Senior Manager - Tech Transformation 1

KPMG-UnitedKingdom; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm seeks a Senior Manager in Birmingham to lead technology transformations for clients in the financial services sector. The role requires strong technical delivery skills, experience with enterprise architecture, and effective stakeholder management. Candidates should have a rich history in IT architecture combined with exceptional project management capabilities. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a focus on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training and development opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Senior IT Architect with a strong track record of defining and delivering IT architectures.
• Exceptional delivery skills for large scale project management.
• Deep hands-on technical experience in system implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex programmes and large projects.
• Deliver high-quality strategy and technology architecture work.
• Contribute to proposals and sales activity.

Skills

Technical delivery skills

Client-facing stakeholder management

Knowledge of enterprise architecture methodologies

Experience in Financial Services sector

Education

Senior IT Architect certification

Tools

EA tooling

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KPMG-UnitedKingdom

Location:

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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Yes

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job description

KPMG's Enterprise Architecture practice is a leading independent advisor for Technology Architecture professional services. We help CIOs, CTOs and their management teams transform their businesses and IT services. Our clients have to develop robust and executable strategies that have to account for the continual development of technology, with current focus being on Digital disruption, exploitation of cloud technologies and modernising the IT estate.

We help these organisations understand and evaluate their strategic options, build business cases, design the roadmaps and then continually optimise. We have deeply skilled architects to support this journey and make the path robust throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

We are growing our Architecture team to respond to the increasing demand and in particular seeking technologists with architecture backgrounds and experience in Enterprise Architecture within the Financial Services sector.

The Role

Engagement Delivery - leading the technical delivery of complex programmes and large projects, including planning, managing and executing the delivery of engagements or projects, including responsibility for the review and quality assurance of deliverables

Technical Leadership - 'hands on' leading the delivery of high quality strategy and technology architecture work throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Excellent communication skills and client-facing stakeholder management experience.

Industry awareness of enterprise architecture methodologies, TOGAF, approaches to delivering enterprise solutions and market trends.

Experience of applying architecture principles to application, data and / or infrastructure components as part of an overall enterprise architecture.

Leading and contributing to proposals and sales activity.

Contributing to the development of a vibrant technology capability.

The Person

Senior IT Architect with a strong track record of defining and delivering IT Architectures in a complex environment

Exceptional technical delivery skills for large scale project and programme management

Deep hands-on technical experience, across a combination of package and bespoke system implementation

Significant experience of enterprise architecture and technology in a financial services sector.

High energy levels, coupled with a desire to deliver to a high standard in a suitable timeframe

Practical experience in large scale, enterprise wide, complex transformations providing the technical leadership throughout the life cycle.

Experience of using EA tooling

At KPMG, your long-term future is every bit as important to us as it is to you. That's why our aim is to give you experiences that will stay with you for a lifetime. Whether it's great training and development, mobility opportunities or corporate responsibility volunteering activities - you'll gain a wealth of experiences on which to build a rewarding career.

We're a firm that encourages you to be yourself, values your contribution, and inspires you to act as a role model, always focused on doing the right thing for each other, our clients and our communities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a balanced lifestyle.

We offer part time roles with flexible working arrangements which could include, annualised hours, early or late starts to fit around other commitments, shorter working days etc. We are happy to discuss your own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in more detail, should that be of interest and, as part of the recruitment process, we can put you in touch with people who work flexibly. KPMG are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and we seek to attract and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. As a member of the Business Disability Forum we're committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the Recruitment Process.

Should you be successful after the initial application stage, please discuss with your recruitment contact any reasonable adjustments to our Recruitment Process that you may require.

KPMG consistently features in the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for, which has been recognised with a special achievement award to mark our 10 years in the Top 25. We pride ourselves on being a place where your individuality is valued; you can be yourself and still achieve your potential. We believe that your individuality helps us to deliver the best results to our clients. Diversity of background, diversity of experience, diversity of perspective - that's the KPMG difference. But, don't take our word for it, find out more about diversity at KPMG by viewing our Policy.

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