Head of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

In this strategic, leadership role you will define and drive the organisation's technology vision, aligning platforms, data capabilities, and emerging tech with business goals. You’ll partner with the CTO and senior stakeholders to modernise core systems, reduce technical debt, and enable sustainable growth. You’ll shape the target-state architecture and multi-year roadmaps to support operational excellence and future innovation. This role offers influence over executive decisions and a clear opportunity to impact technology-enabled outcomes.

• private medical insurance
• income protection insurance
• discounted gym membership
• professional funding
• remote/work flexibility
• ESG involvement opportunities

• Develop and maintain enterprise technology strategy and multi-year roadmap
• Assess technology landscape and platform investments for business alignment and regulatory compliance
• Define target-state architecture across applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, and security
• Establish architecture standards and integration principles for core platforms
• Lead strategic evaluations, business cases, and transformation initiatives including platform modernisation and migrations
• Evaluate technology options for TCO, business value, scalability, and operational impact
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, roadmaps, and escalation
• Drive adoption and change management to maximise value of technology investments
• Advise senior leadership on emerging technologies and market trends
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to align architecture with current and future needs

• Significant experience in technology leadership, enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or digital transformation
• Proven track record delivering large-scale technology transformation, modernisation, or migration programmes
• Strong understanding of EA principles, systems integration, and technology governance
• Experience developing technology roadmaps aligned to business objectives
• Commercially astute with vendor management and contract negotiation experience
• Ability to evaluate complex technology options and communicate to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong stakeholder management with experience influencing senior leaders
• Excellent strategic thinking, planning, and problem-solving abilities

• stakeholder management
• communication to diverse audiences
• strategic thinking
• enterprise architecture
• systems integration
• technology governance