Global IT Executive Director – Enterprise and Platform Architecture – London, United Kingdom
Who We Are
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What You’ll Do
As our Global IT Executive Director, Enterprise and Platform Architecture, you will lead the design and evolution of a scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient architecture that fuels business growth and innovation at BCG. You will play a critical role in aligning IT and data strategy with business objectives, ensuring our technology infrastructure is optimized for performance, security, and cost efficiency while enabling rapid development and seamless scalability.
You will be a key member of our IT Leadership Team and work closely with your peers to deliver on our Digital Strategy, accelerating our ability to deliver meaningful and innovative outcomes to BCG.
Serving as the primary enterprise architecture leader, you will unify efforts across IT architecture, enterprise data, network, infrastructure, GenAI, SDKs, and Developer Experience to foster a cohesive technology vision that balances innovation with operational excellence.
You will establish governance frameworks that reinforce security, financial accountability, and cost optimization, while driving best practices in automation, engineering, and operational excellence. Your leadership will bridge technology and business strategy, ensuring IT architecture evolves to support growth, enhance developer productivity, and maximize infrastructure investments. By integrating modern technologies and scalable architectures, you will empower teams to navigate complexity with agility and purposebuilding a resilient, highperformance foundation that accelerates innovation and drives business success.
Among your responsibilities, you will:
- Define and Lead the IT Architecture and Data Strategy
- Articulate a clear, forward-looking vision for architecture and data, aligningcapabilities with BCGs strategic goals.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture Senior Directors to ensure alignment of ITarchitecture across all layers.
- Champion architectural principles and best practices to ensure interoperability,compliance, and operational resilience, with a focus on Secure Trust, reliability, andFinOps.
- Identify and integrate emerging technologies (e.g., AI-driven observability, zero-trustarchitectures) that enhance BCGs enterprise capabilities.
- Drive leading the ~70 IT resources associated with the Data Product Portfolio, withdirect line management of the Data Portfolio Technical Area Lead Senior Director.
- Drive Cross-Layer Collaboration and Governance
- Establish governance frameworks to ensure alignment and standardisation across allIT architecture layers, incorporating input from Enterprise Architecture COE.
- Promote collaboration between layers to streamline workflows, reduce silos, anddeliver consistent value to end users.
- Lead platform-wide initiatives that advance security, reliability, and financialefficiency (e.g., proactive cost optimization, robust monitoring systems, incidentresponse improvements).
- Ensure adherence to Secure Trust principles, including rigorous authentication,authorization, and secrets management protocols.
- Deliver Business Value and Results
- Translate business goals into architectural outcomes by driving improvements inscalability, reliability, and security while managing costs.
- Oversee the delivery of cross-layer initiatives, ensuring interdependencies areeffectively managed and objectives are met on time.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) (e.g., uptime, costefficiency, security compliance) to measure performance and identify opportunities forcontinuous improvement.
- Optimise financial operations (FinOps) by implementing proactive cost monitoringand efficiency measures, ensuring sustainable investments in technology.
- Engage and Manage Stakeholders Across BCG
- Proactively engage with senior stakeholders across BCGX, Core, and the broaderorganization, ensuring alignment of IT architecture priorities with business needs.
- Collaborate closely with BCGs C-Suite, including CIO, CFO, and MDPs, to alignenterprise IT strategy with business objectives and communicate progress effectively.
- Act as the key advocate for IT architecture and data strategy, fostering trust andalignment with stakeholders at all levels, from executive leadership to operational teams.
- Cultivate partnerships with external vendors, negotiating contracts and ensuringalignment with IT architecture standards for quality, security, and performance.
- Provide mentorship and professional development opportunities, ensuring the WWITTechnology team stays at the forefront of industry trends and practices.
- Enhance Security, Reliability, and Operational Excellence
- Champion security as a foundational pillar, ensuring every layer adheres to SecureTrust principles, including zero-trust networking, data encryption, and robustincident response protocols.
- Lead initiatives to improve reliability, such as implementing advanced observabilitytools (e.g., AI-driven monitoring, predictive analytics) and enhancing disasterrecovery plans.
- Embed operational excellence into enterprise architecture through automation,proactive capacity planning, and adherence to industry best practices (e.g., WellArchitected Framework).
- Optimise Product Lifecycle Management
- Continuously analyse performance metrics and user feedback to identify opportunitiesfor innovation and improvement.
- Partner with Information Security and Risk Management teams to conduct regularevaluations and ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal policies.
YOURE GOOD AT:
- Driving enterprise-wide IT architecture transformations with a focus on security, reliability, and financial optimization.
- Leading diverse, cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-performing, andcost-efficient solutions.
- Navigating complex stakeholder environments, building trust and alignment acrosssenior leadership.
- Balancing strategic leadership with deep technical expertise in modern engineeringpractices, particularly in cloud, security, and cost management.
What You’ll Bring
- 15+ years of technical experience, including 5+ years in a strategic leadership rolemanaging enterprise IT architecture.
- Expertise in modern engineering domains, including security, reliability, FinOps,and cloud infrastructure.
- Proven success in leading cross-layer initiatives, particularly those focused onenhancing operational excellence and cost optimisation.
- Familiarity with governance frameworks, zero-trust principles, and DevOpsmethodologies.
- Commitment to continuous learning, staying ahead of technology trends.
Additional info
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.
For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.
We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.
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