Job Details
Salary: Competitive per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Hybrid working / 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 15th May 2025
At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it’s our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we’re harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.
Join our team of forward-thinkers who approach the world with a different lens. We value individuals who are vocal about driving positive change and are willing to dive into both big and small tasks. If you’re ready to take your career to new heights, this opportunity is for you.
In a nutshell
The Principal Enterprise Architect will lead a team of Business Architects, providing strategic direction and architectural oversight across a key business domain. This role partners with senior stakeholders to shape and articulate business and technology strategies that align with Virgin Atlantic’s broader goals. They will ensure the development and governance of current and future state architectures spanning business, application, and data domains. The role is pivotal in aligning architectural roadmaps with strategic priorities, driving innovation and transformation initiatives. Additionally, the Principal Architect will actively contribute to the evolution of Virgin Atlantic’s enterprise-wide technical strategy.
Day to day
* Develop close senior business relationships, understand, and influence business strategies
* Manage the team daily to deliver enterprise architecture supporting business strategy
* Line management and pastoral care of the team, including performance management and career development
* Develop close relationships with digital business strategies
* Develop Current and Future State Business, Data, and Application Architectures
* Create and maintain pragmatic, actionable roadmaps
* Support the formation of Technology Investment Portfolios
* Contribute to Technical Architectures to ensure alignment with Business Strategy
* Develop Technical Strategies and Reference Architectures
* Manage Total Risk and Cost across the IT Estate
* Promote Guardrail Adherence
* Review Solution Designs
* Govern Target and Reference Architectures
About you
* Strong background in architecture roles (e.g., Solution, Business, or Enterprise)
* Experience across business, application, and data architecture
* Solid understanding of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
* Proven leadership of small architecture teams
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Industry experience in complex or regulated environments; airline experience is a plus
* Strategic mindset with hands-on delivery capability
* Experience with enterprise architecture tools like LeanIX is advantageous
Our recipe for leadership
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Be yourself
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world—no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate differences and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. We encourage you to let us know if you need any extra help with your application or have individual requirements. Please contact us at recruitment@fly.virgin.com.
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