Strategic Enterprise IT Architecture Leader (Hybrid)

Wellcome Sanger Institute; Saffron Walden; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Campus facilities

Job summary

Wellcome Sanger Institute is seeking a Head of Enterprise IT Architecture to provide strategic leadership for architecture across a complex technology landscape. You will chair the Design Authority and coordinate enterprise, domain and solution architecture across research, operational and infrastructure domains.

The role focuses on developing principles, roadmaps and governance, guiding technology selection for security, scalability and long-term sustainability while reducing technical debt and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of TOGAF or other enterprise architecture frameworks.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud, data, integration, and application architecture.
• Architecture principles, standards development, and technology road mapping.
• IT risk management, technical debt management and obsolescence planning.
• Demonstrable leadership in IT solution architecture.
• Experience in leading design governance (e.g., Technical Design Authority).
• Proven experience reducing technical debt in complex IT estates.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary architectural teams.
• Ability to translate institutional strategy into actionable architecture roadmaps.
• Ability to evaluate and select IT platforms, infrastructure, and tools.
• Strong understanding of data interoperability and standardisation practices.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for architecture across a complex technology environment.
• Lead and coordinate technical leads across enterprise applications, web, scientific compute, databases and infrastructure, and chair the Design Authority.
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, standards and roadmaps to guide investment and delivery.
• Review and approve key solution designs to ensure alignment with standards and goals.
• Guide selection and adoption of new technologies with emphasis on security, scalability and sustainability.
• Oversee reduction of technical debt and promote interoperability across the portfolio.
• Represent the Institute in external architecture and digital infrastructure forums and build strategic partnerships.

Skills

TOGAF knowledge

Enterprise architecture

Cloud architecture

Data architecture

Architecture governance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Risk management

Tools

Technical Design Authority

Job description

Wellcome Sanger Institute is seeking a Head of Enterprise IT Architecture to provide strategic leadership for architecture across a complex technology landscape. You will chair the Design Authority and coordinate enterprise, domain and solution architecture across research, operational and infrastructure domains.

The role focuses on developing principles, roadmaps and governance, guiding technology selection for security, scalability and long-term sustainability while reducing technical debt and