Lead Architect – Loans, Cards & Financial Wellbeing

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 124,653 - 146,650; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Adaptable benefits package

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Job summary

A leading banking and financial services provider in Manchester is seeking a Lead Architect specializing in Financial Wellbeing, Loans, and Cards. This role will drive architectural strategy while ensuring alignment with company goals and technology directions. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in technology architecture, corporate governance, and leadership. The position offers a competitive salary and hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience in driving architecture vision and strategy.
• Technical knowledge of APIs and related technologies.
• Leadership and collaboration skills to manage a team of architects.

Responsibilities

• Propose architectural strategy for Loans, Cards and Financial Wellbeing.
• Drive the definition of architecture roadmaps and patterns.
• Set direction for change management in the platform.

Skills

Public/Private Cloud

APIs

event-driven architectures

corporate governance

agile mindset

strong communication

leadership

Education

Proven track record in Architect role

Job description

This position is no longer open for applications

Salary: GBP124653 - GBP146650 per annum

JOB TITLE:Lead Architect – Financial Wellbeing, Loans & Cards

LOCATIONS:Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds, Halifax

HOURS:Full time

WORKING PATTERN:Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the office

About this opportunity

We are investing insimplifying, modernising and transforming our technology landscapeand we are looking for aLead Architectfor Personal Unsecured Lending (including credit cards, loans and financial wellbeing) to drive this change. This role defines, upholds and communicates theTechnology Strategyand direction to support the Group’s vision and strategic intent, with a clear focus on the capabilities needed to ensure long term success aligning outTechnology agenda with the Group’s Strategy.

The Lead Architect will join our Personal Unsecured Lending team, which incorporates the Card, Loans and Financial Wellbeing Platforms. This is a key role supporting the Consumer Lending Business Unit which is a major part of the Group’s growth strategy.

You need experience in building relationships and developing trust, providing thought leadership to business and technology change delivery colleagues, owing the technology strategy for your area of focus and maintaining alignment with and influencing the wider Group strategies. You will also be a confident leader, passionate about architecture and making a difference, able to build effective relationships at all levels (up to and including Executive level).

You’ll make a difference by:

• Proposing the architectural strategyfor Loans, Cards and Financial Wellbeing andmanage its development and/or delivery,in line with the Technology strategy and the Consumer Lending strategy.
• Driving the definition of architecture roadmaps, guardrails and patternsto drive change over the medium and long term against our Technology Strategy. Ensuring that Roadmaps meet the needs of significant customers relating tocomplex, often customised products and services
• Bringing together business design, customer outcomes, a deep understanding of the Loans, Cards and Financial Wellbeing architecture and the Technology Strategyto drive the right enterprise outcome.
• Setting the direction for change managementin the platform to enable major change programmes, taking personal responsibility for a few business-critical projects.
• Defining governing policiesand has a presence at governance forums to ensure the roadmaps, guardrails and patterns are effectively adhered to, in line with Group and Technology strategies.
• Acting as business partner to board members and senior internal business leaders toensure technology delivers on business outcomes.
• Conducting external research to stay atop of industry best practice including technology, customer and products trends andutilising this knowledge when delivering business design activities to enable overall corporate strategy.
• Effectively leading a team of architectsspecialising in Personal Unsecured Lending to ensure the architecture is driven in line with the group and technology strategy.

About us

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investment we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive!

What you need:

• A proven track record in an Architect role, having successfully helped drive the architecture vision and strategy, is essential.
• Experience in business skills such as corporate governance, business control, solution development, and design.
• Technical knowledge of Public/Private Cloud, APIs, traditional hosting, and event-driven architectures.
• Architectural expertise, including feasibility assessments and road-mapping.
• Personal strengths: agile mindset, digital approach, strong communication, leadership, and alignment with company values. An open, collaborative, approachable and friendly style, working well with both senior and junior colleagues, building strong relationships, and breaking down barriers.
• Passion & energy, ownership of one’s work/portfolio & driving this forward with laser focus on value to customers & clients.
• Gravitas and impact to operate at a director level. You’ll use strong storytelling skills, both written and verbally, in how you present your communication recommendations in line with priorities.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?Join our journey!

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