What the Hiring Manager Says
Your new company is actively seeking a visionary Strategic Architect to lead theTechnology strategy and implementation of a strategic programme, leveraging technical and commercial acumen. This role requires a unique blend of strategic thinking, innovative problem-solving, technical expertise, and a keen understanding of commercial realities and opportunities.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and execution of a comprehensive Technology architecture strategy that supports and enables astrategic programme, ensuring technology investments deliver commercial value.
About the Role & KeyResponsibilities include:
Identifying technology trends and driving innovation that support the business programmes strategy, aligning IT architecture with business strategy, and serving as a key advisor to senior management on strategic technology decisions that havecommercial implications.
The Strategic Architect will also be responsible for mitigating system risks, ensuring consistency and integration across IT systems and infrastructure, and leading the organisation through the implementation of new technologies, always with an eye on commercial impact.
In addition to commercial acumen, the Strategic Architect will possess expertisein technology architecture and estate planning. This includes assessing the current technology landscape, identifying gaps and opportunities, and developing a roadmap for optimising and modernising our technology infrastructure.
The Strategic Architect will lead the strategic programme, ensuring that oursystems and applications are aligned with industry best practices and capable of supporting our business growth and innovation. This will involve evaluating and selecting digital platforms, overseeing the integration of new technologies, and ensuring that the digital architecture is scalable, secure, and resilient.
Furthermore, the Strategic Architect will actively manage vendor relationships and influence to drive value and align with our commercial objectives. This includes evaluating vendor solutions, negotiating contracts, and ensuring that vendorsdeliver on their commitments; working closely with the procurement team to identify and onboard new vendors that can contribute to our technology strategy and deliver superior commercial outcomes.
Overall, the successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, capable of aligning technology architecture and estate planning with business goals, leading digital platform transformations, and effectively managing vendor relationships to maximise commercial value.
About You
Ideal candidates will have a strong blend of technical and business acumen, a deep understanding of IT architecture, a proven track record in strategic planning and execution, and a demonstrable commercial acumen.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively communicate with complex technology strategies to a wide range of stakeholders, and translate these into commercial terms, are also essential.
The candidate does not need to have a financial services background but the ability to pick up the industry quickly and understand the economic dynamics of the wealth sector would be useful. Bringing fresh perspective, innovation and challenge to the team will be welcomed.
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