At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape enterprise architecture and align tech strategy with business goals.
- Company: Dynamic company in Birmingham offering a hybrid work environment.
- Benefits: Competitive salary up to £80,000 and flexible working options.
- Other info: Opportunity for leadership and career growth in a collaborative setting.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving innovation and modernising architecture.
- Qualifications: Experience as an Enterprise Architect with strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
Enterprise Architect
Location
Birmingham
Salary
Working pattern
Hybrid, 1-2 days per week on site
About the Role
Enterprise Architect required to shape enterprise architecture across a complex environment, aligning technology strategy with business priorities and long-term outcomes.
This is a hands-on strategic role suited to someone who can balance best practice with practical delivery.
You will act as a trusted advisor, supporting technology decision-making, enabling continuous improvement, and helping the organisation progress towards a stable, modern, and scalable architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Align enterprise architecture with business strategy, translating goals, priorities, and constraints into clear architecture artefacts and models.
- Define, maintain, and improve architecture governance processes, principles, standards, and ways of working.
- Develop and maintain strategic architecture roadmaps in collaboration with senior stakeholders and programme teams.
- Shape new business and technology initiatives from inception, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and long-term objectives.
- Provide architectural guidance and oversight to solution teams, including chairing technical design authority forums where required.
- Oversee programme-level architecture deliverables and ensure solutions meet business needs.
- Build and manage the architecture knowledge base, including models, standards, tools, and reusable artefacts.
- Champion modern, scalable technology approaches while balancing quality, efficiency, and practical delivery timelines.
- Act as a visible advocate for enterprise architecture and continuous improvement across the business and technology landscape.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Experience working as an Enterprise Architect.
- Applied experience across two or more enterprise architecture domains, such as Business, Data, Application, or Technology, with a good understanding of each.
- Strong understanding of how different business models and processes influence enterprise architecture and how architecture enables business value.
- Experience developing, applying, and driving value from architecture principles.
- Proven ability to align business vision and strategy with capability roadmaps.
- Up-to-date knowledge of systems, integration approaches, existing and emerging industry standards, and the role of enterprise architecture in portfolio management.
- Strong influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to drive change with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strategic, holistic approach to business and technology.
- Ability to plan complex work over extended timeframes while managing shifting priorities effectively.
- Confident decision-maker with strong problem-solving skills and a high level of accountability.
- Enterprise Architecture certification such as TOGAF or equivalent.
- Leadership experience, with the ability to engage, motivate, and influence people at all levels.
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Enterprise Architect in Birmingham employer: Harvey Nash Group
Join a leading Financial Services firm in London that prioritises innovation and security, offering a dynamic work culture where your expertise in information security and IT risk management will be valued. With a strong commitment to employee development, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to lead high-performing teams in a collaborative environment. Enjoy competitive benefits and the unique advantage of working in one of the world's financial capitals, where your contributions will make a significant impact.
