Enterprise Architect

Nuffield Health; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health charity in the UK is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and maintain enterprise architecture across core business functions. The role focuses on driving transformation and ensuring alignment with technology strategies. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in enterprise architecture, strong leadership skills, and a passion for digital transformation. Join us to help build a healthier nation.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise architecture within large, complex environments.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to simplify and communicate complex technology concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture as part of technology strategy.
• Provide architectural leadership across non-clinical domains.
• Guide demand through planning and delivery phases.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Commercial awareness

Job description

Overview

Enterprise Architect

Barbican / Hybrid (1–2 days per week on-site) | Technology | Permanent | Full-time

Competitive, based on experience

37.5 hours per week

Nuffield Health is the charity that’s building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to flagship community programmes – we’ll do whatever it takes to look after the UK’s wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you.

W e’re embarking on a major transformation journey, and technology is at its heart. As our Enterprise Architect, you’ll play a key strategic role in shaping our architecture across core business functions like Finance, HR, Procurement, and Supply Chain, as well as enabling data-driven and customer-centric change across the charity.

You’ll help define our enterprise architecture and ensure it supports scalable, modern, and digitally enabled solutions, always focused on personalisation, automation, and employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture as a core part of our technology strategy.
• Provide architectural leadership across non-clinical domains (Data, Finance, People/HR, Supply Chain, etc.).
• Guide demand through planning and delivery phases, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Support agile delivery teams with architectural guidance, ensuring long-term value and sustainability.
• Promote best practice in architecture frameworks, agile methodologies, and governance models.
• Work with stakeholders across all levels to articulate and deliver technology strategies that enable transformation.
• Act as a coach and mentor to analysts, architects, and technical specialists.
• Ensure technology decisions are business-aligned, cost-effective, and outcome-focused.

Requirements

• Significant experience in enterprise architecture, ideally within large, complex environments.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to simplify and communicate complex technology concepts.
• Proven ability to shape and gain buy-in for technology strategies across business domains.
• Experience working across agile and traditional delivery models.
• A pragmatic, business-focused approach to architecture with strong commercial awareness (TCO and ROI understanding).
• Passion for driving change through digital transformation and innovative use of technology.

Benefits

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Ready to apply

Ready to drive meaningful change with technology?

Join Nuffield Health and help build a healthier nation, one solution at a time. We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications).

So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

Apply today… It starts with you.