Salary: A GBP 57,515 – A GBP 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 and will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects. The role plays 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, plus 8 bank holidays and 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 are not limited to:
- Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains.
- Assist with requests for new Digital Transformation work and support in building business cases.
- Design and communicate 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 your organisation 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.
Required 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 dynamic ecosystems.
- Practical exposure to implementing Enterprise Architecture frameworks in 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 that distil clarity from intricate scenarios and express insights logically.
- Experience in 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 to inform evidence‑driven decision making.
- Demonstrated dynamic leadership, motivational prowess and strong interpersonal skills that enable seamless collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Adept at communicating, presenting and negotiating effectively, driving impactful change among senior decision makers.
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