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Director of Strategy & Architecture
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Director of Strategy & Architecture
We're supporting a large, complex UK organisation undergoing significant growth and technology transformation to appoint a Director of Strategy & Architecture.
Reporting to the CTO, you'll define the future technology strategy and target architecture while building a high-performing, business-facing architecture capability.
With a fragmented technology estate, major transformation underway and continued growth through acquisition, this is an opportunity to shape the architecture rather than inherit it.
What You'll Be Doing
- Define the enterprise technology strategy, target architecture and multi-year roadmap.
- Lead the move towards a domain-led, composable and platform-oriented architecture.
- Build and develop a high-performing architecture team and collaborative culture.
- Simplify a complex technology landscape across applications, data, cloud, infrastructure, integration and security.
- Partner with Executive and business leaders to translate strategy into technology priorities.
- Establish pragmatic architecture governance that enables rather than slows delivery.
- Shape the technology foundations for AI, automation and data-led innovation.
- Support technology due diligence and integration planning for acquisitions.
- Provide architectural leadership across major transformation programmes.
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What We're Looking For
You'll be an established Enterprise Architecture leader with experience operating in a large, complex or rapidly changing organisation.
We're particularly interested in candidates with:
- Experience as a Director/Head of Enterprise Architecture, Chief Architect or similar.
- A track record of defining target architecture and delivering complex technology transformation.
- Strong knowledge of domain-driven design and composable architecture.
- Experience building, restructuring or developing architecture teams.
- Broad expertise across applications, data, cloud, infrastructure, integration and emerging technologies.
- Experience modernising fragmented technology environments.
- Strong Executive-level communication and stakeholder management.
- A collaborative, pragmatic approach with the ability to balance strategic ambition with delivery.
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Sector experience isn't essential. Scale, complexity and evidence of delivering meaningful transformation are far more important.
Experience within acquisitive organisations, M&A technology integration, AI or significant platform transformation would be advantageous.
Why This Opportunity?
This is a rare opportunity to influence the technology direction of a major organisation at a pivotal stage of its growth.
We're looking for someone who can think strategically, retain genuine technical credibility and turn architecture into tangible business outcomes.
Location: Hertfordshire / Hybrid
Type: Permanent
Salary: £140,000 - £160,000 plus benefits
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