Head of Enterprise Architecture

Salary: £100,000 - 110,000 + Bonus + Pension + Benefits

Location: Hybrid - 2 days West Midlands

Reporting to: CIO

Mandate:

Play a key role in aligning vision, road-map and deliverables to innovative technology solution whilst maintaining blueprint best practice architecture frameworks

Expectations:

• Establishing effective enterprise architecture governance processes and influencing with stakeholder groups
• Take lead on aligning technology solutions and enterprise architecture vision and processes
• Engage with stakeholders to identify opportunities for future technology enabled solutions
• Facilitate change and oversee smooth transition and adoption of architectural transformation initiatives
• Develop and implement tools, processes and infrastructure to support innovation
• Contribute to continuous improvement and industry best practices
• Drive specialist knowledge of governance processes reviews and developments
• Designing implementation of scalable enterprise systems and applications
• Leading a small team of technical and security architects and actively collaborating with Head of Cyber Security, Head of Service Delivery, Head of Business Partnering, Head of Data & Analytics and Head of Projects & Transformation.

Skills required:

• Essential to have experience working as a Lead Enterprise Architect or Lead Solution Architect, this role would be a set-up into a Head of Enterprise Architect role
• Considerable experience embedding Enterprise Architecture Framework i.e. TOGAF
• Proven track record as a thought leader across architectural disciplines including business, application, information, infrastructure, security and data
• Track record in creating a Enterprise Architecture framework, maturing best practice standards
• Ability to express complex technical effectively to non-technical audience
• Expert experience in Project Management methodologies, frameworks and tools
• You will have experience across UK private sector organisations
• Idea candidate will be down to earth, warm, engaging and approachable
• Solutions focused and able to drive a team towards success

If you are looking for a step-up into a Head of Architecture role to lead and grow a team of security and security architects to uplift and mature the architectural agenda this could be the role for you.