Role: Technology, Strategy & Advisory, Enterprise Architect Manager - Banking
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh. Industry: Financial Services - Banking. Mobility: Up to 100%. Career Level: Manager.
As an Enterprise Architect Manager, you will work at the intersection of business strategy, technology and industry transformation within the Banking sector. The role involves translating evolving business ambitions into coherent architectural direction, guiding decisions across multi‑vendor ecosystems, and supporting delivery at pace.
Your responsibilities as an Enterprise Architect Manager will include
- Shaping enterprise architectural direction in response to business strategy, industry dynamics, and regulatory context, helping clients understand implications, options, and trade‑offs across organisation, applications, data, infrastructure, and operations.
- Translating complex technology environments into clear architectural roadmaps and value cases that support executive decision‑making and investment prioritisation, applying Lean and Agile enterprise principles to enable incremental and sustainable change.
- Guiding architectural decisions across multi‑vendor ecosystems, working effectively between business, technology, and third‑party stakeholders to align on key architectural outcomes.
- Providing enterprise‑level architecture governance that enables delivery and strategic alignment while managing risk, ensuring new initiatives support business objectives without constraining progress.
- Supporting the definition and evolution of enterprise architecture operating models, including maturity assessments and implementation roadmaps as part of broader transformation programmes.
- Leading workstreams and small teams, coaching junior architects and taking accountability for outcomes, not just architectural artefacts, within client engagements.
Qualifications
- Experience operating across all enterprise architecture domains including business, application, data, and technology, within large‑scale, complex transformation programmes, ideally in the Banking sector.
- Strong architectural judgement enabling engagement across different levels of abstraction, credible senior stakeholder engagement, and influencing key decisions.
- Comfortable working in multi‑disciplinary teams and navigating complex stakeholder environments to reach aligned outcomes.
- Ability to apply emerging technologies, especially in data, AI, cloud and automation, decisively to advance enterprise‑level objectives.
Set yourself apart
- Depth of experience in Banking processes and technology landscapes, gained through enterprise or solution architecture roles on complex modernisation or reinvention programmes.
- Applied business capability models, process frameworks, maturity assessments, and architectural methods to identify gaps and shape technology‑enabled change.
- Familiarity with leading enterprise platforms, data architectures, and enterprise architecture tools commonly used in large‑scale transformation initiatives.
- Relevant consulting experience, certifications, or exposure to major initiatives such as application rationalisation, platform transformation, or enterprise data modernisation.
What’s in it for you
Competitive basic salary, 30 days vacation per year, private medical insurance, and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work.
Flexibility and mobility are required with potential onsite time to deliver first‑class services.
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