Head of Enterprise Architecture

Head of Enterprise Architecture
Contract Length: 4-6 months (To cover while perm recruitment takes place)
Location: Hybrid - Based at Milton Keynes the Quadrant (But will only need to come into the office on an ad hoc basis.
Can be located anywhere in UK)
Pay Rate to Candidate: Circa £1000 - £1200 pd - Inside IR35

Taken from Vacancy Validation Call -

-Will be here to keep ship steady while we recruit perm replacement
-Wont need to design strategy
-Essentially looking for some one to run with what there is.
-Ensure things are being delivered that have been set out
-Will help shape the enterprise architecture eco system
-They lead a team of ppl
- Around 8 band 2's.
-Look for some one with good team leadership skills and Good customer facing
-Able to talk to a wide range of ppl who don't understand IT
-Need to have an outgoing personality as they will be needing to talk to a lot of ppl.
-Someone who has worked in IT for long stretch of time or someone looking to step up.
-Cloud base, or background with AI would be good and/or Data Science

To enable Network Rail strategic business objectives and opportunities through a proactive, enterprise response to industry business drivers. Lead, guide and govern Network Rail's strategic IT decision making for positive value outcomes and business risk reduction through development of Network Rail's Business Aligned IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture.

1. Lead the creation and communication of Network Rail's Business Aligned Information Technology Strategy against which Network Rail can align its strategic business and IT decision making.
2. Identify and champion well-formed business and IT opportunities by analysing industry and IT trends to drive additional/new value in industry and Network Rail's business models across a 5-year planning horizon.
3. Articulate strategic business and IT direction (through communication, influence and relationship building) across Network Rail, suppliers and partners for opportunities and alignment. Represent Network Rail IT strategy across industry forums.
4. Provide leadership of IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture (including current, target, transition state, patterns, reference architecture, principles, policy, standards) to govern and evolve the enterprise business, information, application and technology architectures across the devolved organisation.
5. Collaborate with centres of accountability and excellence for business process, data governance, operational technology and security across Network Rail and into industry to truly align the Business Aligned IT Strategy (BAITS).
6. Support orchestration of the delivery of business outcomes by shaping, sequencing and prioritising IT and business change for maximum value of aligned business objectives and minimal dependency friction.
7. Maintain an enterprise view of Network Rail 5-year horizon change initiatives, their strategic interdependencies and major architecture transition states to guide investment decisions, enable successful delivery of business outcomes from technology enabled change and effective change management.
8. Develop and promote the use of Enterprise Architecture across Network Rail as an enabler for strategy formulation, value creation, and risk reduction.
9. Define the enterprise architecture process, methods, tools and architecture review process, and lead their effective integration with related business and IT processes to drive consistent outcomes and manage risk.
10. Manage a team of cross domain and segment Enterprise Architects to deliver value to Network Rail through development of the Business Aligned IT Strategy and Segment Architecture products, ongoing communication and education for the enterprise architecture and its standards and

Essential
Significant experience operating at senior levels in information technology with solid background in enterprise architecture, planning, design, and development
Substantial experience of IT Strategy and enterprise architectural development across all domains and multiple business sectors, including experience of system of systems' architecture development
Significant experience of operating at a senior level, building effective relationships and dealing with executive colleagues and external stakeholders
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to explain technical concepts to non-technical people including front line staff and senior business and technology leadership
Ability to take a strategic view and see the big picture' allied to the ability to adopt an analytical approach to complex change programmes with the awareness of operational implications
A deep understanding of all architecture domains (business, information, data, applications, technology, security, etc.) and the relationships between them.
Substantial experience of the development of reference architectures including principles, policies, standards, patterns, reference models and other elements.
Experience of developing strategy and architecture based on emerging digital technologies (eg IOT, API, AI, Social, Mobile, Cloud, Apps Modernisation).
Experience of leading and developing teams including performance management coaching and professional development.

Desirable
Rail industry, asset management, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate business architectures
Experience of the application of industry frameworks and maturity models including COBIT, ITIL, P3M, MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, P3M3 and CMMI.