Cards Enterprise Architect | S4 | CTO

TN United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking company as an Enterprise Architect within the Payments & Cards Architecture Team. This role focuses on developing and maintaining the overall architecture strategy for card systems, aligning it with business objectives. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in enterprise architecture and cards issuing, with a passion for driving change and innovation in the payments sector. This position offers a hybrid working model, allowing for flexibility while ensuring collaboration with a motivated team. Join us and make a significant impact in transforming our technology landscape!

Benefits

Discretionary performance-related annual bonus

Company pension contributions

Additional holiday options

Car allowance

Company-funded private medical insurance

Discounted healthcare benefits

Death-in-service and income protection insurance

Participation in share plans

Employee discounts on products

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of cards issuing and enterprise architecture.
• Skills in stakeholder management and leading change effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain architecture strategy for card systems.
• Lead and review work of solution architects, ensuring alignment with strategy.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Cards Issuing

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

TOGAF Certification

Tools

AWS

BIAN Framework

APIs

ArchiMate

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08.05.2025

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Job Description:

Interested in part-time, job-share or flexible working? We want to talk to you!

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An excellent opportunity is available to join the Payments & Cards Architecture Team as an Enterprise Architect. This is an exciting time for the payments and cards technology teams as we transform how we operate within the Bank alongside the Payments Centre of Excellence and key suppliers such as PagoNxt, to meet evolving customer expectations and industry changes.

Enterprise Architecture is part of the domain architecture team within Santander UK. It works closely with other architecture teams and liaises with business and IT colleagues in Santander UK, as well as Santander global architecture.

The team concentrates on the functional architecture of applications and how they interact with other systems. The team works as an architecture community across domains sharing reusable patterns and solutions learnt on projects, independently of projects and domains.

We are building a motivated team with big goals, so we seek individuals who are truly passionate about their work and possess the enthusiasm to make things happen. If you share our passion for technology and payments, come join us and deliver!

The difference you’ll make:

• Developing and maintaining the overall Cards systems architecture strategy and ensuring it aligns with the overall IT and business strategy
• Developing and maintaining the Cardssystems roadmap and supporting the delivery of the strategy through the project portfolio
• Leading and reviewing the work of Solution Architects, understanding alignment with strategy, and supporting them through governance
• Staying up to date on the latest Cardstechnologies and industry trends

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Extensive knowledge and experience of cards issuing
• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture, with experience in defining and documenting architecture strategies and governing projects against guard rails
• Driving and leading change by creating practical, workable architectures aligned to IT principles and following appropriate governance
• Comprehensive stakeholder management skills, planning and organizing concepts and best practices, with the ability to manage multiple projects with varying levels of ambiguity

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Working knowledge of the BIAN framework, TOGAF, ArchiMate and the C model
• Knowledge & experience of AWS & Cloud Architectures
• Knowledge & experience of APIs and microservices

What else you need to know:

This role is a permanent position to be based in Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangements within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part-time hours or a job-share, we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful, a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree, we will send your CV to the hiring manager for review. The interview process will be:

- First stage: a virtual interview lasting about X minutes, consisting of competency and some technical questions.

- Second stage: a face-to-face or virtual interview lasting about X minutes, covering technical questions and your Cards domain knowledge.

If there’s anything we can do to support you during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Inclusion

At Santander, we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We help make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains, and develops talented and committed people through our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you:

Along with a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs, including:

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• Company contributions to your pension up to X% of your salary.
• Days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with years of service, with options to purchase additional days.
• £X car allowance per year.
• Company-funded private medical insurance.
• Discounted healthcare benefits, including private medical, dental, and health assessments.
• Protection benefits such as death-in-service and income protection insurance, with options for additional coverage.
• Participation in Santander’s share plans.
• Access to Santander’s products and discounts as an employee.