Senior Portfolio Architect

In this role you will provide strategic technology leadership across a complex portfolio, shaping future-state architecture and aligning technology investments with business objectives. You will work with senior stakeholders to drive large-scale transformation programmes and governance. A key focus is embedding AI at the core of business and technology initiatives to accelerate innovation and efficiency. You will build reusable patterns and lead architecture decisions that enable scalable, secure cloud and data capabilities.

• Hybrid working: 2 to 3 days in the office
• Salary up to 125,000 + 17.5% bonus
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy and sell
• 10% employee pension contribution
• Life Assurance, plus much more

• Define and own architecture strategies and roadmaps across multiple programmes and business domains
• Translate business objectives, portfolio priorities and transformation goals into clear technology direction
• Drive architectural decision-making across software, data, integration, cloud and infrastructure domains
• Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape future-state operating models and technology capabilities
• Lead architecture governance, design reviews and assurance activities
• Develop reusable architecture patterns, standards and best practices
• Identify opportunities to utilise AI and automation within transformation programmes to deliver measurable business value

• Proven ability to shape portfolio-level technology strategy and architecture roadmaps
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Deep understanding of end to end enterprise, solution, integration, data and cloud architecture principles
• Experience leading architecture governance and design assurance processes
• Strong knowledge of API-led integration, cloud-native architectures, resilience and security
• Experience incorporating AI, automation or machine learning capabilities into business or technology transformations
• Ability to assess where AI can improve processes, decision-making and customer outcomes
• AWS and/or Azure cloud experience
• Insurance/financial services industry experience

• Stakeholder management
• Influencing skills
• Strategic thinking
• Enterprise, solution, integration and data architecture
• Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure)
• API-led integration