Head of Strategy and Architecture

Location: London (3 days per week in office)

Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 per annum plus benefits

A leading financial services client is seeking a Head of Strategy and Architecture to join this growing team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive the wider group IT strategy and Architecture to deliver the future state and to manage the development and solutions architecture functions.

Key experience/qualifications needed:

• Strategic Vision - Ability to shape and articulate a compelling technology strategy that aligns with wider business goals, ensuring agility in a rapidly evolving banking landscape.
• Enterprise Architecture - Expertise Proven track record in designing robust, scalable technology architectures, ideally grounded in established frameworks, with experience applying them in complex Banking environments. Working in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Change Leadership - Proven ability to guide large-scale transformations, manage organisational change, and embed new ways of working across different functional areas.
• Operational Resilience - Understanding of risk management, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning, ensuring resilient and secure systems.
• Risk Identification and Assessment - Proficiency in identifying, prioritising, and assessing technical and operational risks across the organisation's technology and business landscape.
• Regulatory Knowledge - Familiarity with relevant banking regulations and compliance obligations, with a capacity to integrate these requirements into architectural decisions without stifling innovation.
• Experience with formal architecture frameworks (eg TOGAF) and Business Architecture experience.

Competencies and Attributes

• Communication Skills - Both written and verbal ability to translate complex technical realities to the business and their requirements back in technical strategies.
• Stakeholder Management - The ability to balance, prioritise and handle various potentially conflicting stakeholder inputs such the group outcomes are net positives and aligned with the wider policy framework(s)
• People Development - Experience building and leading high-performing architecture teams, coaching others, and developing talent in a dynamic environment.
• Consensus Building - Gathering and securing the buy-in and support of the key stakeholders in strategic directions.
• Innovation Mindset - Willingness to explore innovative technologies and approaches (such as cloud-native solutions, advanced data analytics, and automation), balancing experimentation with practical implementation.

Please apply with an updated CV if you think you would be a good fit