Enterprise Architect - Corporate

Enterprise Architect (D)

Barclays is looking for an Enterprise Architect (D) to help shape and drive the technology strategy that underpins the growth of our US Corporate Banking franchise. This role provides a unique opportunity to influence strategic business outcomes by defining target-state architectures, technology roadmaps, and investment priorities across a complex corporate banking landscape. You will work closely with business, technology, product, and architecture leaders to ensure the US business strategy is translated into executable technology plans that align with both the Enterprise Technology Strategy and Corporate Technology Strategy.

As a member of the Corporate Architecture Leadership Team, you will provide leadership for the US Corporate Banking Architecture capability, fostering a high-performing architecture community, developing architectural talent, and ensuring the consistent adoption of enterprise standards, governance, and best practices across the region. Operating within a Scaled Agile delivery model, you will provide architectural leadership across strategic transformation initiatives, platform modernisation programmes, and regulatory change agendas, while leveraging emerging technologies, including AI and Agentic AI frameworks, to enhance architectural governance, decision-making, and technology delivery.

If you're passionate about business transformation, strategic technology planning, organisational change, and influencing technology direction at enterprise scale, we'd love to hear from you.

To be successful as an Enterprise Architect – Director you should have:

• Business & Technology Strategy Alignment – Translate business strategy into technology strategy, target-state architectures, and pragmatic transformation roadmaps that deliver measurable business value.
• Enterprise Architecture Leadership – Define and govern enterprise-wide architecture principles, standards, and strategic technology direction across business domains and value streams.
• People Leadership & Capability Development – Lead, mentor, and develop the US Corporate Banking Architecture capability, driving a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, innovation, and professional growth.
• Technology Modernisation & Platform Strategy – Deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, integration, platforms, and engineering practices, with the ability to guide large-scale modernisation and simplification initiatives.
• Executive Influencing & Stakeholder Leadership – Build alignment across senior business and technology stakeholders, influencing decisions and priorities without direct authority.
• Architecture Governance, Risk & Control – Ensure technology investments and architectural decisions are aligned with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, security policies, resilience objectives, and strategic outcomes.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Business Architecture & Operating Model Design (linking technology capabilities to business capabilities, value streams, client propositions, and strategic objectives)
• AI, Data & Emerging Technology Strategy (including Agentic AI frameworks, automation, and data-driven business transformation)
• Strategic Planning & Investment Prioritisation (shaping roadmaps, evaluating trade-offs, and directing technology investment toward business outcomes)
• Standardisation, Reuse & Platform Adoption (accelerating delivery through enterprise platforms, common capabilities, reference architectures, and engineering patterns)
• Architecture Community Leadership (building a strong architecture practice, succession planning, talent development, and fostering collaboration across global architecture teams)
• Executive Communication & Storytelling (articulating complex technology strategies, risks, opportunities, and investment decisions in clear business terms for senior executives)