Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architects at Tesco drive alignment to help Technology collectively deliver a simpler, flexible & sustainable architecture. They define, communicate and govern the enterprise architecture for Tesco in order to ensure it enables and delivers the Tesco Business Strategy.

Fostering understanding of the current technology landscape and its impact on stakeholders:
* Ensure we have models and materials that describe the landscape at a high-level and how it supports the business
* Help colleagues of all levels to understand the bigger picture and their role / activities within it to aid decision making

Evolving and embedding our overall Technology Strategy and ensuring it informs everything we do:
* Define a target enterprise architecture that will improve our business for customers and colleagues in line with our business and Technology strategy and plans
* Identify organisational requirements for the resources, structures and cultural changes necessary to support the delivery of the enterprise architecture
* Identify the optimal approach to delivering Tesco business strategy while increasing agility and driving simplicity / cost efficiency over the short, medium and long-term.
* Contribute to business planning activities utilising our broad understanding of Tesco and broader industry / technology trends

Guiding high-level delivery planning and solution design to deliver our strategic goals whilst ensuring we continuously deliver business value
* Work in collaboration other teams to help ensure we design flexible, efficient and secure solutions
* Lead and facilitate the creation of governing principles, policies, standards etc. to guide solution decision making for architecturally significant initiatives
* Operate the architecture review, governance and exception processes

Supporting successful delivery through the technology lifecycle, delivering business value and realising strategic goals.
* On occasion, provide targeted support for initiatives with technical challenges during their delivery

Evolving our federated architecture and design framework as part of the Technology delivery model
* Build architecture capability and competency within Tesco in keeping with our emphasis on agile, DevOps and 'architecture is everyone's role' principles
* Create and operate an effective community to engage and educate Technology colleagues in enterprise and solution architecture topics
* Proactively collaborate and communicate with Technology colleagues and delivery partners to drive awareness and interest
* Build effective relationships with our Stores business and PLC group colleagues, and valued 3rd party partners.

Key Enterprise Architecture Skills:
Technology understanding across Software, Infrastructure, Security and Data
Solution Shaping & Problem-Solving
Solution Portfolio Analysis & Management
Architecture modeling
Technical Writing (Standards, Whitepapers & Cookbooks)

General, shared skills:
Proficient Software and System Engineering (incl. Cloud)
Business case development
Product Management
Programme Management
Stakeholder Management
Influence & Communication

Experience relevant for this job:

Proven record of Technology delivery at Tesco scale
Successful use of Enterprise Architecture to shape strategic priorities
Solution Architecture experience on major programmes
Creation, communication and embedding of Technology strategy
Leading solution architecture governance / assurance
Hands on engineering experience 
 

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work!  These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary
• Car allowance of £7320 per annum
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (and bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance offered through Bupa
• Retirement savings plan – save anything from 6% of your pay and Tesco will pay 1.5 x your contribution up to 15% of your pay
• Life Assurance at 5x contractual pay
• Buy as you earn and Save as you earn share schemes

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move.  Our core purpose is “Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day”.  Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers.  It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of, and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves.  At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings.  We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities.  We’re a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you.  Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we are moving to a more blended working week – combining office and remote working.  Our offices continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.  Talk to us about how this can work for you.

Note: Should you be successful in your application, your employment will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.