Senior Technology Architect

Job title:

Senior Technology Architect

Company

Nationwide

Job description

Nationwide is a Mutual organisation. This means it is owned by, and run for, our customers who and members of the Nationwide Society, and who have mortgages, savings, or current accounts with us. Nationwide was founded with a strong underlying social purpose, to help people save money and buy homes, and we are still guided by this same social purpose today, as we implement what we call our Blueprint for a Modern Mutual. We express this as “Banking, but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society.”It’s an exciting time of considerable and ambitious change at Nationwide, as we continue to evolve to a new future in which we accelerate delivery of value to our customers, enhance digital journeys and engage with our colleagues around new ways of working. In order to deliver our Business vision, it is critical that our Enterprise Architecture (EA) is aligned with our business and technology strategy.Reporting directly to the Director of Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, this role will take on accountability to ensure the enterprise technology solutions are aligned with the business, technology and data strategy and our business priorities.As a Senior Technology Architect you will be accountable for embedding the vision of EA function, and create road-maps for business, data, applications, and technology. You will be working closely with Principle Architects and influencing a wide variety of Business and Technical Stakeholders, understanding overall Business, Technology and Data Strategy, organisational fit, compliance and on-going business requirements.This is a fantastic opportunity for an architect with a keen interest in driving transformation through the effective use of Enterprise Architecture models. We will therefore need you to be adept and proven at navigating across the different business domains and CIO teams and building effective working relationships with their architects.We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28-35.At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.For this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London, Swindon, Bournemouth or Northampton office. Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an applicant based in a different location we would welcome your application and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role. You can also find out more about our approach to .If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.What you’ll be doingAs the Senior Technology Architect, you will play an important role in the leadership of the EA and Technology Strategy, with a particular focus on architecting data and technology solutions aligned to Business needs.You will be responsible for:

• Consulting and supporting different Nationwide business domains, understanding Nationwide’s data and technology ecosystem, its inter-dependencies and constraints, and architecting fit for purpose and robust data and technology solutions
• Collaborating with Principle Architects to define the target data and technology architecture which conforms to the Society’s data and technology guardrails, policies and standards
• Present the target data and technology architecture at the appropriate governance forums (Enterprise Architecture Board (EAB) and appropriate Technical Design Authorities (TDAs)
• Advocating the importance of EA and Data methodologies and frameworks in the delivery of Nationwide’s strategic data and technology architecture, and be able to demonstrate its conformance to both society and regulatory and mandatory standards.
• Maintaining appropriate architectural artefacts which can be consumed across the architecture community
• Working with the strategic vendors to both plan how to exploit their roadmap and to influence the roadmap to meet our future needs

About youThe minimum requirements for this role are:

• Experience in large scale transformation and integration projects (within technologies such as SAP S4 HANA, Microsoft Azure, Databreaks and API led technology architectures
• Experience in Cloud based technologies and digital transformation
• Demonstrable experience as an architect, who can articulate the benefits of taking an ‘enterprise’ approach and produce required data and architecture artefacts
• Evidence of deploying the EA and Data methodologies and frameworks which support the development and implementation of enterprise data and architecture solutions
• Experience of working in strategic enterprise and data architecture transformation initiatives and programmes
• Skilled at building relationships, negotiating, and influencing senior stakeholders from business, data and technology architecture
• Experience of setting a compelling architectural vision and communicating that to team members and other stakeholders
• Results and goal orientation, the ability to set realistic yet ambitious and measurable goals and objectives

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight – This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better – This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done – This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.The extras you’ll getThere are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 30 days holiday, pro rata
• Individual healthcare cover

What makes us differentNationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank.As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.What to do nextIf this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.#LI-POST

Expected salary

Location

Bournemouth – Swindon

Job date

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:27:12 GMT

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