Head of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

Head of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

Woking based with Hybrid working model.

Competitive salary, Car allowance, up to 30% bonus and excellent benefits package.

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Head of Enterprise Architecture to join Nomad Foods and lead the strategic architecture landscape across our global technology ecosystem. This is a highly influential role, responsible for shaping our future‑state architecture, guiding major transformation initiatives (including ERP/SAP, MES, CRM and Data Platform) and ensuring that technology decisions across all markets align with our business strategy.

Reporting to the Group Head of Technology Services, you’ll partner closely with senior leaders across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, R&D, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, Finance and HR, driving simplification, innovation and long‑term value.

• Lead the definition and delivery of Nomad Foods’ enterprise architecture blueprint, covering business, application, data and technology architectures.
• Provide architectural leadership across major programmes such as ERP modernisation, factory digitalisation, advanced planning, data platform/AI/ML and sustainability reporting.
• Maintain strong partnerships with technology teams, business SMEs and leaders to maximise value creation and ensure architecture alignment.
• Own enterprise architecture governance — standards, policies, design patterns, review boards — ensuring consistency, compliance and quality.
• Oversee architecture compliance reporting and communicate the value and principles of Enterprise Architecture across all functions.
• Lead a small team of application/solution architects, building capability, ways of working and future‑ready skills.
• Define tools, capabilities and processes needed to mature the Enterprise Architecture function.
• Build strong cross‑functional partnerships, promoting collaboration, trust and transparent decision‑making.

We are looking for someone who is a seasoned enterprise architecture leader with the credibility, technical depth and communication skills to influence at all levels. You combine strategic thinking with a pragmatic approach to delivery, and you’re adept at navigating complexity across global organisations.

• Deep understanding of how a best‑practice Enterprise Architecture function operates.
• Experience as a solution architect, having worked across multiple technology domains including SAP.
• Proven ability to standardise tools, processes, data and infrastructure across complex organisations.
• Outstanding stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.
• Strong process and data focus, with a track record of customer‑centric delivery.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions and build trusted relationships.
• Leadership capability to coach and develop teams, and influence senior leaders.

We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career and we aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future.

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
• A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group

NOMAD - Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €3.2 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe's leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only eight years ago, and built around a number of iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and affordability.

Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Serving the World with Better Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.

At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.