hybrid workingClosing Date:Sun, 8 Jun 2025
As an Enterprise Architect, you’ll be responsible for aligning our work in tech with our business mission, strategy, and processes as we grow our plans for a true tech enabled future.
You’ll develop enterprise wide architecture and processes to embed the kind of strategic change that will help digitise our products, create outstanding experiences for our members, and drive our unique and innovative tech strategy.
Who are we?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep our members at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.
In this exciting role, you’ll work on innovative projects like our UK-first Affordability Index tool, while helping us create outstanding experiences in savings, mortgages, and more.
We know how important tech and data are, and we want them to play a key role in helping us achieve our vision and purpose. That’s why we’ve built a tech leadership team that has a true passion for tech and data, and a commitment to investing in real learning and development. Our tech stack is varied and includes Azure, React, .NET and MS Power Platform and Dynamics. And everyone can make the most of two days every month for L&D - whether that’s cross-skilling programs, hackathons, or even funding for certifications.
This is about creating brand new capabilities in tech for our organisation and our industry - which means there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
What’s in it for you?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
- Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
- Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
- Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
- Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
- A commitment to training and development
- Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
- 3 paid volunteering days per annum
- Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
- We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including a cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
What you’ll be doing
Day to day, you’ll lead on the creation and review of a systems capability strategy that meets the strategic requirements of our business. It’s about making sure all key stakeholders are bought in, and that environmental trends and business strategies and objectives are captured and prioritised. You’ll also set the strategies, policies, standards and practices that will ensure compliance between business strategies, technology strategies, and our enterprise transformation activity.
The role also involves:
- Developing and presenting business cases for approval, funding and prioritisation of high level initiatives.
- Supporting the development of strategies that will enable us to deliver our corporate plan.
- Analysing business models, market trends, and the impact of technology.
- Assessing organisational readiness for change, and supporting the development of a business strategy.
- Shaping business models using planning, design and learning-driven approaches.
- Developing our Enterprise Architecture value proposition, and growing Enterprise Architecture into an internal management consultancy.
What we need from you
You'll need significant experience of policy and strategy formation. You should also have a background in building influential relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers and partners at senior management level, including industry leaders.
You’ll also need:
- Experience of making decisions which enable large and complex organisations to achieve organisational objectives and financial performance.
- Expertise in developing and implementing critical policies and strategies.
- Deep knowledge of one or more specialisms and an understanding of their impact on the wider business.
- A familiarity with enterprise architecture tools, related graphical models, and frameworks.
- A knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event driven IT and predictive analytics.
- A knowledge of information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.
- Executive leadership skills along with the energy to continually develop and grow.
- An ability to manage and mentor a team.
- Strong communication skills that are effective at all levels of business
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What We Do
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
Imagine how good it would feel to help someone choose the mortgage they’ll use to buy their first home. Or the account they’ll use to save for it. We’ve been helping people make big financial decisions since 1853. It’s why over a million customers trust us as a good place for their money, and why our colleagues say we’re a good place to work.
The Bailey (our head office)
The Bailey is the vibrant hub where you’ll find all our central functions. We’re always looking for new talent because we love hearing new ideas. You can choose from a variety of roles that range from marketing and IT, through to audit, risk, products, digital and more – or maybe you’ll join our lively contact centre team. We’re based in Skipton, just a short train ride from Bradford and Leeds, we’re a stone’s throw from the A65 and have some cracking views of the Yorkshire Dales.
Our network of UK branches
Our branch colleagues are the face of Skipton Building Society. They’re relationship-builders, team workers, great talkers and they’re brilliant at listening too. Everything they do is designed to help customers make the best financial decisions, whether that’s choosing the right kind of savings account or having a full financial review.
The Skipton culture
Happy colleagues mean happy customers. So, when we recruit, we don’t just think about what’s in it for us, we think about what’s in it for you. It’s one of the reasons we’ve been recognised as one of The Times Best Companies to Work for the last 6 years.
Mind, body and spirit
With our colleagues’ support, we’ve created a culture that promotes diversity and inclusion. We understand the rich diversity in our Society, and how harnessing that diversity through effective inclusive practice has profound benefits for individuals, teams and the Society it self. This includes a progressive approach to personal well-being.
