As a family-owned business our people are central to our success, and following years of organic, consecutive growth, we're looking for people who share our core values of sustainability, trust, collaboration, and innovation to drive us forwards.
Software never stays the same and neither do we. We want our people to be part of a progressive organisation, encouraged to embrace change and new ideas to shape our future development. Your input is vital, which is why we're committed to personalised learning paths for every employee to help you, and us, grow.
Our goal is to make the world of work easier as a leader in the HR, payroll, finance, and integration solutions software and services industry. We're proud to design and develop some of the best business solutions like iTrent and People First to support our customers' people-related challenges across every vertical.
Looking for the place where you can belong? Join MHR and help us shape the world of work.
As a Head of Architecture - People First you will lead, mentor and guide the Architecture teams to collaborate and advise in order to design, develop and document innovative, effective, secure and high-quality, robust and highly-scalable solutions across MHR People First product
Our Product Teams are optimised for speed with quality and agility at the heart of what we strive for. At MHR we are proud of the products we develop, and we work hard to ensure we are on the leading edge with the processes & technologies we utilise to deliver our services.
Responsibilities:
- Cultivate relationships with business stakeholders to initiate and deliver technology evaluations, prototypes, recommendations and solutions in-line with business needs to increase efficiency and drive revenue
- Provide leadership and oversight to provide Architecture Designs and ensure technical standards across the People First MHR product.
- Develop, maintain and clearly communicate plans, goals, strategies and architectural roadmaps
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of strategic business plans.
- Design and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
- Gain organizational commitment for enterprise level architecture and infrastructure initiatives.
- Oversee, mentor and provide direction to the architecture team
- Support business and IT strategic planning.
- Support product development teams.
- Work with the CTO & Software Director to plan annual infrastructure and software strategy.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of technology through external partnerships and relationships.
- Develop, communicate and deploy product Architecture Governance processes
- Review new and existing program/project architecture for compliance with IT standards, policies, and architectural plans.
- Document exceptions to architectural standards.
- Ensure that project documentation captures significant architectural decisions.
- Ensure that architectural governance is a fair, consistent and transparent process
- Identify architectural risks and propose alternatives and solutions.
About you:
- Experience leading in architecture team whilst encouraging growth, diversity, inspiring and empowering.
- Proficient understanding of Azure, DevOps, Containerization, Test Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Proven track record of developing people, including strong performance management principles.
- Excellent team player who encourages feedback and can delegate and seek help when appropriate.
Benefits to support you personally and professionally
Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:
- Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
- 24/7 access to a GP through SmartHealth for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
- Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond the standard 25 days and bank holidays
- Discounts and cashback on leisure, travel, technology, fashion, gym memberships, and food
- Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
- Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
- Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
- On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
- Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage
We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.