Enterprise Architect

We're looking for an Enterprise Architect to shape the future of a UK financial mutual at a defining point in its journey - with a planned merger (subject to regulatory approval) and an ambitious strategy for growth and efficiency supported by a bold programme of technology modernisation.

It's a senior, high-trust role for someone who enjoys bringing clarity to complex landscapes and making pragmatic decisions - ensuring our technology choices directly enable the business to deliver on its ambitions for growth, efficiency and long-term sustainability, while strengthening resilience.

What you'll be doing

You'll set the enterprise architecture direction and roadmap that enables our growth and efficiency strategy, partnering with Executive leaders, Operations and Change teams to:

Define and deliver the target-state architecture across applications, data, integration and infrastructure

Provide architectural leadership for integration planning for the proposed merger, and (subject to approval) support delivery of the integration roadmap - simplifying the estate and sequencing change safely

Be a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating strategy into clear options, trade-offs and decisions

Build in security, resilience and data integrity by design, meeting FCA/PRA and Operational Resilience expectations

Run proportionate architecture governance that enables pace, consistency and confidence

Champion modernisation, reducing technical debt and improving cost-to-serve to unlock efficiency - without compromising service

We'd love to hear from you if you bring:

Proven Enterprise Architecture experience in financial services or another highly regulated environment

A strong track record modernising legacy estates (cloud migration - Azure preferred - plus rationalisation and decommissioning)

Merger or large-scale integration experience

A solid understanding of regulatory, security and operational resilience requirements

The credibility to influence senior stakeholders, engineers and delivery partners

A pragmatic mindset - balancing long-term direction with what can be delivered, safely and well

Our values

How you lead matters as much as what you deliver. We're looking for someone who is:

Courageous - willing to challenge, simplify and make tough calls

Principled - acting with integrity, transparency and stewardship

Effective - focused on outcomes, delivery and real-world impact