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Enterprise Architect – Modern Workplace
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WPP Enterprise Technology - Modern Workplace Architect
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions, and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.
We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.
Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging, and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
Why we're hiring:
WPP Enterprise Technology provides Technology services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP ET is an integral part of that journey, and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.
Role Overview:
Own the end-to-end target architecture for the entire Modern Workplace estate, spanning all four towers — Identity, Client Devices, Productivity Tools, and Office Technology. This role provides the strategic, cross-tower technical coherence that cannot be outsourced: it sets the standards, patterns, and guardrails that Kyndryl and the tower teams design, build, and operate within, and ensures the workplace is secure, integrated, modern, and future-ready as one connected employee experience.
What you'll be doing:
- Define and own the target-state architecture for the whole Modern Workplace estate across Identity, Client Devices, Productivity Tools, and Office Technology.
- Set cross-tower architecture principles, standards, reference patterns, and technology roadmaps.
- Act as the design authority for all major and cross-tower workplace change.
- Architect the integration across towers — identity-led security, devices, collaboration, and meeting-room/voice services — into one coherent, seamless employee experience.
- Embed security-by-design, zero-trust, resilience, accessibility, data protection, and total cost of ownership across every domain.
- Assure that Kyndryl-delivered designs and changes align to WPP architecture and standards across all four towers.
- Own the workplace technology strategy, build-vs-buy decisions, and horizon-scanning for emerging capability, including AI in the workplace.
- Advise the Modern Workplace Director and all tower heads, aligning the architecture to WPP business and agency priorities.
- Set the architecture, patterns, and guardrails that Kyndryl implements and operates within.
- Assure that partner-delivered designs and changes meet WPP security, resilience, and standards.
- Act as design authority and approval gate for partner architecture decisions.
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What you'll need:
- Enterprise architecture spanning the full digital-workplace estate — identity, device/endpoint, collaboration & productivity, and office/meeting-room & voice technologies.
- Proven cross-domain architecture leadership across an end-to-end workplace estate at global scale.
- Architecture frameworks and modelling (e.g., TOGAF) applied pragmatically.
- Security-by-design, zero-trust, and data-protection architecture for the workplace.
- Integration and platform architecture across cloud (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), endpoint, and identity ecosystems.
- Strong communication and influence with engineering, vendor, and executive audiences.
- Recognised architecture experience in the relevant domain at enterprise scale.
- Relevant architecture or platform certifications (e.g., TOGAF or vendor architect tracks).
- Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
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Who you are:
- You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
- You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology, and talent to create brighter futures for our people, our clients, and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
- You're extraordinary: We are stronger together: through collaboration, we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
What we'll give you:
- Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.
- Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence, and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
- Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wpp.com/en/careers/wpp-privacy-policy-for-recruitment) for more information on how we process the information you provide.
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