Senior Enterprise Architect

HM Land Registry; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

Flexi-time scheme

Condensed hours

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

HM Land Registry is hiring a Senior Enterprise Architect to shape the technology strategy across England and Wales. You will translate business needs into architectural direction, guiding decisions on technology, information and people to support transformation.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders and product teams, contributing to an organisation-wide view on risks, dependencies and sustainability of the technology estate.

Qualifications

• Understanding architectural domains across business, data, technology and security.
• Experience communicating and modelling architecture to align strategic outcomes.
• Ability to lead diverse stakeholders to reach agreement on technical solutions.
• Experience with governance and assurance, considering commercial impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic architectural direction, impact analysis and assurance.
• Identify opportunities, risks and dependencies across the organisation.
• Support the Architecture Practice by modelling and communicating architectural information.
• Help mature enterprise architecture and align with shared objectives.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Modelling & analysis

Strategic thinking

Job description

Help shape the technology strategy behind digital services that support land and property ownership across England and Wales.

HM Land Registry (HMLR) in partnership with Inspire People are looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to provide architectural direction, support decision-making and align technology, information, people and processes across HMLR. Permanent role, salary £59,057 - £72,943 (based on assessment at interview), 28.97% employer pension contribution plus full Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Coventry, Nottingham or Plymouth.

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About the Senior Enterprise Architect Role

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will work across HM Land Registry to help shape the strategic direction of technology and support major transformation activity. The role focuses on translating business and technology strategy into clear architectural direction, helping the organisation make informed decisions across technology, information, people and processes.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders, product teams, delivery colleagues and other architects to understand complex business problems, assess impacts and provide architectural advice and assurance. The role sits within the Enterprise specialism of HMLR’s wider Architecture Practice.

You will take a broad, organisation-wide view, helping to identify risks, opportunities and dependencies while supporting the long-term sustainability of HMLR’s technology estate.

Responsibilities of a Senior Enterprise Architect

• Provide strategic architectural direction, impact analysis and assurance, helping align technology, information, people and processes across the organisation.
• Work closely with stakeholders across HMLR to identify opportunities, risks and dependencies, supporting informed business, technology and data decisions with a focus on reuse, sustainability and scalability.
• Support the Architecture Practice, directorate and wider organisation by managing, modelling and clearly communicating architectural information to help guide effective decision-making.
• Play an active role in developing and maturing enterprise architecture across HMLR, helping the practice deliver shared objectives and support wider organisational goals.

Essential skills of a Senior Enterprise Architect

• Understanding of architectural domains across business, data, technology and security, including assessing the impact of technical change.
• Experience communicating and modelling architecture to align strategic outcomes across technology, information, people and processes.
• Ability to lead and influence diverse stakeholders to reach agreement on technical solutions.
• Experience of architectural governance and assurance, with an understanding of the commercial impact of technology implementation and adoption.
• Structured, top-down thinking, including breaking down complex problems, adapting to change and supporting strategies, principles, patterns and roadmaps.

Alongside your salary of £59,057 - £72,943, HM Land Registry contributes £17,108 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme, plus:

• Annual leave of 28.5 days' paid holiday during each holiday year plus 8 days public holidays
• A clear progression pathway inc. personalised training and development plans including expensed accreditations with training days set aside
• Flexi-time scheme (You decide what working hours work best for you)
• Opportunity to work condensed hours
• Social and sports club
• Access to our employee assistance programme for counselling and support on a wide range of issues
• Interest-free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme (salary sacrifice).
• HMLR have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development and flexible ways of working.

Office locations

• The role is open across 3 of HMLR's locations: Plymouth, Coventry, Nottingham

Additional Requirements

• HMLR expect everyone to spend 60% of their working time in one of the offices.
• Occasional travel will be required to HMLR offices, supplier sites and other government departments, which may include overnight stays
• This role operates under the flexible working hours agreement, supporting a positive work-life balance
• The post is subject to BPPS level clearance
• This role does not meet the category to offer visa sponsorship

HM Land Registry is continuing to deliver a major transformation programme, giving you the opportunity to work on organisation-wide challenges and influence business, technology and data decisions at a strategic level.

You’ll join an established Architecture Practice with the chance to help develop and mature enterprise architecture across HMLR, alongside flexible working, a Civil Service pension and a strong focus on learning and professional development.