As Lead Architect at National Grid, you will shape technology strategy and enterprise architecture to enable secure, scalable, and resilient systems. You’ll bridge Chief Architect activities with product lines, guiding governance and solution design across the change portfolio. The role requires collaboration with product, engineering, and business teams to embed enterprise standards and drive strategic transformation. This is a senior, impact‑driven position at the heart of the technology transformation. You will help raise architectural maturity and foster a forward‑looking architecture capability.
Pay / Benefits
Competitive salary
Performance bonus up to 40%
Fully electric company car or cash allowance
Private medical insurance
28 days holiday plus bank holidays
Generous pension with enhanced employer contributions
Responsibilities
Lead strategic planning aligning roadmaps and investment with business objectives
Produce insights, analysis, and reports to support strategy management and decision‑making
Coordinate information and technology strategies for enterprise‑wide approaches
Lead lifecycle management of digital information and records with compliant practices
Align technology strategy with business mission and operating models
Monitor emerging technologies and share insights through roadmaps and reports
Advise on investment appraisal approaches and lead complex project appraisals
Lead business continuity planning and resilience improvements
Drive business process improvement using automation and new technologies
Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and translate engagement into action
Key requirements
Broad experience in utilities or regulated environments
Understanding of business architecture within the wider solution architecture lifecycle
Knowledge of enterprise architecture activities, artefacts, and deliverables
Experience with architecture continuums and related governance processes
Ability to operate at senior leadership level and influence across the organisation
Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills with delivery track record
Experience in strategic planning, investment planning, and product planning
Understanding of current and emerging product practices and Agile methodologies
Experience in a heavily matrixed organisation and influencing without authority
Knowledge of financial management, benefits management, and benefits realisation
Leadership
Communication
Presentation
Enterprise architecture methodologies and artefacts
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