Senior Enterprise Architect (CTO)

Lloyds Banking Group

West of England

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 106,400

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Up to 15% pension contribution

Annual performance bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle

30 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

A leading banking institution seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect to join the Chief Technology Office. This hybrid role involves defining cloud strategies and leading transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of modern technologies and a proven track record in cloud-native solutions. Strong communication and executive-level engagement skills are essential. The role offers a competitive salary along with comprehensive benefits including pension contributions and a performance bonus.

Qualifications

Strong communication skills to engage senior stakeholders.
Deep knowledge of architecture principles and modern technologies.
Proven application-level architecture and engineering experience focused on Cloud Native solutions.
Desire to maintain and deepen technical and architectural capabilities.
Experience influencing teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve cloud and platform strategies.
Lead transformation initiatives for secure, scalable platforms.
Influence and support platform teams.
Create architecture roadmaps and standards.
Build relationships with senior leaders to drive decisions.
Drive innovation and mentor colleagues.

Skills

Communication and storytelling skills

Architecture principles and modern technologies

Application-level architecture and engineering experience

Desire to balance technical and architectural skills

Awareness of emerging tech

Driving innovation and continuous improvement

Experience in regulated organisations

Shaping enterprise-scale cloud strategies

Influencing platform teams

Designing for non-functional requirements

Executive-level stakeholder engagement

Job description

Senior Enterprise Architect (CTO)

Lloyds Banking Group

Base pay range

£90,000 - £106,400

Location

Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh or Leeds

Hours

Full-time

Working Pattern

Hybrid – spend at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at one of the listed offices.

About this opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our Chief Technology Office (CTO – Cloud). This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll influence strategy, guide transformation, and collaborate across the Group to deliver resilient, modern platforms. You'll work with senior stakeholders and engineering teams, balancing technical depth with business outcomes to accelerate change.

The candidate will have both hands‑on engineering and architectural capabilities, and will evolve and maintain a balance between them as part of the role within the team supporting our public cloud, private cloud and engineering platforms.

Day to day

Define and evolve cloud and platform strategies that align with Group priorities.
Lead transformation initiatives to deliver secure, scalable platforms across public and private cloud.
Accountably influence, challenge and support the Enabling Platform teams to build and align their strategic roadmaps, acting as the voice of the customer and enabling delivery of business roadmaps across all Business Platforms, guiding Cloud (Public & Private) product delivery.
Create clear architecture roadmaps and standards, providing governance and technical leadership.
Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and technical teams to influence decisions.
Drive innovation and continuous improvement while mentoring colleagues and sharing expertise.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. We’re investing in people, data, and technology to unlock fresh possibilities and new ways to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need

Strong communication and storytelling skills to engage senior stakeholders.
Deep knowledge of architecture principles and modern technologies, with solid understanding of both traditional on‑premise and cloud‑native technologies.
Proven application‑level architecture and engineering experience, focused on Cloud Native solutions with modern development languages, and guiding engineering teams.
Desire to maintain, balance and deepen technical and engineering skills alongside architectural capabilities.
Awareness of emerging tech like Gen AI and Quantum, with the ability to assess business impact and architectural implications.
Track record of driving innovation and continuous improvement in complex environments.
Experience in large, regulated organisations (financial services preferred).
Shaping enterprise‑scale cloud strategies and roadmaps.
Influencing platform teams to deliver customer‑focused outcomes.
Designing for non‑functional requirements and performance at scale.
Executive‑level stakeholder engagement and collaboration.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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