The Company
This is a high-growth, private equity-backed financial services business operating within the consumer credit and instalment payments market. As part of a wider investment programme across technology, data, and product, the organisation is modernising its technology landscape and embracing next-generation engineering practices.
Significant work has already been completed to establish strong governance, architectural principles, and technology foundations. The business is now looking for a Chief Architect to lead the next phase of transformation.
The Role
As Chief Architect, you will define and drive the enterprise architecture strategy, helping the organisation evolve towards a modern, AI-enabled technology landscape.
Working alongside the other members of C‑Suite, you will form a key part of the senior technology leadership team, shaping the future direction of engineering, cloud, applications, and platform architecture.
Key responsibilities include:
- Defining and delivering the organisation's enterprise architecture strategy.
- Driving the adoption of modern technologies, AI-enabled development, and emerging agentic engineering capabilities.
- Developing target-state architectures and technology roadmaps across cloud, applications, data, and platforms.
- Ensuring architecture enables business growth, product innovation, and operational efficiency.
- Leading architecture governance, standards, and design authority processes.
- Partnering closely with product, engineering, and data teams to deliver scalable technology solutions.
- Acting as the senior architectural authority across major transformation initiatives.
- Balancing strategic vision with hands‑on technical leadership and architectural guidance.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in a senior architecture leadership role, such as Chief Architect, Head of Architecture, or Enterprise Architect.
- Broad architecture expertise across cloud, applications, software engineering, platforms, and technology operations.
- Strong Azure and cloud architecture experience.
- Experience establishing and evolving architectural principles, governance frameworks, and target operating models.
- Good understanding of AI, modern engineering practices, and emerging agentic technologies.
- Ability to translate architectural strategy into practical delivery outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering with executive, product, engineering, and data leaders.
- Hands‑on technical credibility and a willingness to remain close to architectural detail.
- Experience within financial services, fintech, or other regulated environments would be advantageous.
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