Hours:
35 Hours per week
Closing Date:
Tue, 14 Apr 2026
As a Senior Enterprise Architecture Manager, you will lead the Enterprise Architecture layerwithin Technology Services, shaping the Society’senterprisewidetechnology strategy, architecture principles, guardrails, capabilitymapsand roadmaps. You will provide architectural coherence across Homes, Money, Enablement and TTR, ensuring the organisation moves in a unified strategic direction that supports simplification,automationand value flow.
Acting as the practice lead for Enterprise Architecture, you will mature architectural capabilities, embed consistentdecisionmaking, and ensure solutions architecture seamlessly aligns to enterprise direction. You will also act as a deputy for the Director of Technology whenrequired, supporting both Skipton and the wider Skipton Group.
Who are we?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.We’rethe fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is thatwe'rea mutual organisation. Wedon'thave shareholders;we'reowned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton'sa great placeto work, and you could be one of them, bringing with younew ideason how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals,we'llhelp you take the next step towards a better future.
Our aspiration is to treat Technology as abusiness in its own right, witha strong Office of the CIO and an architecture capability that enables us to make the right technology choices not just for today, but for the future growth of the Society. We are creating clearer ownership, stronger decision‑making and a more joined‑up view of technology across TTR by introducing senior leadership roles that support long‑term strategy and help unlock the full value of technology for our colleagues,customersand members.
What’sin it for you?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including:
1. Annual discretionary bonus scheme
2. 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
3. Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and selladditionalannual leave days
4. Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
5. Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
6. Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
7. A commitment to training and development
8. Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
9. 3 paid volunteering days per annum
10. Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
11. We care about your health and wellbeing – weprovidea range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
What will you be doing?
Enterprise Architecture Leadership
12. Owning and maintainingenterprisewidearchitecture ensuring it is resilient,adaptableand futureproofed to supportlongtermbusiness evolution and regulatory change.
13. Leading development of enterprise capability maps with a clear north star vision and 3–5+ year maturity horizons.
14. Embedding futureready design principles that avoidlock in, reducefragilityand ensure scalability across platforms,dataand applications.
15. Ensuring enterprise architecture fully supports the TTR vision of automation, reducedhandoffsand increased flow efficiency.
Strategic Alignment & Governance
16. Governing architectural alignment across all business areas to reinforce organisational coherence and corporate plan outcomes.
17. Identifyinglegacy patterns, duplication and technical debt, defining transition architectures and sequenced migration paths.
18. Establishing enterprise guardrails, referencemodelsand approved patterns for faster and higherqualitydecisionmaking.
19. Chairing or cochairing Enterprise Architecture governance forums, ensuring transparent andtimelydecisions.
Strategic Delivery & Prioritisation
20. Playinga central rolein prioritisation forums such as LPM, Platform Councils and Strategy & Roadmap Planning.
21. Ensuring decisions support both nearterm delivery andlongtermenterprise direction.
22. Shaping transitional architectures that enable phased delivery, minimise disruption andmaintainmomentum.
Leadership of Architecture Community
23. Leading,coachingand mentoring Enterprise, Solutions and Lead Architects to build capability and a consistent architectural approach.
24. Championing an aligned architecture community across TTR, embedding standards and shared learning.
25. Maintaining aforwardlookingview ofemergingtechnologies and integrating innovations into future roadmaps.
Collaboration & Enterprise Influence
26. Partnering withExCo, Directors, Platform Owners, Heads of Change,Engineeringand IT to shape strategic decisions.
27. Ensuring enterprise design cohesion across business, data, integration,applicationand technology architectures.
28. Owning decision frameworks for SaaS vendor selection aligned to capability maps,interoperabilityand resilience.
29. Ensuring architectural artefactsremainaccessible, highquality and linked directly tocorporateplanpriorities.
What do we need from you?
Knowledge, skills & experience
30. Extensive senior experience in enterprise or chief architecture roles within complex organisations.
31. Proventrack recordleading largescale transformation programmes and maturing architecture capability.
32. Ability to influenceExCoand executive leaders with strong strategic communication skills.
33. Deepexpertisein architectural modelling, conceptual thinking and simplifying complex problems.
34. Experience governing architecture across multiple business domains and value streams.
35. Strong facilitation, negotiation anddecisionmakingskills in complex environments.
36. Demonstrated ability to develop and lead large architecture communities.
Behaviours
37. Strategic thinker with a natural learning mindset.
38. Influential and credible at executive level, acting as a trusted advisor.
39. Inspirational leader who motivates teams and models thought leadership.
40. Collaborative,pragmaticandoutcomefocusedwith strong ownership of enterprise direction.