Director – IB Enterprise Architect

Overview

In this senior architectural role you will define the target architecture for a global Investment Banking domain and partner with CIO-level stakeholders to shape technology investments. You will work hands-on with engineering teams to resolve complex design challenges, driving platform modernization, data and integration strategy, and responsible AI/analytics adoption. You will lead architecture governance, ensure resilience and cost efficiency, and promote standardized, enterprise-grade solutions. This role offers impact across front-to-back capabilities in a major financial institution and opportunities to influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own, define and maintain the Investment Banking target architecture across capabilities, applications, data, integration and security.
• Translate business strategy, regulatory changes and technology priorities into actionable roadmaps and design principles.
• Provide leadership to Solution Architects and Product Managers ensuring alignment to domain direction and standards.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on complex design and delivery challenges including non-functional requirements, integration and resilience.
• Promote adoption of standard platforms and contribute to their evolution for resilient, governable and cost-effective solutions.
• Contribute to architecture governance artefacts and ensure compliance with privacy, security and records management processes.
• Offer expert advice to senior management to influence function-wide strategic decisions.

Key requirements

• Extensive architecture experience in large-scale, regulated financial institutions with IB domain knowledge.
• Deep understanding of Investment Banking front-to-back processes and data flows with control points.
• Proven ability to influence CIO-level and senior stakeholders with clear architectural judgement.
• Hands-on experience delivering architecture, solution design or engineering in complex, distributed environments.
• Practical experience applying AI, advanced analytics or intelligent automation within enterprise platforms.

• Stakeholder influence and diplomacy at senior levels
• Leadership and ability to coach and uplift teams
• Strategic communication and cross-functional collaboration
• AI, advanced analytics or intelligent automation in enterprise platforms
• Cloud and hybrid workload strategies (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Modern integration patterns: APIs, event-driven architectures, distributed systems

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