Head of IT Architecture

Skanska; Watford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and project development firm in Watford is looking for a Head of IT Architecture to lead IT Architecture delivery and oversee product management of technology platforms. Key responsibilities include fostering digital transformation, maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders, and ensuring effective architecture governance. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in IT governance and be skilled in leading multidisciplinary teams. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to strategic goals and enhance business performance.

Qualifications

• Proven leader with track record in IT Governance.
• Significant experience in IT Architecture and Strategy Development.
• Strong leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledgeable in executing integration & automation best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of IT Architecture and Product Management.
• Maintain effective relationship management with senior stakeholders.
• Accountable for design, architecture governance, and planning.
• Foster a culture of technological advancement.

Skills

IT Governance

IT Architecture

Stakeholder management

Integration & automation best practices

Organisational change

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society. We are looking for a Head of IT Architecture join our Technology & Sustainability team in Leavesden (Watford).

As Head of IT Architecture, you will be a member of IT leadership team, responsible for leading the delivery of IT Architecture, Product Management of major foundational technology platforms in line with Business Goals and Digital Strategy. Deliver business value through enabling digital transformation through efficient adoption of Integrations and Automations.

What you’ll do:

• Maintain a strong network across the whole organisation at all levels. You will maintain effective relationship management with senior stakeholders across our Business Operations.
• Be accountable for IT architecture leading on design, architecture governance and architecture planning through maintenance of roadmaps across the capabilities of Enterprise and Solution Architecture.
• Be accountable for how IT Architecture services are delivered including the assurance of the maintenance of the IT Architecture processes, ways of working, operating model including templates.
• Play a critical role in fostering a culture of technological advancement in Skanska UK and Skanska Globally to enable digital transformation and enhance business performance.
• Assure the right architecture governance is performed across all the Enterprise Services and produce regular metrics to demonstrate performance, quality and compliance.
• Ensure alignment of all strategic development activities with the organisation's short and long-term goals including influencing and incorporating Global initiatives.
• Be accountable for the running of an integration and automation service primarily delivered by external service providers.
• Play a critical role in leading and performing tasks that include Business Relationship Management, cost management, strategic planning, managing change and small project delivery, resource management, workforce planning, talent & succession planning and any other leadership activities

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Proven leader with track record in IT Governance.
• Significant experience in IT Architecture, IT Strategy Development, IT Leadership
• Strong leadership experience managing managers and multidisciplinary teams
• Track record of delivering measurable business outcomes through Architectural best practices – Enterprise & Solution.
• Recognised as a strong stakeholder manager. Skilled at communicating and influencing at executive level and Business Operations Leadership level
• Knowledgeable of executing integration & automation best practices
• Experience in organisational change and process redesign
• Experience in leading evaluation and selection of strategically important emerging technology services.
• Track record of business change management.
• Ability to deputise for the Director of IT

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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