Lead Enterprise Architect

Lead Enterprise Architect
Salary: £57,515 - £82,430 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Location: Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham or Yeading.
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 24th May 2026
About the job
The Lead Enterprise Architect will report to the Chief Architect you will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects and play a pivotal role within the Architecture Management Office leading the overall direction of business and digital capabilities.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Job description
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
* Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains.
* Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases.
* Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and operating models.
* Assess how trends in society and industry practices might impact the organisation.
* Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards.
* Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work.
* Coach others in identifying important trends.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
Person specification
Required experience:
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
* Demonstrated expertise in establishing and executing enterprise-wide architecture principles, standards, blueprints, roadmaps, and patterns that facilitate the delivery of solutions and drive business value.
* Extensive track record in strategising and executing transformation initiatives, with hands-on involvement in business change efforts leveraging cloud environments and integrating various products and cloud services within these dynamic ecosystems.
* Practical exposure to implementing Enterprise Architecture frameworks in the context of real-world business transformation scenarios. Proficient with well-known frameworks such as TOGAF and/or Zachman and modelling notations such as Archimate, UML, or BPMN.
* Proficient in crafting strategic visions and roadmaps, which distil clarity from intricate scenarios. Capable of expressing these insights logically
* Experience of enacting and undertaking architecture governance and assurance activities.
* Strong strategic mindset and experience of strategic planning.
* Robust analytical abilities, encompassing the capacity to gather, analyse, and interpret data in order to inform evidence-driven decision-making.
* Demonstrate dynamic leadership, motivational prowess, and strong interpersonal skills that enable seamless collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Additionally, adept at communicating, presenting, and negotiating effectively, driving impactful change among senior decision-makers
To Apply
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