Senior Domain Architect – Brand & Marketing | AEM / Adobe

• Shape the technology strategy for a leading Australian organisation
• Senior architecture role across AEM, Adobe, MarTech, Digital Experience & Gen AI
• Influence major technology transformation across Australia & New Zealand

Are you a senior Domain Architect, Enterprise Architect or Solution Architect looking for an opportunity to shape the technology strategy of a large, complex organisation?

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Domain Architect – Brand & Marketing to define the future technology landscape supporting its Brand & Marketing function across Australia and New Zealand.

This is a senior enterprise-level role operating at the intersection of business strategy, technology architecture and marketing transformation.

You will work across the full marketing technology lifecycle from marketing planning, research and insights through creative production, digital asset management, content, activation, measurement and optimisation.

A key focus will be the Adobe marketing technology ecosystem, including Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Workfront, Creative Cloud and Firefly, alongside emerging Generative AI capabilities within creative and content workflows.

This is an opportunity to influence major technology decisions, work with senior executives and shape a future-fit architecture across a highly complex enterprise environment.

Role Outline

• Senior Domain Architecture role based in Sydney
• Shape the Brand & Marketing technology strategy, target state and roadmap
• Provide architectural leadership across a complex marketing technology estate
• Work across AEM, Adobe Experience Cloud, Workfront, Creative Cloud and Firefly
• Influence major transformation initiatives across Australia and New Zealand
• Partner with senior technology and business leaders across multiple domains
• Provide hands-on Solution Architecture capability where required
• Help shape the responsible adoption of Generative AI across creative and content workflows

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the Brand & Marketing technology architecture strategy and roadmap
• Translate business strategy and marketing objectives into target-state architecture, technology strategies and investment priorities
• Act as the design authority for the Brand & Marketing technology estate
• Lead architecture reviews and technology assessments across the marketing ecosystem
• Develop detailed solution designs, technical options and architectural recommendations
• Shape the integration of marketing platforms, content and digital asset management systems, customer data and activation channels
• Define architecture patterns, standards, guardrails and reference architectures
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Data, Integration, Security and other technology domains
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, sustainable and fit for purpose
• Govern vendor and systems integrator solution designs
• Identify and mitigate architectural, security, privacy and compliance risks
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend opportunities for modernisation and optimisation
• Shape the application of Generative AI within creative and content workflows, including governance, IP, rights management and brand safety
• Present recommendations and influence decisions with senior executives, technology leaders and business stakeholders
• Mentor and guide architects, engineers and multidisciplinary technology teams

Requirements

• Significant experience as a Domain Architect, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect or similar senior architecture leadership role
• 10+ years' experience designing large-scale end-to-end digital solutions
• Strong hands-on Solution Architecture capability combined with strategic architecture experience
• Proven experience developing technology strategies, target-state architectures and technology roadmaps
• Must-have: strong hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
• Strong knowledge of the Adobe marketing technology ecosystem, ideally including:
• AEM Sites & Assets
• Workfront
• Creative Cloud
• Firefly
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, data flows and complex technology ecosystems
• Proven experience across Application, Integration and Data architecture
• Experience with marketing technologies including digital asset management, content management, digital experience platforms and creative production tooling
• Practical experience applying Generative AI within creative or content workflows
• Understanding of AI governance, intellectual property, rights management and brand safety
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing and executive communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to operate across complex organisations and multiple technology domains

Desirable Experience

• Experience within retail, FMCG, e-commerce, consumer, media or another large-scale customer-facing organisation
• Exposure to retail media and marketing activation ecosystems
• Knowledge of digital marketing and social activation platforms such as Meta, Google or TikTok
• Experience shaping engineering practices for AI-assisted delivery
• Experience leading or mentoring architects, engineers or multidisciplinary technology teams
• Experience working across large-scale transformation programs

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the technology strategy of a major Australian organisation.

You will be working at the intersection of Enterprise Architecture, MarTech, Adobe, Digital Experience and Generative AI, with the opportunity to influence significant technology investment and transformation across Australia and New Zealand.

If you're a senior architect who can think strategically, get into the detail when required, influence executives and turn business strategy into practical technology outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: To be considered for this role, candidates must have full Australian working rights.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.