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Salary: £54,878 - 85,380 per year
Requirements: Enterprise and business architecture, with the ability to align technical architecture to our enterprise-wide architecture and IT strategy.Emerging technology monitoring, including identifying and assessing new and emerging technologies and their relevance and impact.Solution architecture experience, including developing and communicating multi-dimensional solution architectures to deliver agreed business outcomes.Consultancy skills, providing expert advice in technology and architecture, influencing stakeholders, and assuring quality.Innovation capability, leading the identification and implementation of new and emerging technologies to deliver business value.Knowledge of architecture frameworks and how to apply them pragmatically to guide technical strategy and solution design.Knowledge of current and emerging technologies across infrastructure, cloud platforms, application development, integration, and data, and how they can enable business outcomes.Knowledge of architectural governance processes, including design assurance, technical risk management, and decision-making frameworks.Knowledge of how to balance architectural integrity, delivery velocity, and technical debt in large-scale digital and IT programmes.Experience leading the design and assurance of complex technical architectures across multiple domains, platforms, or delivery workstreams.Experience working with senior stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into practical architectural solutions and roadmaps.Experience providing architectural leadership within large-scale digital, infrastructure, or enterprise platform programmes.Experience balancing long-term architectural vision with short-term delivery priorities in a fast-paced or regulated environment. Responsibilities: We are accountable for our IT Technical Architecture capability, planning and leading activity to ensure technology is implemented to achieve innovative, high-quality, and cost-efficient outcomes that meet business objectives.We develop and implement enterprise-wide technical architecture policies, patterns, processes, and guardrails to embed the strategic application of information and technology.We establish and manage the Technical Architecture practice and capabilities, leading knowledge sharing and skills development efforts and driving consistency.We lead the definition and continued maturity of Technical Architecture frameworks aligned to wider enterprise-wide architecture.We plan and drive scoping, requirements definition, and prioritisation for technical architecture activities within Infrastructure & Operations.We lead the technical design of IT services, working with senior leadership and other key stakeholders.We support the translation of business drivers, goals, and constraints into technical solutions.We contribute subject matter expertise and ideas to the technology innovation agenda.We act as the senior escalation point for complex technical design decisions or architectural risks.We actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all work and support and comply with organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI. Technologies: ArchitectCloudSupport More:
We are recruiting for a Lead Technical Architect in Birmingham on a hybrid working basis, with a salary of £54,878 to £85,380. The role sits within our CFO Directorate and plays an essential part in our daily operations and programme success. Our IT function provides technical leadership, advisory support, and delivery of IT services, helping us apply information and technology to improve the design, construction, and operation of the programme. Our IT Platforms & Operations function is responsible for developing and enhancing core IT technology, coordinating delivery across parties, maintaining quality standards, and making service performance visible. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
last updated 29 week of 2026