Strategic Enterprise Architect – Service Management

Marks and Spencer; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK is looking for an Enterprise Architect to focus on delivering customer-centric outcomes and leading architectural resources. In this role, you'll decide on strategic technology choices, set target architectures, and ensure alignment between architectural and business priorities. To excel, candidates should demonstrate enterprise architecture expertise, a strong knowledge of frameworks, and the ability to deliver digital transformation at scale, all while fostering strong partnerships across the organization.

Benefits

20% colleague discount on all products

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

Exclusive perks through M&S Choices portal

Market-leading family policies

24/7 wellbeing support

One paid volunteer day a year

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF and ArchiMate.
• Ability to develop enterprise models across various domains.
• Proven experience in digital transformation within the past 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Decide on architectural technology and vendor choices.
• Set direction on target architectures and transitional states.
• Ensure architecture vision is delivered in partnership with the business.

Skills

Enterprise architecture expertise

Knowledge of frameworks and modelling tools

Digital transformation delivery

Understanding of architectural patterns

Knowledge of IT operating frameworks

Awareness of ITSM products & tools

Cyber security knowledge

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

A leading retail company in the UK is looking for an Enterprise Architect to focus on delivering customer-centric outcomes and leading architectural resources. In this role, you'll decide on strategic technology choices, set target architectures, and ensure alignment between architectural and business priorities. To excel, candidates should demonstrate enterprise architecture expertise, a strong knowledge of frameworks, and the ability to deliver digital transformation at scale, all while fostering strong partnerships across the organization.