Head of Architecture | Global Financial Advisory Group | London (Hybrid)
Highly competitve £ and total comp
A leading global financial services group is hiring a Head of Architecture to lead and grow its Group IT Architecture function, with scope across Infrastructure, Business Applications, Security and Data.
Overseeing a growing team of architects, this is a critial role to the business. What matters most here is leadership. You'll be the person who builds credibility for architecture across the business, wins buy-in from sceptical stakeholders, and turns governance from a blocker into something teams actually want to use.
You'll report to the CTO, sit on the senior IT leadership agenda, and remain hands-on: leading design on complex, enterprise-scale systems alongside running the function.
What you'll be doing:
- Building and leading a team of architects covering infrastructure, applications, security and data
- Defining architecture principles, patterns and standards, and driving their adoption across engineering and business teams
- Owning design governance, working closely with PMO, CISO, GRC and business application teams
- Representing architecture at senior forums, presenting to business stakeholders and leadership
- Shaping technology strategy, roadmap and technical debt management
- Leading design on complex, enterprise-scale solutions as a hands-on architect
What they're looking for:
- 10+ years in IT architecture leadership
- MS and Azure background
- TOGAF qualified ideally, strong grounding in enterprise architecture frameworks
- A track record of getting a business to genuinely value architecture, not just tolerate it
- Comfortable having direct conversations, including difficult ones, with both stakeholders and your own team
- Strong communicator, confident presenting to large and senior audiences
Based in the City of London, hybrid working, with occasional european travel.
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