Senior Enterprise Architect Tech Strategy & Innovation

Gazelle Global; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 95.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Gazelle Global is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect for a London-based role within the CTO Tech Strategy & Innovation. The successful candidate will shape enterprise architectures across multiple domains, producing artefacts, roadmaps and governance to guide end-to-end designs.

The incumbent will engage senior stakeholders, translate trends into actionable outcomes, and contribute to strategy development around AI, digital assets, identity, and composability. 12 months+ contract in London.

Formación

• Act as Technology Strategy Consultant to senior leadership, shaping long-term vision and investment priorities.
• Analyze emerging technologies, market trends, and industry developments to extract actionable recommendations.
• Create executive artefacts: strategic viewpoints, future-state scenarios, investment cases, board papers.
• Influence CTO/CIO/Architecture/Engineering/business teams with strategic advice.
• Lead thought leadership on AI, Digital Assets, Digital Identity, and related themes.

Responsabilidades

• Produce high-level architecture views and roadmaps aligned with architectural direction.
• Provide guidance on trends and best practices for strategy, principles, standards, and guardrails.
• Assist with transition states, designs and architecture delivery within programmes.
• Collaborate with workstreams to drive scope, requirements, architecture and design roadmaps.
• Engage stakeholders internally and externally involved in the programme.
• Deliver designs, tooling strategy and data delivery patterns.

Conocimientos

Technology Strategy

Executive Stakeholders

Architecture Governance

Emerging Technologies

AI Strategy

Digital Identity

Descripción del empleo

Senior Enterprise Architect Tech Strategy & Innovation

As a preferred supplier to one of our biggest Clients, I am seeking for a Senior Enterprise Architect for a position in London (UK). The successful candidate will provide enterprise architecture capability within the CTO Tech Strategy & Innovation. Working within agreed architectural direction, the role supports the development, documentation, and assurance of end to end architectures across multiple domains. This includes shaping solution designs, supporting feasibility assessments and roadmaps, producing architectural artefacts, identifying cross domain dependencies and risks, and contributing to architecture governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce high-level architecture, future/north star and emerging technology views and roadmaps - with a view to start implementing 'Architecture as Code'
• Provide architectural guidance, including external expertise on trends and best practice for strategy, principles, standards and guardrails.
• Help with transition states, designs and architecture delivery
• Embedded within the Programme and work with workstreams leads to help drive scope, requirements, architecture and design roadmaps
• Stakeholder engagement both Internal and External involved in the Programme
• Responsible for delivering designs, tooling strategy and data delivery patterns

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Act as a Technology Strategy Consultant to the Group CTO and senior leadership, shaping the Group's long-term technology vision, strategic direction, and investment priorities.
• Conduct strategic analysis of emerging technologies, market trends, competitor activity, and industry developments, translating insights into clear recommendations and business outcomes.
• Develop executive-level technology strategy artefacts, including strategic viewpoints, future-state scenarios, investment cases, board papers, and decision-making materials.
• Influence senior stakeholders across CTO, CIO, Architecture, Engineering and Business teams, providing independent challenge and strategic advice on the Group's most critical technology priorities.
• Lead thought leadership and strategy development across key themes including AI, Digital Assets, Digital Identity, Composability, Simplification, and the Future of Banking

Contract: 12 months+

Location: London

Interview: 2 stages, 1 technical + 1 assessment