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As an Enterprise Architect, you will play an integral role in our organization, operating at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and innovation. You will work closely with business leaders, product managers, product owners, and product delivery teams to enhance understanding of the company's capabilities and guide the development of strategic plans. Your role embodies a consultative approach, with a primary mission to catalyze innovation, drive transformation, and optimize enterprise functions. Through a holistic and proactive approach, you will assist in framing and influencing business strategies and outcomes, aligning them with enterprise capabilities, and driving the realization of strategic initiatives.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a difference in establishing a solid and modern EA practice within a dynamic and growing company, apply now!

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In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move its vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong.

To find out more about our business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Who We Are | WSP (https://www.wsp.com/en-gb/who-we-are)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP!

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

Services Portfolio Reference Model: Develop and maintain the overall services portfolio reference model, aligning it with business and IT strategies.

Standards and Principles: Define, disseminate, and ensure adherence to enterprise-wide standards and guiding principles for architectural frameworks across all business units and domains.

Architecture Requirements: Translate business priorities into architecture requirements, ensuring a balanced approach across all domains, including business, information, solution, and technology architecture.

Target State Architectures: Regularly review the enterprise architecture landscape to ensure progress towards defined target state architectures, considering business growth and technology evolution.

Global Initiatives: Identify, plan, and lead global initiatives aimed at continuous improvement of the enterprise architecture, considering aspects such as cost, benefit, and risk.

Risk and Opportunity Management: Proactively identify risks and opportunities in the enterprise architecture landscape. Develop strategies to mitigate identified risks and capitalize on opportunities.

Global Roadmaps: Build and maintain global enterprise architecture roadmaps, illustrating the transitional states between current and target architectures.

Vendor Ecosystem Evaluation : Regularly evaluate our vendor ecosystem, assessing the quality of services, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with our enterprise architecture strategy.

ARB/DA Reviews: Participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) or Design Authority (DA) meetings to review initiatives for alignment with architectural principles and guidelines.

Investment Planning: Lead strategic investment planning activities, aligning them with enterprise architecture strategy. Evaluate potential investments for their impact on the architectural landscape and their ability to drive the business towards its strategic goals.

• A minimum of 10 years' experience in a similar role, with a focus on enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or a related IT field.

• Experience in project delivery, engineering, HR, ESG, finances and sales capabilities

• Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across different levels of an organization.

• Broad knowledge of business processes, technologies, and applications relevant to our industry.

• Exceptional strategic thinking skills, with an ability to see the 'big picture'.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Proven experience in managing complex, enterprise-wide transformation programs.