Group Enterprise Architect - Strategy & Transformation

SSE plc; Havant; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym membership discounts

Online GP and wellbeing services

Counselling services

Cycle to Work scheme

Family entitlements – maternity/adp

Paternity leave

Job summary

SSE plc is seeking a Group Head of Architecture to lead architecture across the SSE organisation, shaping a coherent, enduring capability strategy and setting the principles, standards and guardrails for confident delivery and resilient operation.

You will drive enterprise, solution and technology architecture, coordinating across units, establishing roadmaps, and aligning investment priorities with business goals.

Qualifications

• Executive-level leadership experience in a large, federated organisation.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into enterprise capabilities and roadmaps.
• Broad technical expertise across enterprise, solution and technology architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own SSE's Group-wide architecture direction, ensuring current, target and transition architectures connect business capabilities, applications, platforms, infrastructure and OT across the Group.
• Set the direction for Heads of Architecture across Business Units, Group Technology Solutions and Corporate Functions, aligning roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Oversee enterprise, solution and technology architecture with governance, standards and guardrails for delivery from strategy to operations.
• Build trusted relationships with CIOs and senior leaders, guiding major technology, investment and delivery decisions.
• Modernise the architecture function with repositories, automation, architecture-as-code and AI-assisted analysis.
• Lead and develop SSE's architecture profession and community, turning emerging tech into practical choices.

Skills

Executive leadership

Enterprise architecture

Cloud & infrastructure

Governance & standards

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Job description

SSE plc is seeking a Group Head of Architecture to lead architecture across the SSE organisation, shaping a coherent, enduring capability strategy and setting the principles, standards and guardrails for confident delivery and resilient operation.

You will drive enterprise, solution and technology architecture, coordinating across units, establishing roadmaps, and aligning investment priorities with business goals.