Enterprise Architect Lead

Location/s: London
Recruiter contact: Nikki George

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. 

About the business unit  

Mott MacDonald’s support services are the driving force behind our organisation enabling us to run efficiently and effectively. The team works collaboratively to offer specialist advice, best practice and technology to all areas of our business specifically designed for our global reach.

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Strategic Enterprise Architecture Lead to develop and maintain our enterprise architecture framework, driving efficiencies and increasing business value across our digital estate. This role will shape architectural patterns that optimise our use of enterprise information and software assets in the age of AI, supporting safe innovation, agility, and long-term evolution.   

As a strategic advisor reporting to the Head of AI & Information Management, you will influence and collaborate with executives, technical leaders, Group Heads of Function, and digital innovation specialists, including the Chief Digital Officer, Head of IT, Head of Enterprise PMO, Head of Application Development, and other function leaders. You will connect, coordinate, and clarify architectural responsibilities across the enterprise, build alignment, and create future-ready capabilities.   

This is a newly created, pivotal role, responsible for maximising operational efficiency, enabling scaled innovation, supporting continuous improvement, and realising business value from digital investments.   

Key Relationships  

Reports to: Head of AI & Information Management   

Interfaces: Chief Digital Officer, Head of IT, Head of Enterprise PMO, Head of Application Development, Business Leaders, Group Heads of Function, other Architects, regional digital teams. 

Key Responsibilities  

Strategic Enablement   

• Translate business priorities, including AI adoption, information delivery, and efficiency improvement into actionable enterprise architecture guidance and roadmaps. Develop an evolving architecture strategy that empowers the organisation for the future and drives lasting value.   
• Facilitate alignment between business, IT, and digital functions to deliver integrated, business-driven solutions. Advise executive and PMO leadership to support technology planning, mid- to long-term strategic investment, and help build the case for change in major initiatives.   
• Recommend solutions and approaches that foster rapid, informed, and efficient client outcomes while reducing operational risk.   

Collaboration, Mapping & Capability Building   

• Drive the mapping of the enterprise architecture landscape to identify opportunities for synergy, eliminate inefficiencies, close capability gaps, and remove barriers to optimal delivery.  
• Create and maintain strategic architecture roadmaps, ensuring that enterprise requirements are traceable from design to delivery.   
• Build strong relationships across existing architect roles, Group Heads of Function, and PMO teams, fostering forums and working groups for shared challenges and solutions.   
• Champion architectural practices that simplify, integrate, and future-proof our technology, information, and software environments across all domains.   
• Build and mentor a high-performance architect team, encouraging best practices and developing internal capabilities for both business and technical architecture functions.   

Governance, Communication & Risk   

• Partner with the Digital Governance Lead to establish architecture principles, standards, and governance mechanisms that promote efficiency, value, and compliance.  
• Oversee and maintain architecture repositories, reference models, and patterns. Facilitate architectural governance forums and strategic decision processes.   
• Support the education and upskilling of technical and non-technical stakeholders, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, tangible impacts and architectural excellence.   
• Ensure architectural decisions support enterprise security, data protection, compliance requirements, and ethical data/AI practices.   

Data, AI, and Technology Adoption   

• Champion the integration of Data and AI as foundational capabilities across business, application, and technology domains.   
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and AI teams to embed scalable, secure, and ethical data and AI practices.   
• Proactively evaluate emerging technologies, with a focus on platforms such as Microsoft, SAP, and other strategic partner solutions. Bring experience and insight to large-scale ERP/digital transformation projects, leveraging industry best practices where required.  

Skills & Experience    

• Significant experience in enterprise architecture, digital strategy, or related roles within large, complex organisations (preferably AEC, consultancy, or similar sectors).  
• Track record of working collaboratively across matrixed teams and functions to map, align, and optimise enterprise architecture, information, and business processes.   
• Proven ability to translate business needs, especially around information, software, and AI, into powerful architectural outcomes.   
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, experience in supporting cross-functional teams, and influencing decision-making.   
• Experience building and leading architecture teams or communities of practice.   
• In-depth knowledge of architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.), digital governance, Agile, DevOps, and continuous improvement initiatives.   
• Appreciation for pragmatic problem-solving, innovative thinking, and operational efficiency, demonstrating the impact of Enterprise Architecture.   
• Experience with technology partners such as Microsoft, SAP, and other major enterprise vendors is highly desirable.   
• Familiarity with enterprise security, data protection, and compliance.   

Personal Attributes   

• Highly collaborative and influential, able to communicate with clarity and confidence across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.   
• Strategic, curious, and pragmatic; motivated by maximising efficiency and unlocking business value through the digital estate.   
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills; able to build trust through delivery and promote best practices.   
• Resilient, adaptable, and passionate about continuous improvement and operational optimisation. 

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UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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