Enterprise Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Anson McCade
Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Enterprise Architect involves providing strategic architecture leadership for a public sector healthcare transformation programme in Jersey. This senior position requires expertise in enterprise architecture, particularly in regulated environments, and the ability to engage with C-suite stakeholders. The role includes defining target architectures, overseeing cloud migration, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards. Candidates should be prepared for a 12-month contract with the potential to transition to a permanent position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own enterprise target and transition architectures
- Lead architecture governance across multiple programmes and workstreams
- Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps and capability models
- Provide oversight for cloud migration, application rationalisation, and systems integration
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, data protection, and security standards
- Partner with programme leaders, solution architects, suppliers, and senior stakeholders
- Support procurement, vendor selection, and assurance
- Contribute to modern operating models and SDLC best practice
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect on large-scale transformation programmes
- Background in highly regulated environments (public sector, healthcare, government, or financial services)
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF essential)
- Experience across business, data, application, and technology architecture
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and modern integration patterns
- Experience with legacy-to-modern transformation
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Able to operate both strategically and hands-on
- Public sector or healthcare programme experience (desirable)
- Knowledge of interoperability, shared services, and data integration (desirable)
- Prior consultancy background (desirable)
- TOGAF certification (or equivalent) (desirable)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Jersey (Relocation Required – UK & Ireland candidates welcome) 12-month Contract (Outside IR35) – Day Rate up to £630 * Option to go Permanent
A specialist management consultancy is supporting a major public sector healthcare transformation programme in Jersey and is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to provide strategic architecture leadership across enterprise-wide initiatives. This is a senior, programme-level role suited to an Enterprise Architect comfortable operating at C-suite level, shaping long-term target architectures while ensuring delivery aligns with regulatory, security, and operational requirements typical of healthcare and public sector environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own enterprise target and transition architectures
- Lead architecture governance across multiple programmes and workstreams
- Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps and capability models
- Provide oversight for cloud migration, application rationalisation, and systems integration
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, data protection, and security standards
- Partner with programme leaders, solution architects, suppliers, and senior stakeholders
- Support procurement, vendor selection, and assurance
- Contribute to modern operating models and SDLC best practice
Required Experience
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect on large-scale transformation programmes
- Background in highly regulated environments (public sector, healthcare, government, or financial services)
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF essential)
- Experience across business, data, application, and technology architecture
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and modern integration patterns
- Experience with legacy-to-modern transformation
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Able to operate both strategically and hands-on
Desirable
- Public sector or healthcare programme experience
- Knowledge of interoperability, shared services, and data integration
- Prior consultancy background
- TOGAF certification (or equivalent)
If you're a senior Enterprise Architect ready to lead meaningful transformation in a high-impact environment, apply today. #AMC/AQI/MAEA