Enterprise Architect

Asda Stores Ltd.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension up 1.5x

Car allowance £8000

15% staff discount

Wellbeing services access

Inclusion networks

Parental leave policy

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd. is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the technology architecture across its customer-facing digital estate, including Grocery Home Shopping and Customer platforms.

You will define the technology strategy, target architectures and transformation roadmap underpinning Asda's digital commerce ambitions, and drive the strategic migration to the Ocado platform ecosystem. You will work with senior leaders to shape investment priorities, set architecture governance,

Qualifications

• Significant Enterprise Architecture experience within digital, customer or eCommerce domains.
• Strong knowledge of online retail, customer experience and digital commerce platforms.
• Experience leading complex transformation programmes and large technology roadmaps.
• Expertise in architecture governance, operating models, technology strategy and roadmap development.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive level.
• Experience designing highly resilient, scalable and integrated platforms.
• Broad knowledge of cloud technologies, integration patterns, data platforms and modern engineering practices.
• An ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technology strategy and architecture roadmap for eCommerce and Customer platforms.
• Provide architectural leadership for grocery/home shopping transformation and migration to Ocado.
• Develop target-state, transition and integration architectures that support business growth.
• Govern technology decisions, architecture standards and solution designs across the domain.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to shape investment priorities and initiatives.
• Promote modern architectural approaches including API-led, event-driven and cloud-native patterns.
• Drive simplification of the technology estate and improve platform re-use.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on digital commerce and customer technology strategy.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Digital commerce

Cloud technologies

Stakeholder management

Transformation programmes

API-led architecture

Event-driven architecture

Architecture governance

Tools

Ocado platform

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the technology architecture across Asda's customer-facing digital estate, including Grocery Home Shopping, Customer platforms. This role is responsible for defining the technology strategy, target architectures and transformation roadmap that underpin Asda's digital commerce ambitions. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in shaping the future of online retail at Asda, including the strategic migration of Grocery Home Shopping capabilities to the Ocado platform ecosystem.

What You'll Love

• Define and own the technology strategy and architecture roadmap for eCommerce and Customer platforms.
• Provide architectural leadership for Asda's Grocery Home Shopping transformation and migration to the Ocado platform.
• Develop target-state, transition and integration architectures that support business growth and digital transformation.
• Govern technology decisions, architecture standards and solution designs across the domain.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to shape investment priorities and strategic initiatives.
• Promote modern architectural approaches including API-led, event-driven and cloud-native patterns.
• Drive simplification of the technology estate, reducing technical debt and improving platform re-use.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on digital commerce and customer technology strategy.

You’ll be a strategic technology leader with deep experience delivering architecture across large-scale digital, retail or eCommerce environments.

You’ll bring:

• Significant Enterprise Architecture experience within digital, customer or eCommerce domains.
• Strong knowledge of online retail, customer experience and digital commerce platforms.
• Experience leading complex transformation programmes and large technology roadmaps.
• Expertise in architecture governance, operating models, technology strategy and roadmap development.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive level.
• Experience designing highly resilient, scalable and integrated platforms.
• Broad knowledge of cloud technologies, integration patterns, data platforms and modern engineering practices.
• An ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery outcomes.

Desirable Experience

• Grocery eCommerce or omnichannel retail experience.
• Experience of large-scale platform migration programmes.
• Knowledge of customer identity, loyalty, personalisation and digital marketing ecosystems.
• Experience working with strategic technology partners and third-party platform providers.
• Exposure to Ocado or similar modern commerce and fulfilment platforms.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of one of the UK's largest retail transformation programmes. You’ll influence the architecture that supports millions of customer interactions, lead strategic technology decisions and play a critical role in the evolution of Asda's digital commerce platforms.

Working in a highly visible leadership role, you’ll help define how customers shop with Asda online for years to come.

Everything you’ll love To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

Benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up 1.5 times colleagues' contribution (Max 15%)
• Company Car allowance of £8000
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks - helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.