Role & responsibilities:

- Define enterprise architecture principles, roadmaps, standards and reusable patterns aligned to business strategy.

- Lead architecture governance, design reviews and architecture decision management across complex technology portfolios.

- Assess technology risk, security/compliance impact and technical debt; define practical remediation roadmaps.

- Guide cloud transformation, platform modernisation, observability and operational-excellence initiatives.

- Shape integration strategies covering APIs, services, event-driven patterns and cross-platform interoperability.

- Partner with senior stakeholders and mentor architects/engineering teams through design trade-offs and execution.

- Strong experience in Enterprise, Solution or Technology Architecture roles within complex enterprise environments.

- Proven ability to architect and govern distributed, scalable, secure and resilient enterprise platforms.

- Deep understanding of architecture governance, ADRs, technology lifecycle management and architecture documentation.

- Hands-on background with cloud platforms, microservices, integration technologies, APIs and DevOps practices.

- Strong awareness of security, compliance, resilience, observability and operational risk in regulated environments.

Experience and Qualification:

- Bachelors or Masters Degree.

- 15+ years of technology leadership across enterprise systems, architecture governance and modernisation.

- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred candidate profile:

- Experience in Insurance, Financial Services, SaaS, Healthcare or other regulated industries.

- Exposure to global platforms supporting multiple regions, business domains, products or customer groups.

- Track record of modernising legacy estates, reducing technical debt and establishing reusable technology blueprints.

- Experience leading architecture discussions across distributed teams and senior governance forums.

- Experience with large enterprise systems, complex integration landscapes and globally distributed platforms will be advantage.