Principal Enterprise Architect

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Location – Leeds or Dublin. Hybrid with some travel. Permanent.

Principal Enterprise Architect will help define and implement architecture strategies that support Flutter’s growth objectives whilst operating within a federated operating model. This position requires balancing centralised governance and standards with the flexibility to address the unique needs of individual brands, regions and divisions. The role is centred firmly within our global Tech Edge strategy, aiming to power the growth of our brands by identifying and implementing opportunities for sharing, automating and securing technology.

The role will lead and shape the forward view of technology across Flutter’s Global ecosystem, will work in partnership with key business and technology stakeholders to seek innovative solutions, promote reuse, optimise our sharing models and integration patterns to ensure the Technology function can deliver our ambitious strategy.

This role provides extensive technical, strategic advice and guidance to senior leadership teams to create and implement new technology platforms and will include mentoring, coaching and sometimes leading other architects and technical leaders.

• To help create and leverage Flutter Edge – our shared platforms and products - to empower our brands. Partnering with Product and Commercial teams this requires a forward-thinking strategy, expertise and mindset.
• Play a leading role in our global technology integration and transformation programs. Including supporting our acquisition diligence and integrations and accelerating Edge brand integrations through promoting sharing models such as inner source and as-a-service.
• Establishing collaboration, alignment and architectural maturity across our global technology community via Communities of practice and Global Design Council.
• Provide expert technology consultancy across the group that informs and enables Flutter Edge value to be realised.
• Support the evaluation of technology systems and platforms during M&A due diligence, creating the integration roadmap and management of key technology risks.

• Develop and maintain a forward-thinking architecture strategy aligned with the organisation’s objectives, prioritising scalability, performance, and compliance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor across Flutter group, providing insights into existing and emerging technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and automation.
• Ensure the architecture aligns with the organisational goals and supports both centralised and decentralised (federated) operating models.
• Develop and mature enterprise architecture capabilities and processes at Flutter, including but not limited to:
  • Development and evolution of Capability Models
  • Create and agree a consistent and accessible set of Business and Technology capability definitions
  • Capability mapping – the association of capabilities to each other and the applications and processes that fulfil – through which a better understanding of our technical landscape and component and service responsibilities can be obtained.
  • Develop a Capability Maturity Model/Assessment framework and comparison with objectives – to identify areas for reuse, focus or uplift
• Ensure these activities form part of our wider values streams across Flutter Functions, feeding into Flutter Group transformation programmes etc. to deliver value and to drive fact-based decisions.
• Working closely with product Architecture and colleagues within Global Platform Architecture, define the overall architecture vision and reference architecture for Flutter.
• Develop architecture standards that promote interoperability, modularity, and scalability.
• Specifically maintain, advocate and provide consultancy for Flutter Edge PLUG integration patterns that enables brands / divisions to accelerate integration with Flutter Edge services.
• Enable innovation and collaboration through the implementation of sharing models, including:
  • Inner source:
    Foster a culture of collaboration by enabling teams to share reusable platforms, code libraries and frameworks across the organisation.
  • As-a-Se…