Head of Architecture (Business Architecture/Applications/SAAS)
Location: London (Onsite 5 days a week)
Employment Type: Permanent, £145K - £166K
Are you a business applications architect with a passion for aligning enterprise systems with business strategy? A leading logistics organisation is seeking a Head of Architecture to lead the evolution of its technology and business architecture landscape.
About the Role
This is a senior leadership role at the intersection of business strategy, enterprise architecture, and operational excellence. You will define and drive a cohesive architecture vision that supports the organisation's strategic goals, future operating model, and technology roadmap. The ideal candidate will champion business architecture as a core capability – ensuring that business processes, capabilities, and systems evolve to support scalable growth, efficiency, and transformation.
A new permanent position within the business, you will shape, recruit and lead a small but high‑impact team focused on architecture and operational systems, while working closely with business and technology leaders to align on delivery and transformation priorities. This is not a back‑office architecture position: you'll partner closely with the business ensuring that their requirements are met with best‑in‑class technology solutions that deliver genuine commercial impact.
Key Responsibilities
* Define and evolve the business architecture – including capabilities and operating models – in line with organisational goals.
* Translate strategic objectives into actionable architecture roadmaps.
* Collaborate with business leaders to model future‑state capabilities and identify areas for process, system, or structural transformation.
Strategic Technology & Architecture Leadership
* Define and own the enterprise architecture vision, ensuring alignment with business goals and future scalability.
* Serve as a key advisor to senior stakeholders, translating business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps.
Stakeholder Management
* Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing priorities and investment decisions through the lens of business architecture.
* Facilitate cross‑functional alignment on transformation programs and enterprise initiatives.
* Ensure architecture supports compliance, business continuity, and risk management needs.
* Ensure compliance with architecture principles, security policies, and regulatory frameworks.
* Oversee vendor relationships, ensuring alignment with technology strategy and value delivery.
Ideal Candidate Profile
* Proven experience in enterprise and business architecture leadership within a complex, fast‑moving environment.
* Strong capability to bridge business strategy and technology, with deep understanding of business capability mapping, operating model design, and value stream analysis.
* Expertise across integration architecture, SAAS, and modern enterprise systems.
* Confident communicator and influencer at the executive level, with a track record of shaping architecture to deliver measurable business outcomes.
* Familiar with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK) and modelling tools such as ArchiMate, Sparx, or similar.
* Ideally a background in business analysis or application management, prior to establishing a substantial track record in architecture.
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.
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