Senior Enterprise Architect (Associate, Contract)

Intelance Digital Enablement Services Ltd.; Greater London; Remote; GBP 129,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mostly remote work

Direct access to senior decision‑mak­e

Travel to UK client sites

Job summary

Intelance is seeking a project-based associate to lead short enterprise architecture engagements for UK clients. You will guide current state reviews, interview senior leaders, and map decision processes across apps, data, and security.

The role emphasizes delivering practical, board-ready recommendations and owning client relationships.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years in enterprise architecture, business architecture or technology governance.
• Experience leading current state assessments from discovery to executive readout.
• Proven ability to interview and present to Board, COO, CIO or equivalent leaders.
• Strong knowledge of applications, data, integration, security, operating models and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead current state enterprise architecture reviews from first interview to executive readout.
• Interview senior business and technology leaders and present findings clearly.
• Map decision ownership across applications, data, integration, security and operations.
• Test findings against real decisions, documents and evidence.
• Identify unclear ownership, duplicated effort, risk and dependencies.
• Design practical options, clear decision rights and costed roadmaps.
• Produce board-ready reports and presentations.
• Work with Intelance associates while maintaining client relationship quality.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder interviewing

Executive presentation

Governance

Regulated environment experience

Education

TOGAF or equivalent

Tools

Office suite

Job description

Intelance works with UK organisations that need clear, practical decisions about technology. We are building a trusted group of senior associates to lead short enterprise architecture engagements. This project based contract role is for someone who can understand how decisions are made, find where ownership or information is unclear, and give senior leaders a plan they can use.

Tasks

You will:

• Lead current state enterprise architecture reviews from the first interview to the executive readout.
• Interview senior business and technology leaders, then explain the findings in plain English.
• Map how decisions are made across applications, data, integration, security, operations and change.
• Test early findings against real decisions, documents and other evidence.
• Identify unclear ownership, duplicated effort, avoidable risk and important dependencies.
• Design practical options, clear decision rights and a costed roadmap.
• Produce board ready reports, diagrams and presentations.
• Work with Intelance associates while owning the quality of the work and the client relationship.

Requirements

You must have:

• At least 10 years of enterprise architecture, business architecture or technology governance experience.
• Personally led a current state assessment from discovery through to an executive readout.
• Experience interviewing and presenting to Board, COO, CIO or equivalent leaders.
• Strong knowledge of applications, data, integration, security, operating models and technology governance.
• Recent work in a law firm, professional services partnership, financial services firm or another regulated organisation.
• Evidence that you can turn complex findings into clear written advice and practical decisions.
• The confidence to challenge senior people calmly and work without depending on a large consulting team.
• The right to work and contract in the UK without sponsorship.
• Availability for remote work and occasional travel to London or other UK client sites.
• The ability to meet Intelance checks for conflicts, references, confidentiality, information security and insurance.

TOGAF or a similar qualification is useful, but clear evidence of delivery matters more.

Benefits

• £700 to £850 per day, excluding VAT, based on experience and the scope of each assignment.
• Project based associate contract with no guaranteed minimum number of days.
• Initial assignments are usually 10 to 20 days delivered over three to six weeks.
• Mostly remote work with planned UK client travel when needed.
• Direct access to the senior people making the decisions.
• Further work may follow across enterprise architecture, AI governance, data and security.