Senior Enterprise Architect – Payments

. Drive the strategic direction of architecture for Payments.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £92,701 - £109,060 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

Cloud

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the strategic direction of architecture for Payments.
Act as a trusted advisor and internal consultant to Technology and Business Platform Leads.
Combine corporate governance, business control, and developing business solutions.
Utilise technical skills in Public and Private Cloud, APIs, Traditional hosting, and event-driven architectures.
Create feasibility assessments and roadmaps.
Embrace an agile and digital approach while showcasing strong communication and leadership skills.

What you’ll need

A proven track record in a Lead Architect role, having successfully helped drive the architecture vision and strategy, is essential.
Experience in business skills such as corporate governance, business control, solution development, and design.
Technical knowledge of Public/Private Cloud, APIs, traditional hosting, and event-driven architectures.
Architectural expertise, including feasibility assessments and road-mapping.
Personal strengths: agile mindset, digital approach, strong communication, leadership, and alignment with company values.
Strong Payments knowledge/background in Financial Services.
Understanding of emerging technologies such as blockchain and digital assets, with an appreciation of their role in shaping future payment and financial services architectures.

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Hard Skills & Tools

architecturefeasibility assessmentsroad-mappingPublic CloudPrivate CloudAPIstraditional hostingevent-driven architecturessolution developmentdesign

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipagile mindsetdigital approachtrusted advisorinternal consultant