Enterprise Platform Manager

Recruit with Purpose; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit with Purpose in the United Kingdom is seeking a Platform Manager to lead enterprise platforms and drive transformation across a Yorkshire housing association. You will oversee architecture, platform engineering and testing, ensuring secure, scalable and standards-compliant systems that support customer and colleague services.

The role demands strategic thinking, operational leadership and strong governance, with a hybrid working pattern and close collaboration with senior stakeholders

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise platforms or business systems teams.
• Strong enterprise architecture knowledge, governance and standards.
• Experience delivering digital transformation or major change initiatives.
• Ability to translate business objectives into technology roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Experience leading architects, engineers, testers or other technical specialists.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and supplier management skills.
• Experience managing budgets, programmes or technology investments.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams responsible for enterprise applications, platform engineering, architecture and testing.
• Establish and maintain architecture governance and design authority processes.
• Drive reliability, resilience and continuous improvement across critical business systems.
• Develop platform strategies and roadmaps aligned to organisational priorities.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape future digital services and technology solutions.
• Ensure platforms meet security, compliance, audit and accessibility requirements.
• Manage supplier and technology partner relationships to deliver successful outcomes.
• Oversee platform projects, programmes, budgets and investment decisions.

Job description

Are you ready to lead the platforms, people and technology that will shape the next chapter of digital transformation within a major Housing Association?

I am exclusively working with a Housing Association based in the Yorkshire to recruit for a Platform Manager which is a brand new role into their structure.

They have ambitious plans for continued transformation where technology plays a critical role in delivering exceptional services to customers and colleagues alike.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a diverse enterprise technology estate, driving strategic development whilst ensuring resilience, performance and service excellence across business-critical platforms.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for the architecture, engineering, testing and support of the systems that underpin the organisation. From Housing Management and CRM platforms through to Finance and Field Service technologies, you will ensure platforms remain secure, scalable and aligned to business priorities.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will develop platform roadmaps, champion architectural governance, and balance operational excellence with ongoing transformation and innovation.

You will ideally be an experienced technology leader with a strong background in platforms, applications, architecture or complex business systems. You will combine strategic thinking with operational leadership and be comfortable influencing stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead teams responsible for enterprise applications, platform engineering, architecture and testing.
• Establish and maintain architecture governance and design authority processes.
• Drive reliability, resilience and continuous improvement across critical business systems.
• Develop platform strategies and roadmaps aligned to organisational priorities.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape future digital services and technology solutions.
• Ensure platforms meet security, compliance, audit and accessibility requirements.
• Manage supplier and technology partner relationships to deliver successful outcomes.
• Oversee platform projects, programmes, budgets and investment decisions.

We are particular interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience leading enterprise platforms, applications or business systems teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, governance and design standards.
• Experience delivering digital transformation, systems implementation or business change initiatives.
• Ability to translate business objectives into technology roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Experience leading architects, engineers, testers or other technical specialists.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and supplier management skills.
• Experience managing budgets, programmes or technology investments.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical capabilities.

Any of the below experience would be advantageous:

• TOGAF or related architecture certification.
• Experience within Housing, Public Sector or other regulated environments.

The salary is £60,000 with excellent benefits.

This is a flexible hybrid role with 3 days a week onsite in the office in Yorkshire.