Lead Enterprise Architect

Job Title:
Lead Enterprise Architect
Role Purpose

The Lead Enterprise Architect is responsible for leading the design and definition of the AS-IS and TO-BE enterprise architectures across all architectural domains. The role ensures architectural integrity, consistency, and alignment to recognised enterprise architecture frameworks and industry best practices, enabling effective business and ICT transformation.

• Lead the development of AS-IS and TO-BE architectures across business, data, application, and technology domains

• Ensure architectural integrity, coherence, and traceability across all EA artefacts

• Define and enforce enterprise architecture standards, principles, and guidelines

• Ensure alignment of architecture designs to organisational strategy and transformation objectives

• Provide architectural governance and design assurance across programmes and projects

• Guide and mentor architects and technical teams on EA best practices

• Support roadmap development and transition planning from current to target state

• TOGAF Certification and/or Zachman Framework Certification

• Relevant ICT or Engineering qualification (advantageous)

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in designing and implementing enterprise architectures

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end EA across multiple domains

• Experience with in complex, large-scale organisational environments (public sector experience advantageous)

• Enterprise architecture design and modelling

• Strong understanding of EA frameworks and standards

• Strategic thinking and systems integration

• Architectural governance and assurance

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills