Principal Enterprise Architect

QH4 Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

QH4 Consulting is recruiting an Enterprise Architect for a London-based asset manager. You’ll lead the front-to-back re-platforming, shape the target-state architecture across front, middle and back office, and drive the buy vs build decision and vendor selection.

You’ll engage senior stakeholders to build support, provide architectural leadership through delivery, and help develop the architecture function for the long term within a high-impact programme.

Qualifications

• Experience leading front-to-back re-platforming in asset management tech.
• Knowledge of flagship platforms (Aladdin, Charles River, SimCorp) and the wider landscape.
• Proven track record in build-versus-buy decisions and vendor selection.
• Credibility with senior leaders and diplomacy to secure buy-in.
• Delivery-focused architectural leadership through large-scale programmes.

Responsibilities

• The target-state architecture across front, middle and back office.
• Lead the architecture case for build vs buy and the vendor selection that follows.
• Engage senior stakeholders across the business to build support for the programme.
• Provide architectural leadership through delivery, keeping the programme true to its target state.
• Develop the architecture function for the long term.

Skills

Lead front-to-back re-platforming

Build-versus-buy decisions

Vendor selection

Stakeholder engagement

Architectural leadership

Tools

Aladdin

Charles River

SimCorp

Job description

Enterprise Architect | Asset Management | London

A leading London-based asset manager is preparing to re-platform its entire front-to-back technology estate, including the OMS. The programme is at the ideation stage, so build versus buy, vendor choice and the target-state architecture are all still open. As permanent Enterprise Architect, you’ll lead those decisions and see them through delivery.

This is as much a leadership role as a technical one. Change on this scale touches every part of the business, and not everyone will welcome it. The firm needs someone with the authority to set direction, the diplomacy to bring senior stakeholders with them, and the resilience to see the change through.

What you’ll lead:

• The target-state architecture across front, middle and back office


• The architecture case for build versus buy, and the vendor selection that follows


• Engagement with senior stakeholders across the business, building the support the programme needs


• Architectural leadership through delivery, keeping the programme true to its target state


• The development of the architecture function for the long term

What you’ll bring:

• A track record of leading a front-to-back re-platforming, ideallyon the buy side


• Deep knowledge of re-platforming, ideally Aladdin, Charles River or SimCorp, and of the wider asset management technology landscape, including proprietary and in-house environments


• Experience of build-versus-buy decisions and vendor selection


• Credibility with senior leaders: you can hold a position under challenge, and you know when to adapt it


• The diplomacy to turn resistance into buy-in

You’ll have a seat at the table from the start and the chance to define the firm’s technology for the next decade.