Lead Enterprise Architect (AI)

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience operating as a Senior or Lead Enterprise Architect
• Proven ability to work across the full enterprise context, balancing technical, organisational and commercial considerations
• Experience shaping architecture where requirements are incomplete or evolving
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled architectures and adoption patterns
• Solid cloud architecture experience, including integrating cloud services into enterprise platforms
• Experience operating in regulated, high-assurance or compliance-heavy environments
• Credibility communicating architectural decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to influence outcomes through judgement, relationships and trust rather than instruction

Responsibilities:

• Operate as our Lead Enterprise Architect for AI-enabled initiatives across the organisation
• Establish and evolve our AI architecture capability aligned to the central AI hub
• Define and maintain coherent architectures across strategy, delivery, operations and assurance
• Translate architectural intent and technical roadmaps into usable, supportable products and services
• Provide architectural leadership and challenge to teams adopting AI
• Shape our approaches to agentic and AI-enabled systems, balancing opportunity with compliance and risk
• Lead architectural decision-making in ambiguous or complex situations, clearly articulating trade-offs
• Provide architectural input to cloud adoption and integration, particularly across AWS-based platforms
• Build alignment and shared understanding across diverse stakeholder groups

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Architect
• Cloud

More:

We operate in a fast-evolving AI landscape with multiple teams at different stages of maturity. Our governance and structure are present but not rigid, and success depends on balancing assurance, delivery pace and pragmatism. This work sits within a supportive, understanding, committed and inclusive team. We are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered. We actively seek talent from all backgrounds and believe respect and inclusion help people bring their best selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes.

last updated 39 week of 2026