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We are seeking a highly skilled principal enterprise architect to play a key role in the execution of the EA strategy and planning strategic architectural changes. This role sits within Enterprise Architecture and works with the wider architecture technology leadership teams across ITV. The purpose is to enable change through designing, mapping, analysing and communicating decisions across our business. You will be experienced in defining business capabilities and their impact on organisational models and architectures in a dynamic environment. The role supports the development of high-level designs for new and existing systems, helps ensure that proposed solutions align with organisational standards and architecture principles, and contributes to the creation of artefacts that can be understood across different levels of technical and business stakeholders. You are someone with experience of modern integration patterns, technologies, and standards for data and Enterprise architecture. Our business operates across multiple territories and teams, and this role offers the opportunity to build experience and bring your wealth of architecture expertise to stakeholders in new and diverse projects, each with their own unique set of challenges. The role requires excellent business and technology understanding of this space, as well as experience in data management implementation.
Job Responsibility:
Develop target state architectures and transition plans to achieve the organisation's strategic goals and to develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts and roadmaps
Document and communicate as-is and target-state views in forms that are understandable and useful to a range of business and technology audiences
Develop and maintain the organisation's enterprise architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with objectives, Identifying new technologies which can make a material impact on the sector and add competitive advantage
Lead and enable decision making processes that enable value, change and growth across the business
Develop, coach and communicate architectural thinking across technology, to embed best practise across the organisation
Develop and manage members of the team from junior to senior roles
Design and develop policies, standards, guidelines, roadmaps, and strategy that affect the selection, design, development, implementation, maintenance and use of technology within the organisation
Work with the Enterprise Architecture team and wider technology domains and architecture groups to map and document logical architectures, service boundaries and workflows
Liaise with divisional technical design groups to ensure proposed designs remain within organisational guidelines, standards and architectural principles
Conduct current state assessments and identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in business processes and systems
Collaborate on high-level and detailed designs for new solutions and enhancements to existing systems, using C4 and other modelling approaches where appropriate
Review system designs and recommend improvements based on defined principles and standards
Take a leading role in defining and maintaining a group-wide Business Capability model and in modelling the relationships between business capabilities, applications and organisational structures
Work in a service-led manner to identify gaps, dependencies and opportunities for improvement across domains
Work closely with technology leads within each domain on architectural decisions and directional themes toward future state
Collaborate on the creation of value chain maps and other situational awareness artefacts to explore options, dependencies and strategic contribution
Identify and analyse opportunities to improve business and technology workflows through workflow orchestration, automation and Intelligent Automation practices
Support the design and documentation of automation patterns spanning business process automation, system-to-system orchestration, AI-assisted workflows and operational control points
Help assess feasibility and implementation considerations for modern workflow and Intelligent Automation initiatives, including integration, data quality, monitoring, resilience, supportability, security and governance
Requirements:
Proven ability to lead design authority meetings with senior stakeholders and translate high-level requirements into tangible designs, models and decision options
Knowledge of Enterprise Platforms and how they fit in the context of enterprise architecture and domain reference models
Confidence to lead meetings with stakeholders, management, and individual contributors and very good written and verbal communication, presentation, service and technical writing skills
Strong skills in enterprise architecture modelling and documentation, using C4 and other appropriate modelling tools and techniques
Experience working with technology departments and software-based solution design and analysis, with a solid understanding of systems and interfaces
Ability to capture, document and communicate complex technical and workflow concepts clearly to multiple levels of audience
Understanding of workflow design, process analysis and implementation considerations for workflow automation or Intelligent Automation in enterprise environments
Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and laterally
Comfortable working with and guiding others through ambiguity, while structuring complex operating models, workflows and architectural issues into clear artefacts and decisions
Knowledge of a broad range of software development methodologies, tools, techniques and current technology trends
Understanding of service design principles and how they can be applied to create value for customers and employees
Experience identifying or supporting opportunities for workflow improvement, orchestration, automation or AI-enabled process capabilities, including awareness of governance, control and operational support needs
What we offer:
Flexible working with a range of options
Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
Annual bonus opportunity
Competitive pension contribution
Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life