Enterprise Architect

Sheraton Heathrow Hotel

Enterprise Architect responsible for defining architecture strategy at Heathrow Airport, ensuring alignment with digital transformation and operational resilience. Lead architecture governance across multiple domains.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and govern the enterprise architecture framework across business, data, applications and technology domains.
Work closely with senior stakeholders across Digital, Operations, Commercial and Finance to translate strategic objectives into clear architectural roadmaps.
Lead architecture governance and assurance, guide domain and solution architects, promote best practice, ensure solutions are secure, compliant and built for long-term sustainability.
Influence how technology enables growth, efficiency and resilience across the airport ecosystem.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience as an Enterprise Architect working across multiple architecture domains, preferably in a regulated environment with complex interconnected operations, safety and security constraints, and a high customer impact
Enterprise Architecture modelling, using Archimate 3.x, preferably using BizzDesign. This will include capturing the current architecture baseline across business, data, applications, and technology, as well as modelling target and interim states to support portfolio and investment planning.
Demonstrable experience of transformation in one or more of the following: Transport/aviation sector systems, customer-centric digital platforms, enterprise integration or critical national infrastructure.
Experience of managing architecture governance and assurance, ensuring design decisions align with strategy, best practice, and implement appropriate risk treatment.
Engaging senior stakeholders, communicating effectively, presenting outcomes and rational without the need for stakeholders to understand technical details.
Demonstrable experience of working with Agile delivery at scale (e.g. experience with Scaled Agile Framework or equivalent)

Benefits

Comp & perks

performance-based annual bonuses
Share in Success Bonus plans
generous annual leave allowances
market-leading pensions
family friendly policies
access to private health insurance
wide range of wellbeing tools
varied learning and development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Enterprise ArchitectureArchimate 3.xBizzDesignarchitecture governancearchitecture assurancetransformationAgile deliveryScaled Agile Frameworkenterprise integrationcustomer-centric digital platforms

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementeffective communicationpresentation skillsinfluencingbest practice promotionstrategic alignmentrisk managementleadershipcollaborationorganizational skills