Lead Enterprise Architect (AI)

Impellam; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global seeks an experienced Lead Enterprise Architect to drive AI-enabled architectures across the organisation in a fast-evolving AI landscape. You will lead architecture across strategy, delivery, operations and assurance, balancing risk and opportunity.

You will translate architectural intent into usable products, provide leadership to teams adopting AI, and collaborate with senior stakeholders in a regulated environment to ensure compliant, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior/Lead Enterprise Architect across large organisations.
• Ability to balance technical, organisational and commercial considerations.
• Shaping architecture where requirements are incomplete or evolving.
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled architectures and adoption patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-enabled initiatives architecture across the organisation.
• Establish and evolve an AI architecture capability aligned to the central AI hub.
• Define and maintain coherent architectures across strategy, delivery, operations and assurance.
• Translate architectural intent into usable, supportable products and services.
• Provide architectural leadership to teams adopting AI.
• Shape approaches to agentic and AI-enabled systems balancing opportunity with compliance and risk.
• Lead architectural decision-making in ambiguous or complex situations.
• Provide input to cloud adoption and AWS-based integrations.
• Build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.

Skills

Senior EA

AI architecture

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder influence

Regulated environment

Tools

AWS

Job description

Working Environment

The organisation is operating in a fast-evolving AI landscape, with multiple teams at different stages of maturity. Governance and structure are present but not rigid, and success depends on an ability to balance assurance, delivery pace and pragmatism. This work operates in a supportive, understanding, committed and inclusive team.

You will engage with senior technical, delivery, commercial and business stakeholders, often operating in contested or ambiguous situations. The emphasis is on trust, judgement and clear reasoning rather than process for its own sake.

What You'll Be Doing

• Operate as Lead Enterprise Architect for AI-enabled initiatives across the organisation
• Establish and evolve an AI architecture capability aligned to the central AI hub
• Define and maintain coherent architectures across strategy, delivery, operations and assurance
• Translate architectural intent and technical roadmaps into usable, supportable products and services
• Provide architectural leadership and challenge to teams adopting AI
• Shape approaches to agentic and AI-enabled systems, balancing opportunity with compliance and risk
• Lead architectural decision-making in ambiguous or complex situations, clearly articulating trade-offs
• Provide architectural input to cloud adoption and integration, particularly across AWS-based platforms
• Build alignment and shared understanding across diverse stakeholder groups

Your Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Significant experience operating as a Senior or Lead Enterprise Architect
• Proven ability to work across the full enterprise context, balancing technical, organisational and commercial considerations
• Experience shaping architecture where requirements are incomplete or evolving
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled architectures and adoption patterns
• Solid cloud architecture experience, including integrating cloud services into enterprise platforms
• Experience operating in regulated, high-assurance or compliance-heavy environments
• Credibility communicating architectural decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
• The ability to influence outcomes through judgement, relationships and trust rather than instruction

In Return

You will operate at the point where AI ambition meets organisational reality, helping shape how complex systems evolve over time.

This is an opportunity to apply deep architectural judgement, influence significant decisions, and help ensure AI adoption is sustainable, coherent and valuable at enterprise scale.

As an organisation and as a team, Guidant Global are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered throughout their time with us.

We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, and to draw on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives and creativity. We believe that when people are respected and included, they are motivated to bring their best and whole selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all parties.