About the Role
As the Business Architect for our Commercial Product Portfolio, you will sit at the critical intersection of product vision and engineering execution, shaping our long-term business and product strategy. Backed by Equifax's global investment in a cloud-native data fabric, you will translate broad commercial initiatives into cross-functionally aligned roadmaps that modernise Australia's B2B data ecosystem. This position reports directly to the General Manager of Commercial Products, offering a unique platform to mature our architectural capability and design the scalable solutions powering secure, data-driven commerce.
Responsibilities
- Drive comprehensive market opportunity assessments by engaging with cross-functional internal stakeholders and external customers to articulate a customer-focused vision.
- Influence product roadmaps and prioritisation to maximise customer value, ensuring planned increments are scalable, robust, and adhere to business architecture principles.
- Lead the translation of complex business needs into clear, actionable architectural requirements, use cases, and solution-level execution plans.
- Evaluate delivery alternatives, including build, buy, and partner options, and drive the development of robust business cases.
- Identify plan dependencies and synergies, partnering across teams to align delivery timelines across the value stream.
- Own the collection and documentation of functional and cross-functional Business and Technical requirements for product development.
- Collaborate with delivery partners (Product, Data & Analytics, Technology) to identify, document, and resolve critical technical and commercial trade-offs.
- Partner with business product managers, Legal & Compliance, and Operations to ensure all requirements align with applicable controls.
- Manage the holistic performance of the product architecture, tracking KPIs related to revenue, unit cost, and margin objectives.
- Analyse adoption data and customer feedback to make data-driven decisions regarding competitive product enhancements and legacy system sunsetting.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of related product management or business architecture experience within a cloud-based and/or SaaS environment.
- Enterprise-level Business Analysis experience will be highly considered for candidates without formal Business Architect titles.
- Proven experience leading large initiatives using pragmatic marketing frameworks, Lean product management, and Agile concepts.
- Demonstrated experience tracking and driving financial performance (P&L) for product initiatives, alongside experience managing data structures or data analytics concepts.
Skills
- Cloud-based and/or SaaS environment experience
- Pragmatic marketing frameworks
- Lean product management
- Agile concepts
- Financial performance tracking (P&L)
- Data structures management
- Data analytics concepts
- Product Management Training certificates (such as Pragmatic Marketing, Customer Value Proposition, or Negotiation with Backbone)
- Cloud certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- AI concepts
- Team lead experience within a highly matrixed global organisation
Location
- AUS-Sydney-Blue-Street
Work Type
- 4 days of high-impact, in-office collaboration (Monday–Thursday)
- Friday Flexibility to wrap up your week remotely
- Full time
Experience Level
- 7-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (Commerce or Business preferred)
About the Company
- Backed by Equifax's global investment in a cloud-native data fabric
- Modernise Australia's B2B data ecosystem
