Head: Enterprise Architecture

**THE JOB AT A GLANCE**

**WHAT WILL YOU DO?**

**Architectural Vision & Principles**
- Define, evangelize and maintain RMA’s architectural vision, principles and standards
- Ensure every solution is designed against a consistent, future-ready blueprint that supports strategic objectives.

**Architecture Governance & Oversight**
- Establish and chair the Architecture Review Board; manage exceptions and enforce compliance
- Maintain a living reference architecture library, patterns catalog and technology standards
- Perform architecture health-checks, risk assessments and design reviews for all major initiatives.

**Continuous Improvement & Innovation**
- Conduct horizon scanning and Proof-of-Concepts for emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML, serverless, edge computing)
- Streamline the architecture lifecycle—improving methods, toolchains and collaboration—to accelerate delivery
- Publish best-practice patterns, lead workshops and update guidance to ensure rapid adoption
- Execute post-implementation reviews to measure performance, scalability and user feedback; drive enhancements.

**Stakeholder & Vendor Management**
- Partner with Security, Data Governance, PMO, Software Development and Business Units to embed architecture early in project lifecycles
- Lead architecture evaluations for key vendors, negotiate technology standards in SLAs and influence vendor roadmaps.

**Success Metrics & KPIs**

Adoption:

- percentage of major projects reviewed by the EA function
- Cycle Time Reduction: percentage decrease in delivery lead time through reusable reference architectures
- Risk Mitigation: Number of critical design vulnerabilities detected and remediated pre-go-live.

**Technical Ecosystem & Tools**
- Define reference models for cloud/hybrid platforms and integration patterns (API-first, microservices, event-driven)
- Select and manage EA tools to support modelling, reporting and repository management.

**Compliance, Risk & Data Privacy**
- Embed regulatory requirements and enterprise risk controls into architecture blueprints
- Partner with Risk & Compliance to assess residual architecture risks and own remediation plans.

**People & Financial Management**
- Build, mentor and scale a high-performing architecture team; define career paths and growth plans
- Forecast resource capacity, allocate skilled staff to critical programs and maintain continuity of expertise
- Develop and manage the EA function’s operating budget—forecasting, approval and cost control in line with RMA’s guidelines
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and high engagement.

**Professional Development & Culture**
- Champion continuous learning: support certification pursuits (TOGAF, CISSP, cloud accreditations) and internal “architecture guilds.”
- Promote diversity, inclusion and an open knowledge-sharing environment across IT and business communities.

**Management Reporting**
- Produce and maintain a set of EA KPIs in alignment with the agreed objectives
- Update executive leadership monthly on trends, emerging risks and resource capacity
- Deliver a concise architecture review that covers:

- As-Is vs To-Be progress against roadmaps
- Summary of design reviews and risk mitigations completed.

**Stakeholder Briefings**
- Present tailored reports to the CIO/CTO, PMO and business unit heads, highlighting:

- Upcoming architecture dependencies or potential blockers
- Remediation plans for critical compliance or security gaps
- Opportunities to reuse existing components for cost or time savings.

**WHAT WILL YOU GET IN RETURN?**

We offer great opportunities for personal and professional development in a stable company that is 131 years strong. The role comes with a competitive salary package and various benefits. Furthermore, you will be part of a dedicated group of colleagues who value teamwork and collaboration.

**Turnaround time**

**Closing date: 10th August 2025**

**Our Commitment to transformation**:
**WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO THE TABLE?**
- Honours degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field
- TOGAF, Zachman or equivalent EA framework certification (required)
- CISSP, MCSE/MCTS or PRINCE2 (advantageous)
- 8 to 10 years maximum in IT architecture or solution design, including 5+ years in a leadership role
- Proven track record leading architecture for large-scale, cross-domain implementations
- Deep understanding of security architecture, infrastructure design, software development lifecycles and data management
- Familiarity with ITIL, COBIT, and other related frameworks
- Expertise in the development and reviewing reference architectures
- Ability to review communicate architecture roadmap and solution designs with the internal IT and business stakeholders
- Ability and expertise to review IT solutions against RMA’s architecture vision and standards
- SLAs management and vendor capability evaluation processes
- Strong analytical thinking, communication, facilitation and stakeholder management abi