This is an exciting and broad Principal Enterprise Architect role on a project driving the digital transformation of a top UK brand.

Offering a competitive salary, this company also has a generous benefits package, offers flexible working, product discounts and bonus scheme.  The position can be held out of London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol or Ipswich.  Three days a week in the office.

Responsibilities include

Architecture

• Business capability, complexity, cost, risk and maturity assessments
• Creating simple and agile architectures that drive clear business value
• Developing and maintaining realisable capability-based roadmaps
• Supporting the selection of IT vendors, suppliers, and partners
• Driving business transformation through Enterprise Architecture

Strategy and Planning

• Developing and supporting the creation of an IT strategy
• Recognising the potential application of emerging information technology capabilities
• Maintaining a strong network of vendors and technical specialists
• Supporting the review of budgets and project portfolio investment
• Support reality-checkpoint review of roadmaps with delivery teams.

Governance

• Defining company architecture policies for acquiring or developing systems/software
• Consistency to enterprise level standards/best practice and development of patterns/policies for re-use
• Ensuring compliance to Legal, Regulatory and Security requirements

What you’ll need

• Clearly demonstrable Enterprise Architecture experience working at C Level including working in a mid-large/complex scale organisation
• Evidence of leading material business change through Enterprise Architecture
• Ability to communicate in both the business jargon and the technology jargon and translate effectively between the two
• Experience of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks including TOGAF, and their relevance to the practice of Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF certification not essential)
• Experience in running light-touch, fit for purpose governance processes in large organizations
• Strong knowledge of a broad range of colleague experience technologies and vendors including but not limited to Microsoft, Google and ServiceNow.