Enterprise Architect

Albion Blake; England; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in the United Kingdom is seeking experienced Enterprise Architects to drive strategic enterprise changes across complex digital landscapes. The role involves owning and evolving the enterprise architecture vision, ensuring alignment with business strategies, and providing leadership across various domains, including technology and data. Candidates must possess strong collaboration and decision-making skills, able to influence stakeholders for successful initiative execution. Occasional travel to site may be required, and active SC clearance is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong influence and collaboration skills are essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in managing high-risk initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritise enterprise-wide change.
• Own and evolve enterprise architecture vision and strategy.
• Lead delivery of capabilities supporting organisational transformation.

Skills

Influencing senior stakeholders

Complex architectural discussions

Coaching on team dynamics

Trend identification

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Location: Hampshire (Hybrid - occasional travel to site)

Security Clearance: Active SC clearance

Role Overview

My client seeking experienced Enterprise Architects to work at a strategic level, shaping and driving enterprise-wide change across complex digital environments. You will play a key leadership role in translating business strategy into effective business change and technical delivery.

This is a high-impact role requiring strong influence, collaboration, and decision-making across business, technology, and data domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritise enterprise-wide change to enable delivery at pace
• Own and evolve the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps
• Define and manage as-is, to-be, and transitional architectures
• Lead delivery of cross-cutting capabilities that support organisational transformation
• Establish and govern architectural principles, standards, and policies
• Provide strategic guidance on business, technology, and data decisions, ensuring sustainability, scalability, and value for money
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align initiatives with enterprise architecture strategy
• Understand and manage ecosystem interdependencies, including reference architectures
• Lead and grow the architecture community
• Carry out horizon scanning to identify emerging industry trends and opportunities

Skills & Experience Required

Architecture for the Whole Context

• Assess, policy, and industry trends and their impact on the organisation
• Build resilience into architectures and coach others on trend identification
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Influence senior stakeholders and mediate complex architectural discussions
• Gain buy-in for initiatives with high risk, complexity, and impact

Commercial Perspective

• Identify appropriate contractual frameworks
• Support supplier evaluation and selection

Community Collaboration

• Resolve cross-team and cross-departmental issues at senior levels
• Coach on team dynamics and conflict resolution
• Lead complex architectural decisions and risk management
• Evolve architectural governance and assurance frameworks
• Design architectures spanning technology, people, change aligns with architectural strategy
• Frame complex, high‑risk problems and guide solution options
• Challenge assumptions and identify opportunities early