Lead Enterprise Solution Architect - London

Lead Enterprise Solution Architect

London, United Kingdom

Salary up to £120,000 + Benefits

Spinnaker is partnering with a leading international maritime organisation to appoint a Lead Enterprise Solution Architect as part of its ongoing technology transformation journey.

This is a highly visible role sitting at the intersection of business and technology, responsible for shaping enterprise-wide solutions, influencing technology strategy, and ensuring technology investments deliver measurable business value.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across both business and technology functions, you will play a key role in designing scalable solutions, driving architectural governance, and supporting the evolution of a complex global technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture activities across a portfolio of enterprise applications and business systems

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective technology solutions

• Drive application rationalisation, simplification, and standardisation initiatives

• Provide architectural governance across projects, programmes, and technology investments

• Support software selection, vendor evaluation, and technology decision-making

• Ensure solutions align with long-term business objectives and architectural principles

• Collaborate with delivery, infrastructure, security, and business teams to ensure successful implementation

• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through technology

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Applications Architecture, or a related discipline

• Experience working within complex enterprise environments

• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, integrations, cloud technologies, APIs, and modern technology landscapes

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience contributing to digital transformation, technology modernisation, or enterprise change programmes

• Commercial awareness and the ability to connect technology decisions to business outcomes

Experience within maritime, logistics, transportation, energy, aviation, utilities, or other asset-intensive industries would be advantageous, though not essential.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a respected international organisation at a pivotal stage of its technology evolution. You'll work closely with senior leadership, influence strategic decisions, and play a key role in shaping the future technology landscape of a global business.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Ethan Tyler at Spinnaker.