Job Description

Enterprise Architect (Higher Education)

715 a day (Inside IR35)

Hybrid (1 day a week onsite in Manchester)

6 months

This is a single role profile used across three value streams, with contextual deployment to Professional Services, Teaching, Learning & Student, and Research.

• Value-stream architecture leadership:
• Strategic shaping and demand management
• Enterprise coherence:
• Definition, design and portfolio alignment:
• Governance advice:
• Architecture knowledge management:

What are you looking for in terms of previous experience / skillsThe successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture within a complex organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, particularly at senior leadership level.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and succinctly.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused approach, balancing appropriate risk-taking with timely escalation where required.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure, adapt to changing priorities and manage competing demands.

What are the most important things that you will be looking for in a CV / shortlisting on:
1. Stakeholder management and demand management: 2. Strategy and architecture planning: 3. Definition, design and portfolio alignment: 4. Governance and assurance:

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