IT Architect

Lead Technical Architect. Permanent role, hybrid working from Birmingham £75,000 base + benefits. Overview We are seeking an experienced and strategic Lead Technical Architect to define, lead, and govern the technical architecture capability across the organisation. This role is responsible for ensuring technology solutions are aligned to business objectives, enterprise architecture principles, and long-term strategic goals. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across infrastructure, cloud, applications, integration, and data domains, establishing architectural standards, governance frameworks, and best practices that enable the delivery of innovative, secure, scalable, and cost-effective technology services. This is a senior leadership position requiring strong stakeholder management skills, architectural expertise, and the ability to balance strategic vision with practical delivery outcomes. Key Responsibilities Technical Architecture Leadership Lead and develop the organisation''s Technical Architecture capability, ensuring technology investments align with business strategy and enterprise architecture objectives. Define, implement, and maintain technical architecture standards, policies, principles, patterns, and guardrails. Establish and mature technical architecture frameworks, methodologies, and governance processes. Drive consistency and best practice across architecture disciplines and delivery teams. Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives and ..... full job details .....