Lead Enterprise Architect

Land Securities Group

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
We’re LandsecWe are Landsec, we build and invest in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential.We are one of the largest real estate companies in Europe, with a portfolio of retail, leisure, workspace and residential hubs. Landsec is shaping a better future by leading our industry on environmental and social sustainability while delivering value for our shareholders, great experiences for our guests and positive change for our communities.The Role:The purpose of this role is to lead the design of solutions, governing the development and setting out the strategic technology direction for Landsec. Acting as a consultant within a given business domain e.g. Lifestyle, Workplace or Corporate Services for a broad range of technologies, platforms and vendor offerings.The role ensures that Landsec deliver the right technology in the right way. They will do this by defining solutions that deliver the desired business strategy and outcomes. They then support the design & delivery of technology projects by providing architectural skills and governance to ensure the successful delivery of the desired outcomes for Landsec.
  • Salary: Competitive
The Team:Ability to matrix manage teams across multiple disciplines, able to set and communicate vision and enthuse others.What you will be responsible for:
  • Supports and deputises for the Head of Architecture, setting overarching technology strategy and providing guidance to other architects.
  • Leads the development and maintenance of a technology strategy and an outcome driven, commercially focused technology roadmap for their business domain. Ensuring alignment of strategic needs with technology delivery across the entire organisation.
  • Leads the identification, evaluation, design and analysis of new solutions, suppliers and delivery methods to extend and refine Landsec’s digital eco-system.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the respective business, application, data, security and technology architectures are in line with Landsec’s technology and governance strategies, policies and standards.
  • Ensures that projects are aligned to the technology strategy throughout the delivery process and do not duplicate functionality or diverge from the agreed strategy.
  • Manges the upkeep of the architecture repository, principles, methods and standards.
  • Ensures that the appropriate design and technical documentation are completed and kept up to date. Adhere to change processes and produce high quality technical documentation.
  • Identify and recommend technology innovation experiments, helping to create new products and services and assists in integrating the best of these into steady-state operations for the organisation.
  • Review the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends improvements.
  • Identifies the organisational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact.
Your skills, experience and qualifications:Essential criteria
  • Senior level enterprise architecture experience or lead level experience in disciplines, such as application development, business analysis, digital marketing, or infrastructure operations in a multi-technology/multi-partner environment.
  • Knowledge of software development methodologies and design techniques e.g. UML, Agile etc.
  • Understanding of infrastructure and network architecture
  • Have the ability to prototype and demonstrate using recognised tools and technologies e.g. JavaScript, .Net, Powershell, SharePoint, Azure, Power BI, Power Platform and Drupal.
  • Knowledge of business ecosystems, software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT) and data analytics.
  • Experience in building Minimal Viable Products (MVP) and being able to demonstrate back to stakeholders.
  • Certification in and knowledge of architecture and information management practices and EA frameworks e.g. TOGAF level 2.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, engineering or a related discipline with an information technology focus; or equivalent related experience.
Life and Benefits at LandsecWe have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer exceptional Learning & Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.Here are some of our core benefits, view our for more information.Discretionary annual bonus plan25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and options to purchase an additional holiday each year.Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contributionPrivate medical insurance, Life assurance and income protection.Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our for more details)Annual Sharesave plans with the chance to buy Landsec shares at a discounted ratesUp to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%And when it comes to your health and wellbeing you will also have access to other benefits: our employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause.Diversity and InclusionAt Landsec, we value diversity & inclusion. We work to better reflect the diversity of the communities we work within and empower everyone who works at Landsec to realise their potential.We strive to ensure all our information, and services are accessible to and usable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with our recruitment partners by emailingTo find out more about our approach, visit our .

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