
Sanderson Recruitment
Enterprise Architect Manager - Security
Job Description
Salary: £54,000 - 94,000 per year
Requirements:- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, ideally within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
- TOGAF certified or equivalent enterprise architecture qualification.
- Deep expertise in security architecture, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong understanding of cloud, infrastructure, application, and data security.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing teams and driving architectural best practice.
- Lead the security architecture practice, standards, and design patterns across the organisation.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align target architecture and roadmaps with strategic objectives.
- Manage and develop a team of Domain and Solution Architects, providing leadership across architectural reviews and technology governance.
- Own and evolve enterprise-wide security architecture, frameworks, and roadmaps.
- Ensure architectural decisions meet security, risk, and regulatory requirements.
- Chair architecture review boards and provide guidance on secure technology adoption and integration.
- Coach and mentor architects to deliver high-quality, compliant solutions.
- Translate strategic security objectives into practical architectural direction.
- Architect
- Cloud
- Support
- Security
- TOGAF
More:
We are a leading organisation delivering a secure, resilient, and future-ready technology strategy. This is a key leadership opportunity to shape enterprise security architecture, influence strategic technology decisions, and lead a high-performing architecture team. The role is based in Leeds with a flexible hybrid working model, a competitive salary of £96,000, and an attractive benefits package. We are committed to respect, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. We also support reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure an accessible experience for all candidates.
last updated 32 week of 2026
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Sanderson Recruitment
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£74,000
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£90,000
UK median
This salary is 18% below the UK median for Architects (£90,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks