Chief Technology Architect in London

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you.

The Role & Key Responsibilities

The Global Chief Architect is responsible for overseeing the architectural integrity of Apex’s systems on a global scale, ensuring that technology aligns with business objectives and strategic goals. This role requires a visionary leader who can innovate and guide the architecture team to create scalable, sustainable, and efficient systems. The successful candidate will create a culture oriented towards customer satisfaction, with appropriate controls and governance to maintain confidence with our regulators. The need to evolve and enable continuous change supporting the growth and demands of the organisation is a key factor in the success of this function.

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement architectural strategies that support the organization's goals.
• Technology Oversight: Evaluate and select appropriate technology solutions to meet business needs.
• Cost Management: Drive consolidation and optimisation, reducing technical debt and staying aligned with the optimum Product Model.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that architectural standards, governance and best practices are followed, maintaining high quality of deliverables.
• Management: Establish and present key performance indicators, provide appropriate reporting and insights on opportunities and risks, expose complexity in business processes where technology can simplify or eradicate.
• Innovation: Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends, encouraging controlled innovation and improvement in the technology, systems and ways of working.
• Security: Promote interoperability, standardisation and simplification.

Skills Required

• Proven track record with 10+ years of experience in Enterprise, Domain and solution architecture roles, including 5+ years in a leadership position.
• A track record of working in B2B environment providing services and technology products.
• A history of exemplary delivery, with demonstrable management and leadership in transforming and scaling up Business outcomes, capabilities and value, through Technology.
• Proficiency in architectural frameworks, methodologies, and tools such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, or similar.
• Strong leadership, manage, lead, mentor, upskill and support global teams using excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able and willing to get into detail and delivery as required.
• Role model our values and lead the culture of your function and all of Technology.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strategic mindset.
• Technology insights, Cloud Strategies, Security, Data, AI, Integration, M&A, workflow, automation and shift left strategy.
• Familiar with corporate governance and controls; SOC, EU DORA, ITIL, NIST, Regulator Requirements, COBIT, ITGC.
• A true people partner, with matrix management experience in a global environment.
• Have an analytical approach to Architecture, ensuring the trade-offs between customer value, solution complexity and risk are understood by stakeholders.
• Be an advocate of Enterprise Architecture, continuous improvement and industry recognised best practices.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing objectives, working well under pressure.
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Be a motivated self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Be able to operate with credibility amongst business and technical colleagues.
• A good appreciation across all aspects of technology.

What you will get in return

• A high level of visibility within a large organisation on an upwards trajectory.
• The ability to define technology processes to drive innovation and have a tangible impact on the business.
• Be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team that makes a genuine impact on revenue and sales pipeline.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross-jurisdiction and to working with senior management directly.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse, agile and global technology team.
• The opportunity to innovate, bring discipline with pragmatism to Enterprise Architecture and really make a difference.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences. We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.