We're proud to be supporting one of the most recognisable organisations in the UK in their search for a new Head of Enterprise Architecture to lead the strategic vision and be a key addition to their senior leadership. This is a permanent post, paying up to £90,000 base + 15% pension contribution and 41 days paid annual leave. Birmingham based but with lots of flexibility and hybrid working on offer.
Main Duties
- Strategic Planning: Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap in alignment with the strategic plan. Support this with more detailed architecture analysis and solutions in each of the separate domain areas.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with academic and administrative departments to understand their needs and ensure technology solutions support their goals.
- Key Individual Engagement: Maintain relationships with key staff in education, research, support functions and within the IT department.
- Technology Integration: Oversee the selection and integration of new technologies into the existing IT infrastructure, ensuring compatibility and efficiency.
- Efficiency: Ensure that the architecture factors in and delivers improved efficiency and effectiveness for business and IT areas.
- Coordination: Ensure that plans and roadmaps across all domains align and are compatible with the overall roadmap. Identify issues and propose solutions where needed.
Personal Skills and Capabilities
- Experienced architect, with background in developing technology architect solutions for systems, infrastructure, security and wider enterprises.
- Experienced in using and qualified in suitable architecture frameworks and qualifications e.g. TOGAF, CISSP etc.
- Broad, enterprise-wide understanding of Applications, Infrastructure, Project Management, Service Design and Governance.
- Understanding of organisational business systems, processes and their infrastructure needs.
- Understanding of the legal and purchasing requirements of delivering IT projects and the need for infrastructure input to these processes to ensure compliance.
- Ability to examine technologies and trends to identify the benefits the group can leverage from adopting those in the future in addition to the immediate usages.
- Able to clearly articulate complex technical concepts in plain language.
- The ability to recognize structural issues within an organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies.
Back to searchHead of Enterprise Architecture
SF Recruitment (Tech)
Posted 2 days ago, valid for a month
Birmingham, West Midlands B4 6FQ
£90,000 per annum
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- The role is for a Head of Enterprise Architecture at a prominent UK organization, offering a salary of up to £90,000 plus a 15% pension contribution and 41 days of paid annual leave.
- Candidates should have significant experience as an architect, particularly in developing technology solutions for systems, infrastructure, and security, with qualifications in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or CISSP.
- The position is based in Birmingham but allows for flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Key responsibilities include strategic planning, stakeholder collaboration, technology integration, and ensuring efficiency across business and IT areas.
- The ideal candidate will possess a broad understanding of applications, infrastructure, project management, and governance, along with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
