Head of Strategic and Enterprise Architecture

Kingfisher; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in home improvement seeks a Head of Strategic & Enterprise Architecture to guide technology alignment with business goals. This role involves leading architecture practices, mentoring teams, and driving innovation to enhance customer value. Join a diverse team committed to continuous improvement and agile methodologies, while enjoying a competitive benefits package and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Experience leading Strategic & Enterprise Architecture in a large organization.
• Ability to connect technology strategy to business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of Strategic & Enterprise Architecture practice.
• Champion the value of Strategic Architecture across the organization.
• Build and develop a high-performing team of domain architects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Innovation

Job description

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

The Head of Strategic & Enterprise Architecture plays a critical role in ensuring the continuity of architecture and alignment with the Banners technology direction to hold the customer at the heart of everything we do. You will be a key strategic partner in defining how Kingfisher approaches new or emerging Technology and Business opportunities, and you will work to influence and simplify the core capabilities of our business.

What's the job?

• Lead the development and maturity of the Strategic & Enterprise Architecture practice, embedding tooling, standards, and governance aligned with business strategy and enabling agile, informed decision-making.
• Champion the value of Strategic Architecture across the organisation, communicating its impact on strategy, innovation, and transformation through clear reporting and business engagement.
• Build, inspire and develop a high-performing team of domain architects, ensuring alignment with business goals, operating models, and the growth of critical architecture capabilities.
• Act as an inspiring leader, delivering future-state architecture views and finding opportunities where technology can unlock value for our customers and support our North Star vision.
• Drive innovation and experimentation, tracking emerging technologies and running pilots to integrate the most valuable into business-as-usual operations.
• Collaborate across the organization, influencing senior collaborators and guiding architecture decisions through forums like design councils and governance boards.
• Develop and communicate architectural roadmaps and transition plans, ensuring alignment between business ambition, technology capabilities, and investment priorities.

What you'll bring

• Experience leading and maturing a Strategic & Enterprise Architecture function within a large, complex organisation — including establishing governance models, standards, tooling, and cross-domain architecture views.
• Ability to connect technology strategy to business outcomes, shape future-state capabilities, and engage senior stakeholders in driving value through architecture-led decisions.
• Experience building and developing high-performing architecture teams — mentoring, recruiting, and aligning them to business and technology goals through effective operating models and career development.
• A consistent track record of identifying, evaluating, and applying emerging technologies to deliver innovation, improve business performance, and shape long-term architectural direction.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across senior leadership, technology teams, and external partners to embed architecture in decision-making and transformation delivery.

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• We listen to our customers and colleagues
• We innovate products and experiences to stay ahead

Be Human – leading with purpose, humanity and care

• We do the right thing
• We invest in our people and build great teams

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• We focus externally, globally and build the long term
• We experiment and share our learnings

Be Agile – building trust and empowering people to work with agility

• We act with pace, not perfection, role modelling 80/20
• We take risks, fail fast and adapt quickly

Be Inclusive – inspiring diverse teams to achieve together

• We celebrate difference as a strength
• We collaborate, breaking down silos

Be Accountable – owning the plan, delivering results and growth

• We focus on performance outcomes
• We prioritise and simplify for others

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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