Enterprise Architect - Business, Solutions & Consulting

Enterprise Architect – Strategic Impact at Scale

London (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) | Full-Time | Permanent

Are you a commercially minded Enterprise Architect who thrives at the intersection of business strategy and technology change?

Join our client, a global leader in insurance, as they shape the next phase of their international transformation. With 12+ lines of business, a collaborative C-suite, and a clear architecture vision, this is an opportunity to own and evolve enterprise-wide architecture at scale.

The Role

As Enterprise Architect , you’ll be a senior leader in the core architecture team, reporting to the Chief Architect . This role is pivotal in helping define, shape, and deliver strategic business change.

You’ll operate with a consultancy mindset — balancing conceptual design, roadmap development, and stakeholder engagement with improving architectural practices from the inside out.

Your Focus:

• 60–70% business-facing : work directly with senior stakeholders (CFO, Underwriting Heads, etc.) to shape initiatives and drive strategic decision-making
• 30–40% internal practice leadership : build patterns, governance, reusable assets, and evolve the maturity of the architecture function

What You'll Be Doing

• Define and maintain end-to-end enterprise architecture
• Shape high-level solutions and conceptual designs that link business strategy with technology investment
• Lead initiative assessments, target state development, and roadmap planning
• Own and improve architectural standards, practices, and knowledge sharing
• Actively contribute to cross-functional strategy, collaborating across Business, Data, Digital and Infrastructure domains
• Represent architecture in governance forums and challenge constructively when needed

Who We’re Looking For

Must-Have Experience:

• A background in commercial or corporate insurance
• Proven success on large-scale transformation/change programmes
• Ability to define conceptual designs, roadmaps , and navigate ambiguity
• Executive-level stakeholder management and strong communication skills
• Architecture practice development: standards, governance, reusable assets

Nice-to-Haves:

• TOGAF certification or experience with EA frameworks
• Broad architectural exposure (solution, infra, data
• Agile familiarity