Lead Enterprise Architect

Lead Enterprise Architect

Full-Time 72000 - 108000 £ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
C

About the Role

The Lead Enterprise Architect will serve as a senior technical authority, helping define target architecture roadmaps and guiding technology evolution across a suite of Asset Management solutions. The role combines strategic architecture leadership with collaboration across international engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Architecture Leadership & Strategy

  • Define and evolve target architecture roadmaps aligned with business priorities and industry direction
  • Provide senior architectural leadership for Asset Management platforms
  • Guide adoption of cloud-native services, data-centric architectures, and AI-enabled capabilities
  • Promote modern design principles, integration patterns, APIs, and scalable platform models
  • Contribute to enterprise architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices

Governance & Global Collaboration

  • Support architecture governance to ensure consistency, quality, and security standards
  • Collaborate with architecture and engineering leaders across global regions
  • Partner with product management and senior stakeholders to translate business needs into technical direction
  • Identify architectural risks, technical debt, and modernization opportunities

Required Skills

  • 12+ years in software or enterprise architecture roles in complex technology environments
  • Strong knowledge of financial services, ideally Asset Management systems
  • Experience working with globally distributed engineering organizations
  • Expertise in cloud-native architectures (Azure, AWS, or GCP), microservices, APIs, and data platforms
  • Familiarity with architecture governance frameworks such as TOGAF or similar
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders

Preferred Skills

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Architecture certifications (TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect) are advantageous

This is an opportunity for a senior architect to shape technology direction within a global fintech environment while remaining engaged in modern, hands-on architectural leadership.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.

#J-18808-Ljbffr

C

Contact Detail:

Confidential Jobs Recruiting Team

Land your dream job quicker with Premium

You’re marked as a top applicant with our partner companies
Individual CV and cover letter feedback including tailoring to specific job roles
Be among the first applications for new jobs with our AI application
1:1 support and career advice from our career coaches
Go Premium

Money-back if you don't land a job in 6-months

C
Similar positions in other companies
UK’s top job board for Gen Z
discover-jobs-cta
Discover now
>