Lead Enterprise Architect

Would you like to help shape the future of digital services used by millions across the UK? The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency "DVLA" are looking for a Lead Enterprise / Business Architect who will help translate business strategy into clear architectural direction during a major period of transformation. This is an opportunity to influence long-term change at scale and support the evolution of nationally important public services. Salary up to £82,430 (dependant on interview assessment), over 28% employer pension contribution plus other Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Swansea.

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Lead Enterprise Architect to join the DVLA's Architecture function. In this role, you will help shape the direction and maturity of business and enterprise architecture across the agency, ensuring it genuinely supports strategy, transformation and service delivery.

You will act as a trusted senior advisor, influencing key decisions and guiding architectural practice across programmes and directorates. Working closely with business leaders and technical teams, you will develop clear architecture artefacts, capability models and roadmaps that set out both current and future state views. Your focus will span business architecture, data and information flows, governance, and alignment with technology and solution architecture.

This is a senior, high-visibility role that requires confident leadership, strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to work effectively across business, policy and technical communities.

Open Session:

Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it's like to work in our department? If so, we are organising an open session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 3rd March 2026 at 12:00pm.

Follow the applicatio link for instructions to book your virtual seat.

Responsibilities:

• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across enterprises and seek opportunities for improvement.
• Support at least one community or team, or a combination of both.
• Find and use best practice and emerging technologies and approaches
• Lead teams including enterprise architects and help them understand how to deliver the team's objectives to meet organisational goals.
• Horizon scan for influences or risks.
• Support successful delivery of the long-term strategy.
• Take a leading role in the overall direction of business and digital capabilities.

Essential Skills

• Experience working as an enterprise architect with a strong focus on business architecture and strategic design.
• Comfortable setting direction, leading architectural decisions and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Clear and confident communicator, able to explain complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic mindset, able to see the bigger picture and connect architecture to real business outcomes.
• Collaborative approach with a genuine interest in mentoring and supporting others.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,515 - £82,430, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £16,662 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme along with:

• Best in class learning and development tailored to your role 
• An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance 
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues 
• Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme
• Digital communities with clear career frameworks
• On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies)
• On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar 
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King's birthday.
• Free Parking.

Further information

• hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the Swansea office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual need.
• This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years.
• DVLA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
• Apply before8th March 2026 with a CV that has evidence of the following criteria:
  • Significant experience working as a senior enterprise business architect, leading business architecture activities across complex organisations or portfolios
  • Proven ability to develop and use business architecture artefacts, such as capability models and target operating views, to influence strategic decision making and investment priorities
  • Strong experience engaging with senior stakeholders, translating organisational strategy into coherent architectural direction and roadmaps

If you are an experienced Enterprise or Business Architect who enjoys working at a strategic level, influencing senior stakeholders and shaping long-term transformation, we would welcome your application. This is an opportunity to bring your expertise into a role where you can make a measurable impact across complex, nationally significant services. Apply now or contact Zee in complete confidence.