Great opportunity for a Director of Architecture to join a leading retail client in Manchester.
You’ll report directly to the CTO and working alongside the Director of Engineering will lead a technology function of 100+ people through a significant digital and cultural transformation, transitioning existing platforms to a cloud-native, event-driven, microservices architecture, and the department towards product-based teams and a DevOps culture.
You’ll be responsible for developing an enterprise architecture operating model and building out the architecture function, including working with teams to embed best practice and drive innovation.
As a strong technology leader, you'll balance technical decision making with effective people management to inspire and develop your teams.
Skills:
* Proven experience in leading large technology functions through digital transformation.
* Experience with cloud-native, event-driven, microservices architecture.
* Experience working in product-based environment.
* Ability to call out inefficiencies and drive improvements.
* Experience in an enterprise business environment.
* Experience in a consumer-facing business.
* Strong leadership and people management skills.
* Ability to champion architecture best practices.
* Excellent technical skills.
Software/Tech:
* Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
* Microservices architecture
* Event-driven systems
* DevOps tools and practices
* Programming languages (Java, TypeScript, C#)
In return they can offer an industry leading salary and benefits package.
If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to know more, please apply through this advert and I will contact you ASAP.