Enterprise Architect

We are Hiring Enterprise Architect

Location Remote

Hours Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to help shape the future technology direction of Kensington Mortgages.

This is a strategic yet hands on role, responsible for defining our technology roadmap, architecture standards and approach to emerging technologies, including AI. You will work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders to ensure our technology investments support business goals, regulatory requirements and customer outcomes.

As a key technology leader, you will provide guidance and challenge to architecture and delivery teams, helping ensure solutions are practical, scalable, secure and aligned to Kensington's long term strategy.

You will influence decisions across the business without direct line management responsibility and play a key role in major transformation initiatives.

• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture and technology roadmap in line with business strategy and regulatory expectations.
• Define the enterprise AI strategy, principles and architecture, including shaping technology governance and guardrails to ensure safe AI adoption.
• Ensure AI adoption aligns with internal policies, security and control frameworks and risk appetite.
• Provide architectural leadership across the organisation, guiding Solution and Technical Architects embedded in delivery teams through influence, coaching and clear standards.
• Work with programmes and projects, shaping designs, resolving complex issues and helping delivery teams translate strategy into practical solutions.
• Own and maintain effective architecture governance, ensuring decisions are risk based, controlled and aligned to security, resilience and customer outcomes.
• Partner with business, technology and executive stakeholders to support investment decisions, supplier choices, integration approaches and long term technology planning.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies, including AI, and help identify where innovation can deliver measurable business value.

Measures Of Success:

• Technology investment and design decisions are clearly aligned to enterprise priorities and strategic architecture direction.
• Delivery teams have clear guardrails and make faster, better quality architecture decisions with less rework.
• Architecture governance is viewed as enabling and commercially relevant while maintaining appropriate control and risk management.
• AI opportunities are progressed safely with clear value cases, appropriate controls and alignment to policy and risk appetite.
• Priority programmes show stronger architectural coherence, reduced complexity and improved delivery confidence.
• Senior stakeholders have confidence in the long term technology direction and the rationale behind key architectural decisions.

You will be a hands on senior technology leader with experience operating within a complex regulated environment. You will be comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels, influencing decisions and balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery.

You will bring

• Experience developing and delivering enterprise architecture or technology strategy.
• The ability to connect business objectives with technology solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience working across multiple teams and functions without direct management authority.
• A practical approach to solving complex technology challenges.
• Knowledge of governance, risk management, security, resilience and regulatory requirements.
• An understanding of AI, its opportunities, risks and how it can be adopted responsibly within a regulated organisation.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge constructively where required.

Degree qualified or equivalent relevant experience.

Professional certifications in architecture, cloud, security, data, AI or delivery methodologies are beneficial but not essential.

A commitment to continuous professional development and staying current with evolving technologies and industry best practice.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future technology landscape of a leading regulated financial services organisation. You will influence strategic decisions, work alongside senior leaders and help drive innovation while ensuring strong governance, security and customer outcomes remain at the heart of everything we do.

At Kensington Mortgages, we believe our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to creating a supportive, flexible and inclusive environment that enables both personal and professional growth.

We actively promote wellbeing, development and work life balance and value diversity of thought, background and experience across our teams.