Head of Architecture

About Ampol    

At Ampol, we believe in the Power of Us - the extraordinary power of people to connect, act, and make a difference.  

As a leading energy company operating across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and from the United States, our work spans fuel supply, energy solutions, convenience retail, infrastructure, trading and shipping. Every role at Ampol plays a part in something bigger - powering progress for our customers, communities, and people.  

Your career here is yours to shape. We back our people with real opportunities, the tools to grow, and a culture that rewards ownership and initiative. Whether you’re deepening your expertise or taking on something new, we’ll support you to power a career that works for you.  

We’re building a workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued - because when people are free to be themselves, powerful things happen 

Tech, Digital & Data @ Ampol   

Technology, Digital and Data at Ampol are dedicated to empowering our business through technology-enabled differentiation, strengthening our foundations to build sustainable value for the future. Our team thrives on the challenge of innovation—dreaming up big ideas, questioning the norm, and tackling complex problems. Together, we are shaping a future that not only meets the needs of today but anticipates the demands of tomorrow.   

Our approach is anchored in data-driven decision-making and advanced technology integration, allowing us to create seamless and personalized customer experiences that truly resonate. By prioritizing value-based decisions and outcomes, we ensure that TDD drives meaningful impact and measurable outcomes for the Ampol Group, leaving a lasting impact on our business and our customers.  

About the role: 
 

We are currently searching for an experienced Head of Architecture to help shape the future technology landscape across the Ampol Group. 

This role will provide enterprise-wide architectural direction, ensuring technology investments, platforms and solutions are aligned to business strategy, secure by design, scalable, and fit for the future. It will also lead Ampol's Enterprise and Domain Architecture capability, partnering closely with executive stakeholders to define target-state architectures, influence major investment decisions, and drive consistency across a diverse portfolio spanning Retail, Commercial, Supply Chain, Infrastructure and Corporate functions.

This is a highly influential leadership role that sits at the intersection of technology strategy, business transformation and delivery execution, balancing long-term architectural vision with practical outcomes, enabling teams to move faster through clear standards, modern architecture patterns and effective governance.

Key Responsibilities 

• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture strategy, principles, standards and target-state roadmaps that guide technology investment and transformation decisions.
• Lead and develop Ampol's Architecture practice, building capability, fostering architectural excellence and creating a high-performing architecture community.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic priorities into scalable and sustainable technology outcomes, acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives on technology strategy, risk, innovation and transformation opportunities.
• Establish and govern enterprise-wide architecture frameworks, reference architectures, standards and design guardrails.
• Drive architecture governance and assurance processes, ensuring solutions align with enterprise strategy while enabling speed and agility in delivery.
• Create alignment across technology portfolios, platforms and delivery teams to ensure solutions are interoperable, reusable and strategically aligned.
• Influence major technology decisions, platform modernisation initiatives and investment priorities across the organisation.
• Develop domain architectures, capability maps and technology roadmaps that connect business objectives with future-state technology outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience 

• Extensive experience leading Enterprise Architecture functions within large, complex organisations undergoing significant business and technology transformation.
• Proven success defining and embedding enterprise architecture frameworks, governance models, standards and strategic roadmaps.
• Demonstrated leadership of Enterprise and/or Domain Architecture teams, including capability development, workforce planning and creating high-performing architecture practices.
• Strong commercial and strategic mindset with the ability to connect business outcomes to technology decisions.
• Experience influencing senior executives and shaping major investment, platform and transformation decisions.
• A track record of driving alignment across multiple business units, delivery portfolios and technology teams with competing priorities.
• Deep knowledge across enterprise architecture, solution architecture, cloud platforms, integration, data and security disciplines.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences alike.

Benefits  

• Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars! 
• We are flexible.  Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value. 
• We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values. 
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions. 
• BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work. 
• Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available. 
• Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme 
• Leave - 4 weeks annual leave, option to purchase 2 further weeks leave and 3 wellbeing days per year. 
• Access to Ampol's Benefits & Recognition platform providing you access to retail discounts and cashbacks at over 500+ retailers in Australia that assist with everyday living expenses 
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.   

Want to take your career to the next level? Apply today.