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The Principal Enterprise Architect will lead a team of Business Architects, providing strategic direction and architectural oversight across a key business domain. This role partners with senior stakeholders to shape and articulate business and technology strategies that align with Virgin Atlantic’s broader goals. They will ensure the development and governance of current and future state architectures spanning business, application, and data domains. The role is pivotal in aligning architectural roadmaps with strategic priorities, driving innovation and transformation initiatives. Additionally, the Principal Architect will actively contribute to the evolution of Virgin Atlantic’s enterprise-wide technical strategy.

• Develop close senior business relationships, understand, and influence business strategies
• Manage the team daily to deliver enterprise architecture supporting business strategy
• Line management and pastoral care of the team, including performance management and career development
• Develop close business relationships, understand, and influence digital business strategies
• Develop Current and Future State Business, Data, and Application Architectures
• Create and maintain pragmatic and actionable roadmaps
• Support the formation of Technology Investment Portfolios
• Contribute to Technical Architectures to ensure alignment with Business Strategy
• Develop Technical Strategies and Reference Architectures
• Manage Total Risk and Cost across the IT Estate
• Promote Guardrail Adherence
• Review Solution Designs
• Govern Target and Reference Architectures

• Strong background in architecture roles (e.g., Solution, Business, or Enterprise)
• Experience across business, application, and data architecture
• Solid understanding of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
• Proven leadership of small architecture teams
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Industry experience in complex or regulated environments; airline experience a plus
• Strategic mindset with hands-on delivery capability
• Experience with enterprise architecture tools like LeanIX is advantageous

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Information Technology

• Airlines and Aviation

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