As a Lead Enterprise Architect, you will define and connect enterprise-wide strategies and visions, aligning technology and business capabilities with CMA's objectives. You will lead and guide other architects and teams to ensure the architecture is understood and effectively utilised across the organisation to achieve these goals.
You will lead the framing of business and technology problems characterised by high complexity, complication, or risk.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Make and guide significant architectural design decisions characterised by medium-to-high risk and complexity, addressing architectural risks affecting multiple teams or domains.
- Network and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership across the CMA and externally. Perform horizon scanning to anticipate policy changes, identify strategic risks/influences, and build resilience through architectural work. Work with people outside the organisation where necessary to inform policies and standards.
- Lead, mentor, and coach enterprise architects and potentially other DDaT professionals, helping them understand how to deliver objectives.
- Identify appropriate contractual frameworks and approaches, and identify, evaluate, and select appropriate suppliers where necessary to deliver architectural components or solutions.