Enterprise Architect

Why work for us?
A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.
Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.
Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:
Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust
If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!
The Enterprise Architect will play a crucial role in harmonizing our business, application, data, security, and infrastructure architecture with our overarching strategy. This individual will not only define and govern our Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework but also demystify and elevate its value across the organisation. Acting as the linchpin, the Enterprise Architect will drive business change, ensuring technology and business alignment while fostering a culture of collaboration over governance.
This role will report into the Global Head of Core Platforms within the Technology organization.
Duties and responsibilities
Synthesise Business, Application, Data, Security, and Infrastructure Architectures to ensure alignment with the company's strategy.
Develop and maintain an architecture blueprint for the organization, focusing on system architecture and data architecture.
Serve as a central figure in defining, shaping, educating, and governing adherence to the EA framework.
Simplify complex architectural concepts to promote understanding and value across the organisation.
Key contributor and influencer in transformative business changes through effective EA practices.
Advocate for a data-driven approach over opinion-based decisions.
Develop, implement, and promote Enterprise Architecture policies and standards.
Facilitate collaboration and guide the community of architects towards achieving architectural alignment and coherence.
Design multi-year business roadmaps to support business growth and navigate legacy to target architectures.
Ensure seamless integration of EA into business change processes and strategic execution.
Establish and maintain a governance framework that emphasizes collaboration.
Measure success and progress towards achieving architectural and business objectives.
Ensuring standards across architectural artifacts and how they should be used.
Ensure the efficiency, security, and support of the organization's technology goals.
Chair EA / Solution architecture governance.
Establish application portfolio management practices (Buy / Hold / Sell) - would see this connecting to business architecture & roadmapping
Analyse / investigate key technology risks / issues and write Board / Exec commentary where needed
What to expect when you join our firm
Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
Generous Holiday policies
Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
Skills and qualifications
Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture, with a strong understanding of EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and the ability to tailor frameworks to organizational needs.
Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale change initiatives, with a focus on aligning technology and business architecture.
Strong problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on consensus building and collaboration.
Experience in governance, road mapping, and driving data-driven decisions.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of fostering strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders.
Ability to present complex ideas in a clear and engaging manner, facilitating understanding and buy-in from all levels of the organization.
Experience in standardizing and organizing architecture artifacts and feeding into strategic roadmaps.