Enterprise Architect - BGIUK Functions

Bupa; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer in Staines-upon-Thames seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect to drive architectural transformation across their internal functions. The ideal candidate will have robust experience in enterprise architecture, IT strategy, and can effectively engage with senior stakeholders. This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of Bupa’s architecture and includes comprehensive benefits such as private medical insurance and a flexible work environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension and life insurance

Private medical insurance

Access to health and wellbeing services

Discounts on Bupa products and services

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading enterprise and solution architecture across multiple domains.
• Strong background in IT strategy, application modernisation, and cloud technologies.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of architecture across internal functions.
• Define and deliver strategic roadmaps and target architectures.
• Monitor emerging technologies and assess impact on architecture.

Skills

Leadership in enterprise architecture

IT strategy and application modernisation

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Security and risk management

Education

Computer degree

TOGAF certification

Job description

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you'll lead the way in defining and delivering strategic architecture across our Group Functions. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, domain heads, and engineering teams to create innovative, scalable solutions that improve how we work and deliver value to our customers.

• Lead the transformation of architecture across Bupa's internal functions, aligning business, data, application, and infrastructure layers.
• Define and deliver strategic roadmaps and target architectures in partnership with domain heads.
• Guide and mentor domain architects and engineering leads to deliver high-quality, pattern-led solutions.
• Influence senior leadership and secure investment for strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with teams across Data, Security, Risk, Privacy, and Legal to improve ways of working and ensure compliance.
• Implement new governance models focused on critical decisions that drive business value.
• Monitor emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on Bupa's architecture.
• Foster a high-performance culture and continuously improve architecture services based on stakeholder feedback.

We're looking for someone confident in leading architectural change and comfortable switching between strategic thinking and technical detail. You'll bring:

• Proven experience in leading enterprise and solution architecture across multiple domains.
• Strong background in IT strategy, application modernisation, and cloud technologies.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making.
• Knowledge of Agile, product management, and process improvement methodologies.
• Experience in regulated environments, with a solid understanding of security, privacy, and risk.
• Technical qualifications such as a computing degree and TOGAF certification (preferred).
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to lead and mentor technical teams.
• Experience in Finance architecture (Accounting, Actuarial, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting) is a plus but not essential.

At Bupa, we're here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives—and make a better world. We're a health insurer and provider with no shareholders, so our customers are always our focus. This role plays a key part in shaping the future of our internal functions—including Finance, People, Procurement, Risk, and Audit—by driving architectural transformation that supports our mission.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health—from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you'll receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with options to buy or sell
• Enhanced pension and life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Access to our health and wellbeing services
• Discounts on Bupa products and services

Why Bupa? We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose—helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives, and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa." We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you're treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time