Senior Enterprise Architect

Lloyd's; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking group seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect who will lead technology strategy and architecture in alignment with group goals. The candidate will collaborate across teams, drive innovation, and establish strong partnerships while influencing architecture outcomes and business roadmaps. This role requires extensive experience in technology architecture, strong communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex organizational structures. Benefits include a generous pension contribution, annual bonuses, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of technology architecture and designing systems to meet business needs.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills for collaboration with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in large, complex organizations, ideally in regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain open, collaborative, and influential relationships with stakeholders.
• Develop and own the technology strategy for the Commercial area.
• Provide thought leadership to business and technology change delivery teams.
• Lead the translation of requirements into architecture outcomes.

Skills

Technology architecture

Relationship building

Cloud services

Microservices

Cybersecurity

Continuous improvement

Job description

Overview

Senior Enterprise Architect aligned to our Commercial Business Area. You will be experienced in building relationships and developing trust, providing thought leadership to business and technology change delivery colleagues, owning the technology strategy for your area of focus and maintaining alignment with and influencing the wider Group strategies. You will be a confident individual, passionate about architecture and making a difference, able to build effective relationships at all levels (up to and including Executive level). This is an opportunity for an Enterprise Architect who is enthusiastic about defining the strategic architecture for a business unit as well as working with delivery teams to ensure designs are aligned with their vision. In conjunction with the Commercial Platform owners and senior business partners across Commercial, you will build, evolve, and promote clear and comprehensive technology strategies that align with Group strategy and enable business teams to deliver the best customer outcomes. You are ultimately accountable for all architecture decisions, continually influencing, challenging, and supporting the Commercial teams to build and align to their strategic roadmaps, alongside acting as the voice of the customer and facing into all the Group Enabling Platforms to facilitate delivery of the business roadmaps. You will build and sustain strong partnerships with platforms and functions, promoting, communicating, and evangelising the Bank’s strategies. You will understand the Commercial banking industry, build relationships with relevant third party vendors and act as a senior partner to help them evolve their products and services to better meet the needs and strategies of Commercial clients.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain open, collaborative, and influential relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Develop and own the technology strategy for the Commercial area, ensuring alignment with Group strategy and business roadmaps.
• Provide thought leadership to business and technology change delivery teams and influence architecture decisions and roadmaps.
• Lead the translation of requirements into architecture outcomes and detailed roadmaps, factoring non-functional requirements and regulatory considerations.
• Promote clear and comprehensive technology strategies and ensure designs align with strategic vision across delivery teams and platforms.
• Partner with Commercial Platform owners and senior business partners to evolve technology strategies that enable optimal customer outcomes.
• Engage with Group Enabling Platforms to facilitate delivery of business roadmaps and act as the voice of the customer.
• Build and sustain partnerships with platforms and functions, communicating Lloyds Banking Group strategies and promoting adoption.
• Understand the Commercial business domain, including key products and propositions, market trends, regulatory and competitor landscapes, and the implications for architecture.
• Evaluate and apply emerging technologies where appropriate, assessing maturity and potential business impact, including long-term strategy alignment.
• Demonstrate gravitas and impact through strong storytelling in written and verbal communications.
• Lead by example in establishing a culture of continuous improvement and driving innovation within the architecture function.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of technology architecture and designing systems to meet business needs.
• Broad technology knowledge across topics such as domain-driven design, microservices, event-driven design, hybrid cloud, cloud services, DevOps, CI/CD, modern data paradigms, cybersecurity, resilience by design, and sustainability.
• Awareness of emerging technologies (e.g., Gen AI, Quantum computing) and their potential business applications and implications for long-term strategy.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills for collaboration with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven success in establishing a culture of continuous improvement and driving innovation.
• Experience in large, complex organizations with consideration of non-functional requirements and architecture for regulated industries (ideally financial).
• Breadth of architecture experience and ability to view challenges from multiple perspectives.

Bonus/Benefits and Diversity Commitment

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and offer a range of benefits and adjustments to support colleagues. Our programs include flexible working options, reasonable workplace adjustments, and initiatives that support wellbeing and development. As part of our Disability Confident commitment, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health condition, or neurodivergent condition. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits that can be adapted 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