At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead architectural strategy and governance for a global SaaS platform in education technology.
- Company: Join a leading Global SaaS Company revolutionising education with innovative tech solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team driving AI adoption and platform evolution.
- Why this job: Shape the future of education technology while collaborating with global teams.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in architecture leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
A Global SaaS Company at the forefront of education technology is investing heavily in its next phase of platform and product evolution. With millions of users globally and a strong international footprint, the business is moving toward a more AI-enabled, platform-centric operating model. As part of this journey, they are hiring a Principal Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping the long-term technology direction across a complex, multi-region environment.
This is a senior, high-impact individual contributor role sitting at the centre of a global technology function. Reporting into the Global VP of Technology and Operations, you will provide architectural leadership across platforms, products and services, ensuring consistency, scalability and strategic alignment. This is not a delivery role. Instead, you will focus on technical governance, architecture strategy and cross-functional alignment, enabling engineering teams to move faster and more effectively. You will operate across UK and US technology teams, helping bring greater cohesion, consistency and shared best practice across an already well-established global platform.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Define and evolve architecture principles, standards and governance across the organisation
- Establish and lead architecture forums and decision-making processes
- Drive consistency in tooling, design patterns and integration approaches
- Ensure strong governance across security, scalability, resilience and observability
- Provide oversight of key architectural decisions, risks and trade-offs
- Promote pragmatic governance that supports delivery rather than slowing it down
- Own and maintain the technical roadmap aligned to product and business strategy
- Identify opportunities around AI adoption, platform scaling and modernisation
- Highlight and prioritise technical debt and platform risks
- Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption decisions
- Balance regional requirements with global platform direction
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Bring together SMEs across Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Data, QA and Product
- Facilitate architectural discussions and drive decisions to clear outcomes
- Provide guidance on complex or high-impact initiatives
- Encourage reuse, standardisation and platform thinking
Global Collaboration
