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Phoenix Group is seeking 3 Principal Architects for their Business & Enterprise Architecture team, based in various UK locations. This role involves strategic alignment of IT capacities with business objectives, overseeing the execution of complex projects, and managing enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF. The company offers a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and a supportive culture focused on inclusion.
We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group for x3 Principal Architects to join our Business & Enterprise Architecture team.
Job Type: Permanent
Location: This role could be based in either our Birmingham, Telford, London or Edinburgh offices with time spent working in the office and at home.
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Closing Date: 27/06/2025
Salary and benefits: £70,000- £95,000 plus an indicative bonus range of 30%-60%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
Who are we?
We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.
We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet
The role
The Principal Architect plays a key role in aligning IT capabilities to business strategies and overseeing execution. The Principal Architect role owns the definition, planning and governance of the Target States, associated Roadmaps and transition states across a given scope. Scope may be a major or complex programme of work, a technology architecture domain or a Value Centre - providing solution oversight, ensuring solutions delivery is executed in line with published roadmaps and standards.
Principal Architect role owns the definition, planning and governance of the Target States, associated Roadmaps and transition states across a given scopeincluding:
What are we looking for?
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
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