Waystone leads the way in specialist services for the asset management industry. Partnering with institutional investors, investment funds and asset managers, Waystone builds, supports and protects investment structures and strategies worldwide. With over 20 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone is now serving assets under management in excess of $2Tn. Waystone provides its clients with the guidance and tools to allow them to focus on managing their investment goals with confidence. Summary: We are seeking a strategic and innovative Enterprise Architect to lead the development and implementation of technology strategies that align with business objectives and enable organisational growth. The ideal candidate will act as a trusted advisor across the enterprise, ensuring that business needs are met while working closely with IT infrastructure and application teams and senior stakeholders. This role is pivotal in defining a technology roadmap, overseeing architectural governance, and maintaining the enterprise architecture repository and management tools. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Leadership · Collaboratively develop and maintain an enterprise-wide technology roadmap in alignment with business and IT objectives. · Shape the enterprise-level architecture vision through partnership and dialogue, ensuring it supports both immediate and long-term business priorities. · Evaluate emerging technologies to recommend scalable and future-proof solutions. · Drive digital transformation initiatives by fostering a shared understanding of enterprise architecture principles and the leveraging of cloud capabilities to support scalable and secure solutions. Enterprise Governance · Enhance and oversee the Architecture Governance process to support inclusive decision-making and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. · Work collaboratively with stakeholders to evaluate and approve enterprise-level technology decisions, fostering buy-in and transparency. · Maintain and utilise enterprise architecture tooling to document, track, and manage enterprise architecture artifacts. · Support the adoption of architectural principles and frameworks that ensure coherence across the organisation while optimising AWS and Azure usage. · Ensure compliance with organisational standards, industry regulations, and security requirements. Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement · Act as a strategic partner to business leaders and technical teams, co-creating architecture models and frameworks that address both business and technical needs. · Promote open dialogue with the IT teams and other stakeholders to ensure alignment while respecting their autonomy in operational delivery. · Present executive-level reports and proposals that reflect the collective input and vision of the broader architecture and business community. Technical Expertise · Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, with a focus on system integration and cloud migration. Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, microservices architecture, and middleware. · Lead the development of enterprise architecture models across business, data, application, and infrastructure domains, ensuring they are shaped by input from cross-functional teams and aligned with AWS and Azure cloud strategies and best architectural practices. · Provide enterprise-level insights into cloud architecture optimisation across AWS and Azure environments, driving strategic alignment of performance, security, and cost-effectiveness principles. · Ensure department and team level architecture is aligned at enterprise level and business objectives. Compliance and Risk Management · Ensure all architectural decisions align with regulatory frameworks such as DORA, GDPR, and other recognised regulatory or industry standards. · Promote resilience and scalability by co-developing strategies that integrate regulatory compliance and robust security measures in cloud environments, AWS and Azure. · Maintain awareness of emerging regulatory and standards requirements, incorporating best practices from frameworks like NIST, SOC2 or ISO27001 to strengthen security and operational governance. REQUIREMENTS · Proven experience in enterprise architecture, with preferred expertise in frameworks such as TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent. · Strong technical knowledge across application, infrastructure, and data domains, including cloud platforms, with emphasize on Azure and AWS. · Demonstrated ability to balance the needs of strategic projects and immediate delivery requirements. · Familiarity with architecture management tools such as LeanIX, Abacus, or similar platforms. · Strong communication and influential skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders. · Analytical mindset with a track record of solving complex problems and delivering pragmatic and effective outcomes. · Knowledge of regulatory environments and compliance standards, preferably in financial services industry. Experience: · Experience in the Financial Services industry or other highly regulated environments. · Strong understanding of business strategy and its integration with technology. · Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and their applications in compliance-driven settings. · Mixture of enterprise and small company experience, spanning across multiple IT areas. Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field preferred