Group Architect | Ecommerce & Digital Platform Strategy

ARCA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

ARCA Consulting is partnering with a leading UK ecommerce company to recruit an experienced Group Architect - ecommerce in London. This is a rare opportunity to shape technology strategy for a large-scale omnichannel business and to lead the architecture direction for customer-facing platforms across digital experiences serving millions of customers.

As Group Architect, you will own the architecture vision, roadmap and technology direction, guiding enterprise decisions and mentoring a team of

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Enterprise, Group, Domain or Solution Architecture experience.
• Strong ecommerce or cross-channel background.
• Experience defining enterprise architecture strategies and roadmaps.
• Understanding of customer-facing platforms including ecommerce, mobile, CRM, and digital services.
• Experience with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and modelling techniques including C4, UML or ArchiMate.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the architecture strategy, roadmap and target state for the customer and omnichannel domain.
• Shape technology direction across digital commerce, mobile, customer identity, CRM, fulfilment and customer engagement platforms.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align architecture with business strategy and digital transformation programmes.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Solution Architects, promoting architecture best practice across the organisation.
• Ensure solution designs are scalable, secure, resilient and aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
• Drive technology simplification, reducing technical debt while increasing reuse and consistency across platforms.
• Provide architectural governance through design reviews, design authority and architecture decision processes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, SaaS platforms and AI-enabled capabilities to support future growth.
• Champion architecture excellence, innovation and continuous improvement across the technology community.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Architecture leadership

TOGAF

C4

UML

ArchiMate

Cloud architectures

Security & governance

Mentoring

Communication skills

Tools

TOGAF

Job description

ARCA Consulting is partnering with a leading UK ecommerce company to recruit an experienced Group Architect - ecommerce in London. This is a rare opportunity to shape technology strategy for a large-scale omnichannel business and to lead the architecture direction for customer-facing platforms across digital experiences serving millions of customers.

As Group Architect, you will own the architecture vision, roadmap and technology direction, guiding enterprise decisions and mentoring a team of