Enterprise Architect

Undisclosed; London; Hybrid; GBP 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial and IT sectors is looking for a Retail Enterprise Architect. The role involves leading architectural strategies and requires extensive experience in retail business domains. Candidates should have a proven track record with enterprise architecture, cloud integration, and modernizing systems across multiple areas including merchandising and supply chain. This contract position offers hybrid working options with a market-competitive rate.

Qualifications

• Experienced in retail enterprise architecture and end-to-end architecture development.
• Proven record in product-centric delivery and modernizing core systems.
• Strong understanding of supply chain and commercial systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture strategy across planning, buying, trading, merchandising, and supply chain.
• Govern and evolve architecture patterns and standards.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape domain roadmaps and assess impacts.

Skills

Retail Enterprise Architecture

Cloud

Microservices

Integration

Data Management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field

Tools

ERP Platforms (e.g., Oracle Retail)

E-commerce Platforms

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Duration: contract to run until 31/10/2025

Location: London, Hybrid. 60% remote, 40% onsite but client teams are mostly remote.

Rate: up to £828 p/d Umbrellainside IR35

Key Skills/ requirements

• An experienced Retail Enterprise Architect with a deep understanding of retail business domains—especially commercial, merchandising, product data mgmt, trading & planning, category & assortment, pricing & promotions, planning, and supply chain—to lead the design and execution of enterprise architectures across multiple retail areas including grocery, general merchandise, and fashion.
• The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of working in a product-centric delivery, shaping end-to-end architecture across enterprise platforms, modernising core systems, and enabling transformation using cloud, integration, and microservice architectures. This role will be pivotal in driving strategic alignment, domain-led architectural governance, and technology roadmaps to support ongoing business and digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the enterprise and solution architecture strategy across planning, buying, trading, merchandising, and supply chain functions.
• Govern and evolve end-to-end architecture patterns, standards, and principles for core commercial and operational systems.
• Partner with business stakeholders and product owners to shape domain roadmaps and assess architectural impacts of strategic initiatives.
• Working with the architects a variety across product data management, merchandising, planning, merchandising, supply chain and integration.
• Design scalable, modular and composable architectures leveraging API-first, microservices, cloud-native and event-driven patterns.
• Architect and oversee delivery of solutions integrating ERP Platforms like Oracle Retail, ERP platforms, eCommerce, PLM, and finance systems.
• Drive modernization of legacy platforms and enable speed-to-market initiatives across retail channels (B2C, B2B, dropship).
• Conduct architecture assessments, design authority reviews, and ensure solution alignment with business outcomes.
• Lead architectural input for RFPs, vendor assessments, and platform selection activities.
• Act as a strategic advisor to technology leadership on commercial technology transformation.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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