Lead Enterprise Architect
Softcat
Overview
As Lead Enterprise Architect you will establish and mature Softcat's EA capability amid a major tech and business transformation. You will shape technology strategy, standards, and governance to align investments with priorities, and lead a team across transformation portfolios. You’ll work closely with senior leaders to build a scalable technology landscape that supports growth. The role offers a collaborative culture, strong autonomy, and impact on Softcat's technology journey.
Pay / Benefits- Hybrid working
- Flexible hours
- Flexibility around school pick up/drop offs
- Autonomy and supportive culture
- Define technology strategy and oversee architecture direction
- Establish architecture practices, governance, and standards
- Shape major transformation initiatives and investment decisions
- Build a modern, scalable technology landscape
- Ensure technology choices enable business growth
- Significant Enterprise Architecture leadership experience
- Experience establishing or maturing architecture practices
- Experience defining architecture principles, governance and standards
- Experience shaping technology strategy and roadmaps
- Strong stakeholder management including senior executives
- Experience leading architects or architecture communities
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery
- stakeholder management
- leadership
- collaboration
- Enterprise Architecture
- architecture governance
- architecture standards
Reference: WJ-747_30135461