Lead Architect - GCIO Chief Controls Office

HOK Consulting - Technical Recruitment Consultancy; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lead Architect – GCIO Chief Controls Office in a Sheffield-based hybrid role, responsible for defining the target architecture and consolidating technology risk management tools across Cyber, CTO, Business, and Group Infrastructure.

You will develop roadmaps, reference designs, and reusable patterns, drive standardisation, and support governance forums by presenting options, risks, and trade-offs to strengthen control-by-design and automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop target and transition architectures, roadmaps, and reference designs.
• Drive consolidation and standardisation of risk and control tools across multiple functions.
• Create reusable architecture patterns, templates, and engineering guidelines.
• Support governance forums by presenting solution options, risks, and trade-offs.
• Promote automation, auditability, and a control-by-design approach to improve technology risk management.

Job description

Job Title: Lead Architect – GCIO Chief Controls Office

Location: Sheffield-Based Hybrid

Define the target architecture for GCIO Chief Controls Office, focusing on simplifying and consolidating technology risk management tools, data platforms, and control and compliance systems across Cyber, CTO, Business, and Group Infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop target and transition architectures, roadmaps, and reference designs.
• Drive consolidation and standardisation of risk and control tools across multiple functions.
• Create reusable architecture patterns, templates, and engineering guidelines.
• Support governance forums by presenting solution options, risks, and trade-offs.
• Promote automation, auditability, and a control-by-design approach to improve technology risk management.