Principal Enterprise Architect – HR, Finance and Supply Chain

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you'll play a critical role in shaping how Virgin Media O₂ uses technology to deliver meaningful business outcomes across HR, Finance and Supply Chain. Working at the intersection of strategy, architecture and delivery, you'll help define the future-state enterprise architecture and guide investment decisions that enable simplification, resilience and long-term value. You'll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, bringing clarity to complex landscapes and influencing change at scale.

In this role, you'll lead the development of capability roadmaps and target architectures across multiple sub-domains, many with shared or fragmented ownership. You'll balance innovation with governance, ensuring solutions align to enterprise standards while remaining pragmatic and outcome-focused. By collaborating closely with business leaders, delivery teams and external partners, you'll help create cohesive, integrated solutions that support VMO2's strategic ambitions and evolving operating model.

At Virgin Media O₂, we connect people to the moments that matter most. Virgin Media leads the UK for broadband reliability, speed and overall performance, while O₂ keeps people connected on the move with award-winning coverage. We're also proud to be named one of the Financial Times Top 500 Best Employers for 2026, based on one of the UK's largest employee satisfaction surveys. Join us and you'll be part of a team that stays curious, positive and focused on making life easier for our customers and each other. We're investing in the future of connectivity, from expanding next-generation 5G to exploring satellite-supported solutions that help reach rural communities and hard-to-connect places. You'll work with people who back good ideas and give you plenty of room to grow. So if you're looking for a place where you can feel supported, trusted and genuinely valued, you'll feel right at home here.

Our ways of working: We're a flexible-first organisation, because we know people do their best work when they have choice and clarity. To support meaningful collaboration, we ask everyone to spend at least eight days a month connecting with each other in person. That doesn't just mean time in the office - it could be team meetings, offsites, volunteering days, cross-functional projects, or away days. What matters is making those moments count - so when we come together, it benefits everyone.

Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all: We believe a better tomorrow starts with the choices we make today. That means moving the dial on diversity, building equity into everything we do and putting inclusion at the heart of our business. Virgin Media O₂ is an equal opportunities employer and we work hard to remove bias and barriers. We want every person who joins us - and everyone thinking about joining us - to feel seen, heard and supported. When you work with us, you'll have access to our award-winning employee network groups. These communities bring people together, champion allyship and create uplifting spaces where you can learn, share and feel part of something bigger. They play a big role in helping people feel connected from day one.

The must haves: In order to be considered, you must have the following experience:

• Extensive experience providing enterprise architecture leadership across large, complex technology environments
• Deep understanding of at least two corporate sub-domains, such as HR, Finance or Supply Chain, with strong wider business context
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and govern architectural decision-making
• Experience shaping and maintaining target architectures, principles and multi-year roadmaps

The other stuff we are looking for:

• Experience working across federated or fragmented technology ownership models
• Exposure to major transformation programmes within corporate systems landscapes
• Experience partnering with consultancies, suppliers and industry analysts
• Track record of driving enterprise architecture maturity and simplification
• Experience supporting RFI and RFP processes

What's in it for you: We know life isn't just about work, so our benefits are built to support you in the moments that matter. You'll get Bupa healthcare, wellbeing support, life cover, a pension and generous holiday - plus your birthday off. And there's more. Enjoy some extra perks on us, with optional electric vehicle lease and Cycle2Work schemes, dental insurance, neurodiversity assessments, and brilliant discounts on broadband, TV and mobile. You'll even get access to the Virgin Family platform and the O₂ Priority app, with exclusive rewards, experiences and chances to attend events at The O₂ and beyond.

Next steps: If this feels like a place where you can belong, we'd love to see what you can do. Once you apply, the next steps might include a call with a recruiter, a video interview, an interview with the hiring manager and a task or assessment. We'll also ask about any adjustments you might need, and we'll do our best to make them happen. We review applications and interview throughout the advert window, so it's worth applying sooner rather than later. If you're offered the role, the offer will be subject to background checks, including a criminal record check and, for some roles, a financial background check.