A leading UK Fashion Retailer seeks a Chief Architect to transform architectural processes. As a Chief Architect, you will join a team of 10 architects to support their transformation journey. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership and strategic vision to the architecture team, ensuring designs align with technology strategy and best practices. Key experience includes leading an architecture community, influencing IT standards, and working with Cloud Platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP. You will be working for a top UK high-street brand, valued and inspired to do your best work. You will be allowed to influence and shape changes within the architectural design, processes, and overall output. **Key Responsibilities:**
* Provide technical leadership and strategic vision to the architecture team
* Ensure designs align with technology strategy and best practices
* Lead an architecture community and influence IT standards
* Work with Cloud Platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
* Develop and communicate portfolio programs to ensure internal and stakeholder agreement
* Good understanding of modern DevOps and automated testing methodologies
* **Requirements:**
* Demonstrable experience in leading an architecture community
* Experience in leading retail technology strategies, policies, governance, guidelines, and practices
* Experience working with Cloud Platforms
* Good understanding of modern DevOps and automated testing methodologies
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