Provide practical, engineering aligned technology leadership across modern digital capabilities
Help teams turn complex concepts into deliverable outcomes
Build, evolve, and promote clear and comprehensive technology strategies
Accountable for continually influencing, challenging, and supporting the relevant Platform teams
Act as the voice of the customer and face into all the Business Platforms
Build and sustain strong and productive partnerships with platforms and functions
Communicate and evangelise the Bank’s strategies
Lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical and business challenges

Requirements

Hands-on experience with advanced and emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI, quantum, digital identity, digital protocols, wallet technologies, digital assets, and ecosystem models)
An open, collaborative, approachable, and friendly style
Passion, energy, and strong ownership
Gravitas and impact
A proven background in enterprise or solution architecture and/or engineering
Strong understanding of modern digital technology
Recent experience translating architecture into outcomes
Broad technology knowledge across areas such as domain driven design, microservices, event driven architectures, hybrid cloud, modern cloud deployment models, service provider technologies, DevOps, CI/CD, modern data paradigms, cybersecurity, and resilience by design.
Strong intuition for digital technology and its business value
A deep understanding of modern software development, engineering practices, delivery cycles, and technology processes
Strong communication and relationship building skills
Experience establishing or shaping effective governance, guardrails, and architectural standards that support innovation, safe delivery, and long-term platform sustainability.

Benefits

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise architecturesolution architecturedomain driven designmicroservicesevent driven architectureshybrid cloudDevOpsCI/CDcybersecuritymodern software development

Soft Skills

collaborativeapproachablestrong ownershipgravitasimpactcommunicationrelationship buildinginfluencingsupportingevangelizing