Defence Enterprise Architect Manager

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect Manager to lead architecture across national security programmes in secure client environments. You will translate strategy into architecture visions, roadmaps and operating models, guiding senior stakeholders and delivering end-to-end blueprints and data flows.

The role combines strategic thinking with practical delivery, requiring collaboration across business, data and technology domains.

Qualifications

• Experience in secure UK environments (e.g., Defence/National Security)
• Experience in one or more architecture domains: Business, Application, Data and/or Technology
• Involvement in large-scale, complex digital transformation programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to communicate across architectural abstraction levels

Responsibilities

• Translate strategy into enterprise architecture visions, target states and roadmaps
• Lead end-to-end enterprise architecture blueprints and data flows
• Provide architecture leadership across complex digital reinvention programmes
• Develop value cases to support executive decisions
• Apply Lean and Agile EA principles to complex environments
• Lead vendor and platform assessments across technology layers
• Act as trusted adviser between business, technology teams and suppliers
• Govern enterprise architecture standards and operating models

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder management

Secure UK environments

Transformation leadership

Tools

LeanIX

Avolution

Orbus

Bizzdesign

Job description

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect Manager to lead architecture across national security programmes in secure client environments. You will translate strategy into architecture visions, roadmaps and operating models, guiding senior stakeholders and delivering end-to-end blueprints and data flows.

The role combines strategic thinking with practical delivery, requiring collaboration across business, data and technology domains.