Head of Enterprise Architecture

Job Description
Salary:
£100,000 - 110,000 + 20% Bonus + Pension + £8k car allowance
Location:
Hybrid - 2 days West Midlands
Reporting to:
CIO
Mandate:
Play a key role in aligning vision, road-map and deliverables to innovative technology solution whilst maintaining blueprint best practice architecture frameworks
Expectations:
Establishing effective enterprise architecture governance processes and influencing with stakeholder groups
Take lead on aligning technology solutions and enterprise architecture vision and processes
Engage with stakeholders to identify opportunities for future technology enabled solutions
Facilitate change and oversee smooth transition and adoption of architectural transformation initiatives
Develop and implement tools, processes and infrastructure to support innovation
Contribute to continuous improvement and industry best practices
Drive specialist knowledge of governance processes reviews and developments
Designing implementation of scalable enterprise systems and applications
Leading a small team of technical and security architects and actively collaborating with Head of Cyber Security, Head of Service Delivery, Head of Business Partnering, Head of Data & An
alytics and Head of Projects & Transformation.
Skills required:
Essential to have experience working as a Lead Enterprise Architect or Lead Solution Architect, this role would be a set-up into a Head of Enterprise Architect role
Considerable experience embedding Enterprise Architecture Framework i.e. TOGAF
Proven track record as a thought leader across architectural disciplines including business, application, information, infrastructure, security and data
Track record in creating a Enterprise Architecture framework, maturing best practice standards
Ability to express complex technical effectively to non-technical audience
Expert experience in Project Management methodologies, frameworks and tools
You will have experience across UK private sector organisations
Idea candidate will be down to earth, warm, engaging and approachable
Solutions focused and able to drive a team towards success
If you are looking for a step-up into a Head of Architecture role to lead and grow a team of security and security architects to uplift and mature the architectural agenda this could be the role for you.