Senior Enterprise Architect

Senior Enterprise Architect

As Principal Enterprise Architect you will own the preparation of architecture, blueprints, roadmaps and standards, which support the business functions at an enterprise level; aligning people, process and technology to the Allianz UK Business and Group IT strategy.

Working closely with the business and IT teams across Allianz, you will be responsible for the alignment of the IT Strategy to the day to day standards and practises adopted across Allianz in both the ‘Run’ and ‘Change’ parts of the organisation.

You will ensure the best deployment of the Companies capabilities and investment across the Group in terms of IT processes, systems and technologies, and ensuring these are appropriately aligned to Allianz business priorities and needs.

Using internal and external trends, you will provide the organisation with opportunities to support the business strategy; influencing the change portfolio to drive the realisation of business value; and acts as a catalyst for business transformation.

A particular focus of the role is to ensure consistency of direction and choices for the technology landscape for Allianz, avoiding and removing unnecessary differences and duplication and ensuring that systems integrate together as they need to.

You will also act as a lead consultant for a business domain to support and advise senior stakeholders (up to and including C-level) in their decision making around Business Strategy and initiative delivery.

This role reports directly to the Head of Enterprise Architecture or a Principal Enterprise Architect.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• Working with others in the Enterprise Architecture function, develop the IT Strategy based on the agreed Allianz Operational Strategies.
• Developing multi-year strategies and implementation roadmaps for various business units across the enterprise.
• Leading conversations with the business to identify, and assess appropriate technology and systems change initiatives in the context of the business and IT strategy.
• Understands disruptive forces and the business’s economic and financial position that could be susceptible to transformation in order to guide investment decisions.
• Provides perspective on the readiness of the organisation to change and innovate in line with the Business and IT strategies.
• Planning and managing the continual improvement of the overall technology architecture via projects and programmes in line with Allianz’ strategic goals.

• Assesses disruptive forces impacting the organisation and identifies technology-enabled innovation opportunities that enable business strategy.
• Scans emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and non-technology trends that affect the business. Provides practical advice and best practices to take advantage of new, or emerging, opportunities and deliver business outcomes.
• Tracks and applies innovative technologies, anchoring them in the business and operating model to assess their potential.

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders including UK OE Business teams, H4, Allianz Technology, strategic suppliers and internal technology teams.
• Reviewing reports on business & operational architecture, including key issues, change initiatives and escalation of design decisions.
• Forming part of the Architecture Design Authority for a given architecture domain or domains.
• Providing a level of oversight and support for programmes and projects and their associated architecture deliverables and ensures that appropriate architectural governance is followed.
• Designing and maintaining enterprise architecture blueprints and roadmaps.
• Ensuring enterprise architecture artefacts, frameworks and patterns are developed and maintained as references for the development teams across IT.
• Identifying all areas of risk, including Architectural, Technical and Security, and manages them with the co-operation of the appropriate stakeholders, initiating…