Lead Enterprise Architect

Arthur Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Arthur Recruitment in London is seeking a Lead Service Architect for Corporate Functions to shape the core operating backbone of a global organisation. Hybrid role with 2–3 days on-site, you will drive enterprise and domain architecture across Finance, Risk, HR, and Legal, ensuring robust, scalable technology and effective governance.

You will lead architecture initiatives, align business strategy with technology roadmaps, and collaborate with Platform, Data, and Security architects to deliver

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading enterprise or domain architecture initiatives.
• Exposure to Finance, Risk, HR, or Corporate functions.
• Experience in regulated environments.
• Ability to explain architecture to senior stakeholders clearly.
• Comfort navigating governance and control frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise and domain architecture strategies.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate strategy into roadmaps.
• Ensure governance, procurement input, and design authority support.
• Balance transformation with day-to-day operational stability.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Domain Architecture

Regulatory Compliance

Governance & Control

Stakeholder Communication

Job description

Lead Service Architect (Corporate Functions)

London (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite) |

Architect the core of a global organisation. We’re working with a global financial services organisation investing in its enterprise and domain architecture capability as part of a broader transformation. This role focuses on the organisation’s core corporate functions — including Finance, Risk, HR, and Legal — ensuring they are supported by robust, efficient, and scalable technology.

This is where architecture directly underpins control, cost, and operational effectiveness.

As Lead Service Architect (Corporate Functions), you’ll provide enterprise-level architectural leadership across critical business domains, aligning strategy and technology to enable predictable, well-governed operations. You’ll play a key role in:

• Simplifying complex application landscapes
• Strengthening governance and control
• Enabling more effective investment and change

What you’ll be doing:

Lead transformation

• Define and champion enterprise and domain architecture principles
• Align business strategy with technology roadmaps (1, 3, and 5-year horizons)
• Support major initiatives through design authority, governance, and procurement input
• Translate architecture decisions into clear business outcomes

Maintain operational effectiveness

• Drive application lifecycle management and rationalisation
• Manage technical debt, architectural waivers, and target-state alignment
• Balance day-to-day stability with long-term transformation

Work across the organisation

• Build relationships with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, HR, and Legal
• Collaborate with Platform, Data, and Security architects to ensure enterprise alignment

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience as an Enterprise or Domain Architect
• Exposure to Finance, Risk, HR, or Corporate business functions
• Experience working in regulated environments
• Confidence operating within governance and control frameworks
• Ability to communicate complex architecture clearly to senior stakeholders

Why this role

• Shape the core operating backbone of a large organisation
• Influence decisions around cost, control, and long-term sustainability
• Operate in an environment where architecture drives real business outcomes