Lead Architect

Supply Chain Coordination Limited; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supply chain organization in Nottingham is seeking a Lead Architect focused on Oracle ERP and digital transformation. The role involves leading technology transformations, maintaining key relationships with vendors, and ensuring the alignment of technical strategies with business objectives. Candidates should have experience in architectural governance and business analysis. This position offers hybrid working, a competitive salary, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working opportunities

Annual bonus schemes

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Training and development support

Generous pension scheme

Paid well-being leave

Volunteering leave

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong experience in leading technology transformation programmes.
• Proven ability to manage relationships with vendors and service providers.
• Experience in business analysis and translating needs into technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct strategic Service Providers in technology transformation.
• Maintain relationships with senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Own the technical roadmap for the domain.

Skills

Architectural Governance

Relationship Management

Business Analysis

Agile Methodologies

Education

Relevant qualifications in Data and Technology

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Lead Architect

Job Posted : 21 November 2025

Job Updated : 21 November 2025

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Job Title – Lead Architect

Function – Data & Technology

Location – Flexible on location, but required in our Nottingham Office regularly

Type : Permanent (37.5 hours per week)

Closing Date : Friday, 5th December 2025

NHS Supply Chain are recruiting for Lead Architects to fill several roles focused on Oracle ERP, Supply Chain, and Digital eCommerce. These roles will drive a complex multi-year programme that will simplify and transform all aspects of the business and is a key enabler for the delivery of the company vision of £1Billion of annual savings back into frontline NHS Services.

To support this programme, the Data and Technology directorate is in the final stages of transitioning to a Service Integration and Management (SIAM) model, OneIT, led by an internal team with multiple Service Providers delivering an end-to-end suite of services across Service Integration and Helpdesk, Modern Workplace services, Infrastructure and Networks, Application Development, Support and Management and Cyber Security.

In combination with this, Ways of Working are transforming away from a traditional delivery method to an agile, product approach and mindset.

These three elements provide NHS Supply Chain with the technology, approach and structure that are the strategic foundations for NHS Supply Chain modernisation.

Reporting to the Head of Domain for their respective areas, and working closely with business stakeholders, these roles are accountable for leading and directing our strategic Service Providers through the successful technology elements of the transformation programme and creating ongoing business value by driving our existing product roadmaps forward.

Effective delivery will require seamless coordination across the other Data and Technology domains and broader organisation to plan and execute a seamless transition from legacy systems and ways of working with zero business impact.

You will own the technical relationship with Service Providers and vendors embedding policies, standards and controls into the platform architecture, ensuring a secure, scalable, available and performing services that meet the needs of the business.

Every day you will…

• Work closely with the Head of Domain to build and maintain a relationship with the Executive and Senior Leadership team within SCCL and maintain a wide view of the technology landscape, investigate solutions, apply business acumen and develop quality deliverables to support decisions.
• Perform a crucial role in Architectural Governance, working alongside the Enterprise Architect and IT Modernisation Office team to ensure that the right decisions are made and upheld.
• Own and maintain a view of the Technical roadmaps for their Domain.
• Owns architectural relationships and interfaces with software vendors and IT Service Providers.
• Drives business engagement to understand, challenge and document strategic business needs, translating these into scope, objectives and outcomes.
• Liaise with the Strategy team to inform and be informed of the current Business Strategy, Drivers and Vision.
• Work with Business Transformation leads to own and constantly maintain a roadmap to ensure alignment with the Business Strategy.
• Work with the ePMO team, business and architecture functions to create Value Cases, including architectural visions and other supporting architectural artefacts for submission to the Investment Committee.
• Work with business units to help turn their ideas and solutions into documented roadmaps and identify the benefit and value of their requested changes.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work, so we offer much more than a competitive salary :

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions through annual bonus schemes, long-service awards, and VIP colleague awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being, offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave, allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.