Overview

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LOCATIONS: Edinburgh or Leeds

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the Edinburgh or Leeds office

This range is provided by Lloyds Banking Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

About this opportunity

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Principal Lead Architect for our Chief Technology Office (CTO) Insurance, Pensions & Investments (IP&I) team.

In this pivotal role, you\'ll define, uphold, and communicate the Technology Strategy to support the Group\'s vision and strategic goals. With a clear focus on the capabilities needed for long-term success, you\'ll align our Technology agenda with the Group\'s overarching strategy.

This opportunity is specifically aligned to our Insurance, Pensions & Investments Business Unit, an essential part of the Group\'s growth strategy. Our mission here is to financially empower the UK by deepening relationships with customers, future-proofing their finances, and protecting them from the unexpected. This includes various products like General and Protection Insurance, direct-to-customer services, advisor-led and employer pensions, annuities, and investment products.

Responsibilities

• Propose and drive the strategic direction of architecture for IP&I
• 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
• Embody an agile and digital mindset while demonstrating strong communication and leadership skills

What you\'ll need

• A proven track record in a Principal Architect role, having successfully set the architecture vision and strategy
• Gravitas and impact to operate at a director level; strong storytelling skills (written and verbal)
• Experience in corporate governance, business control, solution development, and design
• Detailed technology knowledge across topics including domain driven models, microservices, event-driven design, hybrid cloud deployment, cloud technologies, CRM, BPM, DevOps, CI/CD, data, cyber security, resilience by design, and sustainability
• Experience in established complex organisations with large customer bases and knowledge of non-functional considerations
• Architectural expertise including feasibility assessments and road-mapping
• Personality: agile mindset, digital approach, strong communication, leadership, and alignment with company values

About working for us

We’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to belong and be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We’re disability confident and welcome reasonable adjustments in recruitment. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including pension, bonus, share schemes, wellbeing, and more.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Discounted shopping and other lifestyle benefits
• 30 days\' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that\'s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Additional

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: Technology, Information and Internet