We are seeking a skilled and visionary Enterprise Architect (EA) to align business strategy with cutting-edge technical solutions. You will work at multiple levels to ensure technology infrastructure supports key business goals such as driving revenue, optimizing costs, and reducing risks.
In this role, you will leverage expertise in emerging technologies to guide business and operating model transformation and optimization. Your primary objective is to plan, design, innovate, and bring to life a fully digital enterprise.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and manage the Architecture Project Team: Oversee key areas including Data, Solutions, Security, and Infrastructure.
* Ownership and accountability: Drive the design, governance, implementation, and adoption of technology architecture.
* Stakeholder collaboration: Align internal and external stakeholders, ensuring best practices that are scalable, secure, and future-proof.
* Cross-functional teamwork: Work closely with colleagues to optimize system benefits, ensure consistency, and drive synergies for enhanced customer outcomes.
* Architecture Practice Leadership: Oversee and coordinate the architecture function across the enterprise.
Key Areas of Focus:
* Business Architecture: Guide organisational changes in processes, structures, and people.
* Information Architecture: Ensure seamless sharing of data across the organization.
* Solution Architecture: Develop strategic direction for the future solutions portfolio.
* Technical Architecture: Evolve and optimise the technical infrastructure.
* Security Architecture: Manage IT risks and facilitate secure data exchanges.
Key Competencies:
* Strong understanding of business and operating models, financial analysis, risk management, and budgeting.
* Expertise in enterprise-level agile methodologies and frameworks.
* In-depth knowledge of existing and emerging technologies.
* Ability to estimate financial impacts and understand the functionality of new technologies quickly.
* Comfortable balancing foundational EA work with innovative approaches.
* A consulting mindset, with the ability to act as an innovative leader driving the organization's digital transformation.
You will need to be able to travel near to Maidstone on average twice per week.
We encourage you to apply and be part of our journey to the next level if you are ready to contribute to an exciting, future-facing digital transformation and have the experience and passion to lead the architecture practice.