decisions with senior stakeholders Strong commercial and architectural judgment, with the ability to assess trade-offs, make pragmatic decisions, and align technology choices to business value Strong IT landscape and enterprise technology knowledge Nice to have Financial services or insurance industry experience Enterprise architecture experience aligned to technology strategy Exposure to investment, life insurance or front office systems TOGAF certification or equivalent framework knowledge Why Challenger? Working at Challenger means being part of a connected team that enjoys what they do. We’re small enough to move quickly, and big enough to make meaningful change. We support your growth and development, offer flexibility, and value the unique contributions people bring. We provide access to a range of exclusive employee benefits that will support you both personally and professionally and a hybrid work environment including. Discretionary bonus scheme. Employee share plan. Eighteen weeks paid leave for all new parents. Flexibility on when, and how, parental leave is taken. Challenger Day – one extra day off every year in recognition of the effort our people make. Subsidised on-site café and fantastic central location a stone's throw from Martin Place Metro Additional support leave (fertility treatment leave, gender affirmation leaves). Extra superannuation contributions. Access to Fitness Passport #LI-KM1 #LI-Challenger #LI-Hybrid Challenger's employee value proposition guides how we work: Grow and realise your potential, supporting each other, stronger together and making things happen. Our culture encourages curiosity, considered thinking and meaningful contribution, with opportunities to build a broad and rewarding career. We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities and ways of thinking can thrive, and promoting flexible working to support work-life balance. Challenger is proud to be a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, a Family Friendly Workplace and recognised as a Bronze Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), the national benchmark for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. Job type: Max Term (Fixed Term) Posting Close Date : 31/05/2026