Job Title: Principal Architect - 12-Month Fixed Term Contract Opportunity

Job Description:

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Architect to join our team as a core part of the Leadership team for the CIO of Central Functions. As a key player in our organization, you will be responsible for defining and delivering the architecture that supports our portfolio of work across three value streams: Finance, Risk and Internal Audit, and People (HR). This is a unique opportunity to drive technological innovation, provide thought leadership, and make a significant impact on our business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition, socialization, and implementation of architecture and engineering assets, including technical strategy, implementation roadmaps, standards, patterns, and guardrails.
• Drive the definition of technology roadmaps that support our business ambitions and align with our overarching technology strategy.
• Lead architecture and engineering governance across Central Functions, ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards and guardrails.
• Manage technology metadata records, ensuring accuracy and up-to-date information on applications, software, and hardware in use.
• Develop and lead teams of engineers and architects, enabling them to deliver architecture outcomes and grow in their careers.
• Construct and manage resource plans, including multi-year demand and supply views, recruitment, and retention plans.
• Build strategic relationships with external parties, including software vendors, research companies, and industry bodies, to ensure future-proofed architecture and industry best practices.

About You:

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A solid engineering or architecture background, with degree-level qualifications relevant to finance, risk, HR, or procurement.
• Extensive experience leading large, multi-disciplinary IT teams.
• A practical understanding of architecture and engineering requirements, with a proven ability to develop new architecture and engineering patterns to solve complex technology problems.
• Leadership and management skills, with expertise in resourcing and capacity management.
• Strong influencing and relationship management skills, with the ability to stakeholder manage up to ExCo level.

What We Offer:

In return for your skills and experience, we offer a competitive salary, a range of employee benefits, including:

• A personal pension scheme, with a 16% employer contribution.
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering per year.
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary.
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Access to training and development opportunities to help you progress your career.
• 30 days' holiday, pro-rata, and access to an annual performance-related bonus.

How to Apply:

If you are a motivated and experienced professional looking for a new challenge, please submit your application, including your up-to-date CV and a brief introduction. We respond to every application, and we look forward to hearing from you.