Job description
Introduction
The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.
We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused.
You’ll find our 550+ team currently across 11 locations and 9 time zones.
The Role
As our Head of Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy, you’ll lead our Enterprise Architecture function and define how technology drives outcomes across our global business. This is a highly influential role partnering closely with senior leaders, product teams and engineering to design a scalable, secure and future‑ready architecture that supports Pepperstone’s next phase of growth.
You’ll set the vision, principles and guardrails that guide how we build, integrate and evolve our platforms, from our customer‑facing trading systems to our internal enterprise applications.
You’ll also embed solution and domain architecture into product streams to support empowerment, speed to market and strong alignment with enterprise goals.
As our Head of Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy, your key responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
- Define and own our enterprise architecture vision, principles and multi‑year roadmaps
- Create and maintain reference architectures and capability models across applications, data and technology
- Establish and enforce architecture governance, standards and patterns
- Provide oversight of non‑functional requirements, technology risk assessments and platform strategy
- Review and approve solution designs to ensure alignment with enterprise direction
- Coach, mentor and develop a global team of enterprise, solution and domain architects
- Embed architecture guardrails into product‑led agile delivery
- Lead build vs buy decisions, technology selections and platform rationalisation
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Operations, Compliance and Finance
- Translate complex technical decisions into clear and compelling business narratives
- Evaluate emerging technologies and lead strategic proof‑of‑concepts
- Maintain registers for enterprise decisions and technical debt
About you
- 10+ years in architecture roles, including 5+ years in architecture leadership (ideally in regulated financial services or fintech)
- Understanding of CFDs and/or crypto trading technology (highly desirable)
- Deep expertise across cloud platforms (preferably AWS), modern engineering practices and scalable architectures
- Strong knowledge of data architecture, data governance, API and integration patterns, streaming/event pipelines
- Experience embedding security, resilience and compliance into solution lifecycles
- Strength in systems‑level thinking, long‑term roadmap ownership and reference modelling
- Exceptional communication and executive storytelling skills
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead complex decision‑making
- Experience leading architects in a product‑led, agile environment
- A growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning
- Alignment with Pepperstone’s values and culture
Why you will enjoy working with us
Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
Flexible and hybrid working
Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year, in addition to hybrid working as standard
Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
15 weeks paid primary carers parental leave & 4 weeks paid secondary carers leave
3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
Frequent events and celebrations including a standard weekly social
Beautifully renovated large office at Collins Square - 727 Collins Street, Melbourne
Best in class end of trip facilities including bicycle parking, change rooms & showers
A full stocked kitchen, onsite coffee machines with locally sourced coffee beans (this is Melbourne after all) and curated specialty teas
Our technology team thrives on inclusivity and collaboration, believing that diverse perspectives lead to great solutions. We foster a culture that champions individual growth, professional development and work-life harmony. We’re invested in your success and dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. We encourage our team to bring challenge thinking and fresh ideas to the table and our Agile approach empowers us to focus on outcomes. When we hire someone it’s because they bring the skills, attitude and experience we’re looking for….so we let you do what you’re best at! Join us and be part of a community that’s passionate about harnessing technology’s potential to drive market leading solutions for our clients. Elevate your career in an environment where your ideas matter, your growth is nurtured, and your potential is limitless.
More About Pepperstone
We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit Pepperstonecareers and www.linkedin.com/company/pepperstone/
We understand it’s important to do due diligence on a prospective employer, see what our team are saying on Glassdoor. We respect our team members’ experiences and will never pay to remove a negative review.
Pepperstone is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.
“We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.
We will be reviewing applications as they come through, so if this is an opportunity that excites you, don’t wait. Express your interest by clicking the apply button below as soon as possible.
Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.
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