At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead architectural design across diverse technology domains and ensure alignment with business strategy.
- Company: Join IAG, a leading airline group with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy health insurance, pension plans, performance bonuses, and a supportive work/life balance.
- Other info: Work in a vibrant setting with opportunities for growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic, multi-cultural environment while shaping the future of technology.
- Qualifications: Experience as a Principal Architect with strong stakeholder influence and broad architectural knowledge.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
About Us We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.
IAG Transform delivers procurement and airline services, as well as group‑wide systems across IAG.
Purpose of the role The Generalist Principal Architect maintains a holistic, enterprise‑wide architectural view across business, application, information, integration, infrastructure, cloud and service domains.
The role is technology‑agnostic and vendor‑neutral, providing independent, expert architectural leadership and assurance to ensure that technology change across the Group is coherent, scalable, secure and aligned to business strategy.
Your responsibilities Maintain an end‑to‑end architectural view across business capability, applications, integrations, data, infrastructure, cloud, security and service layers.
Ensure architectural coherence across domains, identifying and addressing duplication, fragmentation or misalignment.
Act as a senior architectural authority able to review, challenge and arbitrate design decisions across multiple technology areas.
Translate business and Group strategy into clear architectural principles, target states and transition roadmaps.
Identify opportunities to simplify, modernise or converge technology landscapes in support of business objectives.
Support major programmes and initiatives by ensuring architectural integrity from concept through delivery.
Define, maintain and evolve enterprise architecture standards, guardrails and design principles.
Provide architecture governance and assurance for significant investments, initiatives and third‑party solutions.
Ensure architectural decisions remain aligned to agreed target states throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, technology leaders and programme sponsors.
Clearly articulate complex architectural concepts in business‑relevant language.
Influence decision‑making through expertise, pragmatism and credibility rather than direct authority.
Provide architectural leadership across internally delivered, platform‑based and supplier‑led solutions.
Ensure vendor and partner solutions align with enterprise architecture, integration patterns and security standards.
Promote open, interoperable and sustainable technology approaches.
Maintain awareness of industry architecture trends and emerging technologies.
Assess relevance pragmatically, balancing innovation with stability and value.
Contribute to the ongoing maturity of Group architecture capability and practices.
Your skills, experience and qualifications Essential Demonstrable experience operating at Principal or Enterprise Architect level within complex organisations.
Proven ability to lead and assure multi‑domain, enterprise‑scale architectures.
Strong experience influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.
Broad understanding of architecture across applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud and services.
Ability to operate effectively in complex, federated or multi‑operating‑company environments.
Desirable Experience operating across international organisations and cultures.
Exposure to large‑scale transformation or modernisation programmes.
Contribution to architecture standards, communities or best‑practice development.
Enterprise‑minded and able to balance strategic thinking with practical judgement.
Credible, pragmatic and confident operating at senior levels.
Comfortable working across ambiguity, change and complexity.
Collaborative, inclusive and outcomes focused.
What we offer Opportunity to work in a multi‑cultural environment with great offices in many locations.
Support for work/life balance, including health insurance, pension and performance bonuses.
We are an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr
We’re Hiring: Principal Architect Generalist employer: IAG Transform UK
IAG Transform UK is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where your expertise in enterprise architecture will be valued and nurtured. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer numerous opportunities for professional development and career advancement, all while working in a dynamic environment that aligns with our Group's strategic vision. Join us in a location that not only supports your career aspirations but also promotes a healthy work-life balance.
