Global Head of Enterprise Architecture

Mace Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a Global Head of Enterprise Architecture who will shape and steer the architecture strategy across the organisation, interfacing with C-suite leaders and key stakeholders. The role requires a hands-on leader capable of managing acquisitions, carve-outs and complex transitions in a PE-backed environment.

You will drive the portfolio planning, budgeting and delivery of architectural initiatives, ensuring alignment with Mace’s strategic objectives and sustainability goals while

Qualifications

• Strong leadership experience in technology functions at senior level.
• Proven ability to define and steer enterprise architecture strategy across a portfolio.
• Experience with private equity-backed M&A, carve-outs or divestments is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture portfolio across the organisation and align with business strategy.
• Define high-level architecture strategies, policies, standards and practices.
• Own portfolio planning, budgeting and resource requirements, ensuring regulatory and reporting compliance.
• Drive performance improvements, innovation and adoption of new digital tools.
• Provide executive leadership and mentoring to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with group digital leadership to shape the strategic agenda and policy adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise Architecture

Strategy & Planning

Portfolio Management

Stakeholder Management

M&A Experience

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The global head of enterprise architecture is accountable for the provision of all elements of the enterprise architecture portfolio across Mace globally. The role oversees the creation and review of an enterprise architecture to support and enable the strategic requirements of the business.

This is a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of business strategy, technology and transformation, defining our Enterprise Architecture direction and ensuring it supports the outcomes the business wants to achieve. We’re particularly interested in leaders who have operated in Private Equity-backed, transaction-led environments, with hands-on exposure to acquisitions, carve-outs, divestments and complex business separation or integration. You’ll be comfortable operating at C-suite level, leading architecture through significant organisational change and translating business ambition into a clear technology and architecture strategy.

The role oversees business activities across the portfolio and works with the business to identify the desired outcomes and ensures that the enterprise architecture is aligned to achieving those outcomes. Works closely with business unit leadership and is an integral member of the senior leadership team providing operational expertise, strategic planning and counsel to the leadership team.

Directing, developing and delivering the strategy and business plan for enterprise architecture portfolio working with leadership roles across the business to ensure adherence and consistency of policy, processes and procedures.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Providing comprehensive expertise, inputting into and supporting the strategic planning activities for the digital department. Being accountable for developing and shaping strategy for the architecture domain.
• Providing leadership of the overall delivery of strategy, objectives and all projects in enterprise architecture portfolio, in line with overall Mace strategy and priorities. Owning and defining high level architecture strategies, policies, standards and practices.
• Owning the enterprise architecture portfolio planning and budgeting, business operational resource requirements, and ensuring compliance with Mace group reporting cycles. Monitoring progress on enterprise architecture portfolio objectives and deliverables.
• Utilising comprehensive expertise and knowledge in domain and highlighting and prioritising market and environmental trends, business strategies and objectives.
• Conceptualising, developing and presenting business cases for approval, funding and prioritisation of high-level initiatives.
• Holding full accountability for ensuring coordination between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities and direction of travel for the architecture domain.
• Championing the implementation of performance improvements for the enterprise architecture function, driving innovation, overseeing implementation of new digital tools and applications and facilitating continual improvements for the domain.
• Providing team leadership, guidance and strategic direction, being accountable for team management, coaching and implementing strategic vision and achieving team key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and sharing responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
• Overseeing all cross-domain architecture efforts. Leading the alignment of transformation activities to deliver the desired architecture outcomes.
• Being a member of group digital senior leadership team, inputting into and influencing group digital portfolio and contributing to broader strategic agenda in line with overall group business strategy, direction and objectives.
• Demonstrating ‘good organisation citizenship’ by working in an enterprise-wide way. Championing and driving the strategic implementation of enterprise wide (and business unit) strategic priorities, initiatives and transformational change, providing enterprise-wide leadership.
• Leading digital enterprise architecture portfolio by example, setting and working by high standards, leading, guiding and providing direction to business area, ensuring a high performing portfolio and teams that meet and exceed KPIs.
• Representing Mace and enterprise architecture, managing and influencing key C-Suite and senior external relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, supply chain and relevant government/regulatory bodies.
• Providing executive leadership and direction across the enterprise architecture portfolio and across the business, supporting and mentoring senior leaders including succession planning, onboarding, training and diversity planning.
• Promoting and championing the highest standards and adherence to health, safety and wellbeing across portfolio.
• Providing thought leadership, industry expertise and expert counsel across the enterprise architecture portfolio to senior leadership teams across the organisation.

You’ll need to have:

• We’re particularly interested in candidates with a private equity-backed M&A background, ideally with hands‑on experience of acquisitions and carve‑outs.
• Understanding of the operational and organisational change required to successfully separate, integrate or stand up a business.
• Broad experience of leadership roles in technology functions.
• Demonstratable track record in a senior leadership/director role (or equivalent).
• Excellent level of commercial awareness, consulting and strategic acumen.
• Excellent understanding of wider management principles and techniques.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.