Job Summary
Hours: 35 Hours per week. Closing Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026.
Role Overview
As a Senior Enterprise Architecture Manager, you will lead the Enterprise Architecture layer within Technology Services, shaping the Society’s enterprise-wide technology strategy, architecture principles, guardrails, capability maps and roadmaps. You will provide architectural coherence across Homes, Money, Enablement and TTR, ensuring the organisation moves in a unified strategic direction that supports simplification, automation and value flow. Acting as the practice lead for Enterprise Architecture, you will mature architectural capabilities, embed consistent decision making, and ensure solutions architecture seamlessly aligns to enterprise direction. You will also act as a deputy for the Director of Technology when required, supporting both Skipton and the wider Skipton Group.
Who We Are
We are the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we’re a mutual organisation. We don’t have shareholders; we’re owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton’s a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background and goals, we’ll help you take the next step towards a better future.
Enterprise Architecture Leadership
* Own and maintain enterprise-wide architecture, ensuring it is resilient, adaptable and futureproofed to support long‑term business evolution and regulatory change.
* Lead development of enterprise capability maps with a clear north‑star vision and 3–5+ year maturity horizons.
* Embed future‑ready design principles that avoid lock‑in, reduce fragility and ensure scalability across platforms, data and applications.
* Ensure enterprise architecture fully supports the TTR vision of automation, reduced handoffs and increased flow efficiency.
Strategic Alignment & Governance
* Govern architectural alignment across all business areas to reinforce organisational coherence and corporate plan outcomes.
* Identify legacy patterns, duplication and technical debt, defining transition architectures and sequenced migration paths.
* Establish enterprise guardrails, reference models and approved patterns for faster and higher‑quality decision making.
* Chair or co‑chair Enterprise Architecture governance forums, ensuring transparent and timely decisions.
Strategic Delivery & Prioritisation
* Play a central role in prioritisation forums such as LPM, Platform Councils and Strategy & Roadmap Planning.
* Ensure decisions support both near‑term delivery and long‑term enterprise direction.
* Shape transitional architectures that enable phased delivery, minimise disruption and maintain momentum.
Leadership of Architecture Community
* Lead, coach and mentor Enterprise, Solutions and Lead Architects to build capability and a consistent architectural approach.
* Champion an aligned architecture community across TTR, embedding standards and shared learning.
* Maintain a forward‑looking view of emerging technologies and integrate innovations into future roadmaps.
Collaboration & Enterprise Influence
* Partner with ExCo, Directors, Platform Owners, Heads of Change, Engineering and IT to shape strategic decisions.
* Ensure enterprise design cohesion across business, data, integration, application and technology architectures.
* Own decision frameworks for SaaS vendor selection aligned to capability maps, interoperability and resilience.
* Ensure architectural artefacts remain accessible, high‑quality and linked directly to corporate plan priorities.
Benefits
* Annual discretionary bonus scheme
* 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
* Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
* Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
* Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
* Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
* Commitment to training and development
* Private medical insurance for all colleagues
* 3 paid volunteering days per annum
* Diverse and inclusive colleague networks including Carers and Pride Alliance groups
* Cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
What We Need From You
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* Extensive senior experience in enterprise or chief architecture roles within complex organisations.
* Proven track record leading large‑scale transformation programmes and maturing architecture capability.
* Ability to influence ExCo and executive leaders with strong strategic communication skills.
* Deep expertise in architectural modelling, conceptual thinking and simplifying complex problems.
* Experience governing architecture across multiple business domains and value streams.
* Strong facilitation, negotiation and decision‑making skills in complex environments.
* Demonstrated ability to develop and lead large architecture communities.
Behaviours
* Strategic thinker with a natural learning mindset.
* Influential and credible at executive level, acting as a trusted advisor.
* Inspirational leader who motivates teams and models thought leadership.
* Collaborative, pragmatic and outcome‑focused with strong ownership of enterprise direction.
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