Principal Enterprise Architect

Company Description
Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes. It's up to us in L&G Group functions - which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we're helping to improve our customers' lives, and contributing to the success of the business every day.
Job Description
Your role at a glance
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Principal Enterprise Architect who will be leading the planning and creation of roadmaps to satisfy the business's needs and drive mobilisation of initiatives from pipeline. The ideal candidate will work closely with stakeholders, business representatives and subject matter experts to plan technology systems and solutions that are aligned with L&Gs business strategy. The role holder will work with the wider architecture area to govern IT solutions; to meet the Enterprise Architecture vision and satisfy IT standards.
What will be doing

• Leading the development and communication of the Enterprise Architecture and the business technology roadmaps, aligning the IT Vision with the business strategy. Managing the roadmaps, investment and implementation plan and ensure that the IT architecture is appropriate to business requirements and IT strategy
• Leading Governance of the Solution Architecture and Project Solutions to assure compliance to the business technology and IT roadmaps, Patterns and Policies, wider Enterprise Architecture and IT Standards, through management and organisation of reviews, consultancy and design authorities
• Building and leading a team of Enterprise Architects, identifying and addressing any capability gaps, supporting their activities and assuring their delivery. Taking the lead in all matters with regard to the management of Enterprise Architects, ensuring that management discretion is used in a consistent manner and that the area follows the Group's policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement to maximise business performance.
• Establishing and maintaining regular communications with L&G's business leaders and senior stakeholders. Provide technology consultancy and executive support utilising Enterprise Architecture assets and data.
• Leading the development and communication of the IT Strategy for Group Functions ensuring articulation of architectural design principles that guide technology decisions for Group Functions and ensuring alignment with enterprise principles and business strategy.
• Being part of the Group Functions Architecture leadership team, working with other Principal Architects, and take an active role in contributing to the effectiveness of the architecture practice through developing improved ways of working. Collaborating with other practices across L&G to share best practice.
• Leading analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the Enterprise Architecture and potential for Group Functions Vision and Strategy. Working with suppliers to understand their future vision and strategy. Building supplier partnerships to gain the best outcome for the enterprise. Communicate out to senior business leaders.
• Ensuring that the appropriate MI, process and systems are in place to provide support to other business areas so that customers are treated fairly, in line with L&G's Customer Experience and Treating Customers Fairly policy (TCF).

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture and IT roadmap design.
• Knowledge and experience of IT industry standards, IT governance
• Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, API, open data, micro services, event driven IT and predictive analytics and business intelligence/analytics.
• Exposure and understanding of existing and emerging new technologies and processing environment.
• Experienced IT architect with broad technology experience in finance sector.
• Strategic thinking, taking a broader picture view of situations.
• Experience of IT Strategy and Governance formulation, Standards, Procedures & Policies formulation
• Demonstrable knowledge of architecture governance through the use of Enterprise Architecture artefacts including principles, policies, views, viewpoints and building blocks
• Track record of designing IT Roadmaps of multimillion £ solutions across an enterprise
• Excellent stakeholder management skills. Building engagement with senior stakeholders, landing difficult messages and selling the architectural vision
• Practical, common-sense approach to delivering successful, collaborative outcomes
• Experience of working with and influencing senior stakeholders as thought leader
• Degree in business, computer science, systems analysis or equivalent preferred
• TOGAF or similar certification preferred

Additional Information
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.
Since 1836, we've grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.
We're all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.
We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.
At L&G, you'll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we're supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.
Today, there's over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?
Great minds don't have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.
We don't just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status.