Head of Architecture Practice

Bupa; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Architecture Practice to lead their digital transformation journey. In this pivotal role, you will shape the technology landscape, ensuring alignment with strategic goals while driving innovation to enhance customer experiences. You will manage architecture staffing, governance, and professional development, fostering a high-performing architecture community. This role offers the opportunity to work within a diverse and inclusive environment, where your contributions will significantly impact the mission of helping people live healthier lives. Join a forward-thinking organization that values its people and promotes well-being.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Bupa medical insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Free health assessment

Target bonus of 25%

Company car allowance

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Various online discounts

Qualifications

• Significant experience in architecture, ideally in software and regulated industries.
• Strong coaching skills with evidence of developing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage architecture staffing and governance for product and platform teams.
• Ensure quality and accountability for deliverables in architecture.

Skills

Architecture Management

Software Engineering

Coaching and Talent Development

Budget Management

Collaboration in Matrix Structures

Tools

Ardoq

Hopex

Job description

Job Description

Head of Architecture Practice

London / Manchester / Staines

Permanent

We make health happen

At Bupa, we are at the forefront of an exhilarating digital transformation journey, driven by our ambition to become the world's most customer-centric healthcare provider. Our mission is simple yet profound: to help people live longer, happier, healthier lives, and to make a better world.

As The Head of Architecture Practice, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our technology landscape, ensuring that our systems and processes are aligned with our strategic goals. This role is crucial in driving innovation and enhancing our services to provide exceptional experiences for our customers.

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture Staffing and Management: work with product and platforms teams to provide architecture staffing, track supply vs demand, and manage expenditure.
2. Governance and Standards: Administer practice governance, develop forums, and ensure smooth processes and standards.
3. Professional Development: Steward the Architecture profession, develop coaching pathways, and manage tooling and artefact standards.
4. Quality and Accountability: Ensure quality and accountability for deliverables, serve as the contact for methods and standards, and drive the architecture community.
5. Strategic Alignment and Trends: Communicate practice direction, align with business strategy, analyse industry trends, and participate in governance forums.

What We’re Looking For

1. Significant experience as an architecture practitioner, ideally in software and platform engineering, and working in regulated industries.
2. Experience in an equivalent practice management role within a global complex multi-P&L organization.
3. Extensive experience in software architecture, design, development, and engineering.
4. Excellent talent development and coaching skills, with evidence of having developed high-performing practitioners in architecture and design disciplines.
5. Experience working within matrix structures, with demonstrated ability to broker outcomes effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and peers.
6. Experience working with architecture design, modelling, and documentation toolsets, ideally Ardoq / Hopex.
7. Commercial experience managing budgets, planning, and optimization.

Benefits

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 will receive the following benefits and more:

1. 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
2. Bupa medical insurance for you and your family as a benefit in kind.
3. An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
4. Free health assessment for you and your spouse.
5. Target bonus of 25% based on individual and company performance.
6. Company car allowance.
7. Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
8. Various other benefits and online discounts.

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 our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we 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 are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail]

Time Type

Full time

Job Area

Locations:
Angel Court, London