Architecture Team Lead

Key Responsibilities Include

• Defining and maintaining the architecture vision, principles, standards and technology guardrails across the UK estate.
• Translating business strategy into target-state architectures, practical roadmaps and delivery priorities.
• Leading architecture governance processes, including Technical Design Authority (TDA), design reviews and exception management.
• Providing pragmatic architecture guidance to programmes, projects and change initiatives.
• Building strong relationships with business stakeholders to understand operational priorities and influence technology decisions.
• Establishing and maintaining high-quality architecture documentation, including roadmaps, design documents, decision records and reference architectures.
• Driving continuous improvement of architecture practices, governance processes, tooling and standards.
• Managing architecture demand and prioritisation to ensure resources focus on the highest-value initiatives.
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of architecture professionals.
• Embedding security, resilience, data and compliance considerations into technology decisions from the outset.

Experience

What we are looking for

• Proven experience leading or significantly shaping an IT Architecture function within a complex organisation.
• Strong experience establishing architecture governance, standards, design authorities and decision-making frameworks.
• Experience partnering with senior business and technology stakeholders to translate strategy into technology outcomes.
• A successful track record of enabling project delivery through practical and risk-based architectural leadership.
• Experience coaching and developing architects or technical specialists.

Technical Knowledge

• Broad architecture knowledge spanning applications, integration, infrastructure, cloud, data, identity, security and operational service management.
• Strong understanding of architecture frameworks and governance practices such as TOGAF, ITIL and COBIT.
• Experience creating and reviewing architecture artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, architecture roadmaps, options assessments and architecture decision records.
• Knowledge of security, resilience, compliance and audit requirements within enterprise environments.

Personal Attributes

• A strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with operational delivery needs.
• Business-focused and able to understand how technology supports organisational success.
• A strong communicator who can explain complex technical concepts in a clear and engaging way.
• A collaborative leader who builds trusted relationships across technical and non-technical teams.
• Comfortable facilitating governance discussions, constructive challenge and informed decision-making.
• Passionate about quality, continuous improvement and developing high-performing teams.

Ready to grow, belong, and impact? Apply now and join us at Forvis Mazars!

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential. At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you can grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that matters.