Architecture Lead - IT

Architecture Lead – IT/OT 6-Month contract – Inside IR35 – market rate Glasgow or Aberdeen based – 1-2 days onsite Electricity/Energy sector Key Responsibilities Interim Architecture Leadership

• Act as the effective interim leader of the Transmission Architecture function, providing leadership broadly equivalent to that expected of the permanent Head of Architecture.
• Provide day-to-day direction, prioritisation and coordination for the architecture team.
• Establish clear priorities and ensure the team's effort is focused on the most important business, technology and delivery outcomes. Enterprise Architecture
• Provide heavyweight Enterprise Architecture leadership across the Transmission organisation.
• Shape and maintain architectural strategies, principles, target architectures and roadmaps.
• Ensure architecture is aligned with wider Group technology and architecture strategy. Architecture Assurance & Governance
• Lead the architectural assurance of major projects, programmes, technology initiatives and supplier-led delivery.
• Establish appropriate architectural guardrails and ensure they are understood and applied.
• Review and challenge Solution Architecture produced by project teams, suppliers and other delivery organisations. IT & OT Architecture
• Provide senior architectural leadership across both IT and Operational Technology environments.
• Participate in high-level technology and project discussions across Transmission.
• Understand and account for the specific operational, technical, resilience and risk considerations associated with OT environments.
• Help ensure appropriate architectural alignment across the IT/OT boundary. Project & Solution Architecture
• Provide senior oversight of Solution Architecture across projects and programmes.
• Work with project teams to shape and assure solutions without becoming primarily responsible for project delivery. Experience & Skills Essential
• Extensive experience operating at senior Enterprise Architecture level.
• Strong Solution Architecture experience and the ability to move comfortably between enterprise and solution-level concerns.
• Proven experience leading an architecture team, function or significant architecture community.
• Significant experience working in Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• Experience working across the IT/OT boundary.
• Previous people leadership, team management or equivalent leadership experience.
• Broad technical knowledge across areas such as applications, data, integration, infrastructure, platforms and technology.
• Strong experience of architecture governance, assurance, standards, principles and target architectures.
• Experience working across large, complex transformation and technology portfolios.
• Experience working with senior business, technology and delivery stakeholders.
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in an asset-intensive organisation or environment. Highly Desirable
• Direct experience within the electricity industry, particularly transmission, distribution or generation.
• Wider energy or utilities sector experience.
• Experience within large-scale infrastructure or capital investment organisations.
• Experience providing architectural leadership across major transformation programmes.
• Experience working with architecture repositories and modelling tools, particularly Bizzdesign.
• Experience working within a federated architecture model alongside a Group or enterprise architecture function.
• Experience establishing or developing an architecture function within a complex organisation.