Platform Architect - Business & Technology Transformation

Senior Platform Architect - Business & Technology Transformation

Location: Remote (occasional travel to Stevenage)

Why Apply?

We are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Architect to provide architectural leadership across a major business and technology transformation programme.

This is a broad, business-facing architecture position where you will shape how a key business platform fits within the wider enterprise landscape. Working closely with senior stakeholders, Business Analysts, technical teams and third-party suppliers, you will translate business requirements into coherent architectural direction, define the target state and provide oversight as solutions evolve.

The role offers the opportunity to influence architecture at programme level, bridging business strategy, processes and technology rather than focusing on a single application or technical domain.

Senior Platform Architect Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership, shaping the direction of the platform and its relationship with the wider business and technology landscape.

• Work closely with Business Analysts to shape, challenge and refine business requirements, processes and user journeys.

• Map business capabilities, systems, data flows, integration points and dependencies across the enterprise.

• Define and evolve target architecture, platform strategy and operating models, ensuring alignment with wider enterprise standards.

• Translate business needs into clear architectural requirements, options, recommendations and decisions.

• Identify architectural gaps, risks, dependencies and opportunities across complex technology environments.

• Review and assure solution designs, third-party supplier proposals and architectural decisions.

• Bridge business and technical teams, providing practical guidance throughout design and delivery.

• Lead senior stakeholder engagement, influencing decisions and securing alignment around architectural direction and trade-offs.

• Support transition into the target state, including effective handover to BAU architecture and support teams.

Senior Platform Architect Requirements

• Proven experience as a Senior Platform Architect, Business Architect, Enterprise Architect or Senior Solution Architect.

• Experience shaping complex business and technology transformation programmes from requirements through to delivery.

• Strong understanding of business capabilities, process architecture, operating models and enterprise platforms.

• Experience working alongside Business Analysts to translate business requirements into architectural direction.

• Strong knowledge of platform architecture, enterprise applications, systems integration and complex technology landscapes.

• Experience working across SaaS, cloud and enterprise environments.

• Ability to assess architectural options, challenge solution designs and provide technical oversight across multiple suppliers.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior business and technical leadership.

Experience with Salesforce and cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS would be advantageous.

What's in it for me?

• A senior architecture position with influence across a major transformation programme.

• The opportunity to shape platform strategy and target-state architecture.

• Exposure to complex enterprise technology and integration environments.

• A predominantly remote working arrangement, with occasional travel to Stevenage.

• The opportunity to work closely with senior architecture leadership and multiple delivery partners.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.