As Head of Group Architecture, you will lead Knight Frank’s enterprise‑wide architecture program, unifying platforms, data, workflows, and AI capabilities to enable growth, superior client experience, and regulatory compliance. You will drive global architectural standards, govern multi‑market transformation, and align technology decisions with business strategy. This role shapes the firm’s technology foundation across regions, reducing complexity and technical debt while raising architectural maturity. You will work with senior leaders to translate strategy into executable roadmaps and lead a global architecture community.
Pay / Benefits
Competitive salary
Responsibilities
Lead the global architectural transformation from fragmented estates to a coherent, scalable architecture
Define and govern global architecture across platforms, data, workflow, identity, integration and AI capability
Shape standards, principles and guardrails to balance regional flexibility with global consistency
Provide architectural leadership across major transformation programmes and align roadmaps with the global architecture
Partner with senior business leaders to translate commercial aims into technology and AI roadmaps
Develop and mature the global architecture community and embed best practices
Oversee governance of vendor proposals and solution designs to meet global standards and reduce technical debt
Drive simplification and rationalisation to decrease cost and duplication and enable scalable platforms and data governance
Ensure architecture supports regulatory, risk, AML/KYC, onboarding, and AI safety requirements
Advise the CIO on enterprise architecture, transformation programmes and long‑term technology choices
Key requirements
Proven leadership of large‑scale, multi‑market transformation programmes (10–15+ years in leadership roles)
Experience shaping and governing architecture across multiple regions or federated organisations
Track record moving organisations from fragmented legacy estates to modern platforms
Experience influencing senior executives and boards
Experience leading architectural change in regulated environments
Strong leadership presence with credibility among Partners and senior stakeholders
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