IT, Senior Management
Senior Manager - Architecture
Job ID: 010106
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Permanent - Full Time
Salary: Circa £110-120,000 + Bonus & Benefits
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We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded Senior Manager - Architecture to set the direction for our enterprise-wide architecture capability and play a pivotal role in shaping how technology enables our business strategy.
Reporting at a senior level, you’ll lead the development and governance of our enterprise, application, data, security and infrastructure architectures, ensuring they are aligned to organisational goals, future-focused, and consistently applied across all technology initiatives. You’ll work closely with executive stakeholders, business leaders, and technology teams to translate strategy into clear architectural direction and delivery.
This is a highly influential role, combining deep architectural expertise with strong leadership, governance, and change capability.
About the role
Owning the enterprise architecture vision, standards, and principles across the organisation
Leading the development and maintenance of enterprise, application, information, security and infrastructure architectures
Running effective architecture governance to ensure initiatives align to the target-state architecture
Owning and evolving the technology roadmap to support business strategy, innovation, and competitive advantage
Working closely with executive leaders and senior stakeholders to understand business priorities and shape technical direction
Work with our Change Delivery function to drive and enable portfolio change by facilitating and managing change initiatives that impact enterprise technology and operating models
Leading, mentoring, and developing a highperforming architecture leadership team
Developing and maintaining organisationwide architecture standards, policies, and methodologies
About you
Extensive seniorlevel experience in enterprise and solution architecture within complex organisations
Proven experience setting architecture strategy, standards, and governance at enterprise scale
Strong understanding of technology landscapes, development lifecycles, and architectural methodologies
Demonstrable leadership experience, influencing and engaging stakeholders at all levels
Track record of delivering multiple, complex technology initiatives to time and budget
Why join us
You’ll have the opportunity to shape enterpriselevel technology strategy, influence senior decisionmaking, and build a futureready architecture function that supports sustainable growth and innovation. This role offers genuine scope, visibility, and impact across the organisation.
About our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as…
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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Competitive bonus package
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Life assurance at 6 times your salary
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Our ways of working and flexibility
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. We help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.
Find out more about our Ways of WorkingOur Colleague Networks & Groups
Our Vision is to be a leading organisation that embraces diversity, champions equity, and creates an inclusive environment where all individuals regardless of their background or identity feel valued, empowered and supported.
Our Colleague Networks and Groups are designed to amplify the voices of diverse groups and provide a structured route to effect real change. They provide a safe space and use colleague feedback to support the progression of our DEI Strategy. Our eight networks and groups are:
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Our commitments to Community and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
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