Enterprise Architect

Ingenico; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingenico is seeking an Enterprise Architect to shape its technology landscape across applications and infrastructure. You will define architecture strategies, guide transformation initiatives, and ensure investments support long-term business objectives.

This highly visible role partners with business leaders, IT teams, and strategic partners to drive innovation, scalability, resilience, and operational excellence across global operations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or related role.
• Broad knowledge of enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud, integration, security, and IT service management.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders.
• Experience in complex international organizations and outsourced technology environments.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-wide transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps.
• Shape target-state architectures across applications, infrastructure, cloud, data, integration, and security domains.
• Support modernization, platform rationalization, and strategic transformation initiatives.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, technology investments, and architecture strategy.
• Partner with business leaders to translate priorities into roadmaps and capabilities.
• Lead architecture governance activities and design authority forums.
• Present strategies, roadmaps, and risks to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Technology Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

TOGAF / architecture certification

Tools

Architecture governance tools

Strategic planning tools

Job description

Payments happen everywhere. In stores, online, and across countless daily interactions. Ingenico helps businesses accept payments securely and seamlessly around the world. With operations in more than 30 countries, 4,000+ experts and over 45 years of experience, Ingenico is a trusted global leader in payment acceptance. Enterprise Architect, you will play a key role in shaping Ingenico's technology landscape across applications and infrastructure. Working at the intersection of business and technology, you will define architecture strategies, guide transformation initiatives, and ensure technology investments support our long-term business objectives. This is a highly visible role, partnering with business leaders, IT teams, and strategic technology partners to drive innovation, scalability, resilience, and operational excellence.

The Impact You'll Make

• Drive enterprise architecture strategy and governance across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and security domains.
• Enable business transformation by aligning technology capabilities with strategic priorities and future growth.
• Influence key technology decisions, ensuring solutions deliver business value while reducing risk and complexity.
• Support modernization initiatives that improve operational efficiency, scalability, and customer experience.

What You Will Do

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, roadmaps, and reference architectures.
• Shape target-state architectures across applications, infrastructure, cloud, data, integration, and security domains.
• Support technology modernization, platform rationalization, and strategic transformation initiatives.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, technology investments, and enterprise architecture strategy.

Business Engagement

• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic priorities and translate them into technology roadmaps and capabilities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on technology strategy, architecture decisions, and transformation opportunities.
• Facilitate workshops and strategic discussions to align business and technology stakeholders.

Applications & Infrastructure Architecture

• Provide architectural leadership across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, infrastructure services, workplace technologies, networks, and security capabilities.
• Evaluate technology options and recommend solutions balancing business value, cost, risk, and operational requirements.
• Support solution architects and delivery teams throughout the design and implementation lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions comply with architecture standards, security requirements, and operational models.

Supplier & Outsourcing Management

• Collaborate with managed service providers, system integrators, software vendors, and strategic technology partners.
• Review supplier proposals, solution designs, and technology roadmaps to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
• Drive accountability for architecture compliance, technical quality, and service excellence across third-party providers.
• Contribute to technology governance, vendor reviews, and investment decisions.

Governance & Design Authority

• Lead architecture governance activities, including architecture reviews and design authority forums.
• Establish standards, best practices, and decision-making frameworks.
• Ensure solutions address cybersecurity, resilience, compliance, scalability, and operational support requirements.
• Support investment decisions through architectural assessments of risks, costs, and business value.

Stakeholder Communication

• Present architecture strategies, roadmaps, recommendations, and risks to senior leadership.
• Influence decision-making across business and technology functions.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, internal teams, suppliers, and strategic partners.
• Produce executive-level presentations, architecture roadmaps, business cases, and decision papers.

What Helps You Succeed

• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Strategy, or a related role.
• Broad knowledge of enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud, integration, security, and IT service management.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage senior business and technology leaders.
• Experience working within complex international organizations and outsourced technology environments.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-wide transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with technology suppliers, managed service providers, and external partners.

At Ingenico, you join one global team shaping the future of payments with Trust, Innovation, and Care.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Belonging

As part of our values, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

Ingenico welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We want to adapt our processes and create a safe work environment that welcomes everyone.

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