Head of Enterprise Architecture

AXA; Royal Tunbridge Wells; Hybrid; GBP 87,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Head of Enterprise Architecture on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract. The role involves developing and owning the architecture strategy for the organization while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. You will lead a team of architects and govern architecture standards, translating business requirements into actionable plans. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £103,000

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance up to 10x annual salary

Private medical cover

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Opportunity to buy/sell extra leave

Wellbeing services

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Knowledge of regulated financial services processes, including claims and policy administration.
• Experience with GDPR and risk management strategies.
• Strong background in data sharing and integration solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop the enterprise architecture strategy for AXA Global Healthcare.
• Govern architectural standards and chair the Architecture Review Board.
• Align architecture with security, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
• Translate business strategies into actionable architecture roadmaps.
• Manage a team of enterprise and solution architects.
• Implement risk controls across the IT landscape.

Skills

Domain knowledge in health insurance

Information security expertise

Cloud and hybrid architecture experience

Leadership and stakeholder management skills

Mentoring architectural teams

Job description

Overview

Join AXA - Global Healthcare as our Head of Enterprise Architecture on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract and lead the strategic evolution of our enterprise architecture landscape. In this pivotal role, you'll develop and own the architecture strategy and target state for AXA Global Healthcare and the Health Division's transversal functions, including finance, risk, and HR. You'll govern architectural standards, reference architectures, and solution designs, ensuring alignment with regulatory, security, privacy, and governance requirements. Collaborating closely with the CIO and key business leaders, you'll translate business strategies into actionable architecture roadmaps, prioritising initiatives and managing the architecture backlog across programmes. Leading and developing a dedicated team of enterprise and solution architects, you'll ensure architecture governance and risk controls are embedded across our IT landscape, supporting our regulated activities through security-by-design, privacy-by-design, data governance, and audit readiness. At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We are also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy and target state for AXA Global Healthcare and Health Division transversal functions.
• Govern architectural standards, reference architectures, and solution designs; chair the Architecture Review Board.
• Ensure architecture aligns with regulatory, security, privacy, and governance requirements.
• Translate business strategies into architecture roadmaps and deliverables; partner with CIO and business leads to prioritise initiatives.
• Manage and develop a team of enterprise and solution architects.
• Implement architecture governance and risk controls across the IT landscape, including security, privacy, data governance, and audit compliance.
• Proven track record as an enterprise or solution architect with strong governance expertise.

Qualifications

• Domain knowledge in health insurance or regulated financial services, including claims, policy administration, and member data.
• Deep understanding of information security, GDPR/data protection, and risk management, with experience in security-by-design and privacy-by-design controls.
• Extensive experience with cloud and hybrid architecture, including APIs, event-driven integration, data sharing, and data architecture.
• Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience leading Architecture Review Boards and engaging with senior executives.
• Ability to mentor small architectural teams and communicate complex technical concepts effectively at all levels.

Additional information

• Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.
• As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

About AXA Global Healthcare

Proud to be part of the AXA Group, AXA - Global Healthcare specialise in supporting the healthcare needs of globally mobile citizens, around the world. From a routine medical check up to a lengthy hospital stay, individuals and businesses have relied on the global support and protection we offer, for more than 55 years. Today, we support members living in more than 200 countries from our global hubs in the UK, Europe, Asia, India, USA and Middle East.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary of up to £103,000
• Discretionary company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts