CTO Enterprise Architect

**Job Title**:CTO Enterprise Architect

**Location: Pune**

**About Barclays**

**Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.**

**Risk and Control Objective**

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

**Working Flexibly**

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

**Introduction**:
The Enterprise Architect role will sit within the Enterprise Architecture function of CTO. They will be accountable for defining group wide technology architecture, vision and capability to satisfy a variety of functional capabilities, as prioritised by Group CTO, in order to provide a world-class customer/client experience, underpinned by a lean cost base, strong controls and a culture of collaboration, innovation and high performance.

**What will you be doing?**

**100% Technology Strategy & Architecture**
- Technology Strategy:

- Under the direction of the Enterprise Architect, define the strategy, roadmaps and vision for prioritised functional capabilities and C&P functional capabilities consistent with wider Barclays Group standards. Use enterprise architecture techniques, focusing on business outcomes, in conjunction with respective CTO, CIO, Business Architects and business stakeholders, to translate strategic business and technological goals.
- Ensure that architecture is resilient, scalable and highly customer and client-centric in both providing innovative and progressive products and services, and in partnering with the Business Units to ensure their client and customer strategies are successfully achieved;
- Investigate specific technologies, conduct technical briefings and recommend next steps to O&T leadership at all levels and colleagues as appropriate. Research relevant technologies and demonstrate their benefits by developing POCs where necessary.
- Architecture Services:

- Accountable for creation and development of Strategy, Roadmaps including Functional and Technical designs, ensuring appropriate architectural governance approvals are obtained.
- Under the direction of the Lead Enterprise Architect, lead analysis of the current landscape to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. Design and support the implementation of resilient, scalable solutions for the domain area.
- Provide support and guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle to the Change the Bank and Run the Bank teams, including hands on support on investigation and root cause analysis of any major problems, support in detailed design where needed.
- Ensure necessary processes and controls are designed to comply with group policies to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Provide assurance that the technology services system of internal control is operating as designed and effectively manages all Principal and Key Risk types in accordance with Barclays Policies.
- Partner with Lead Engineers, Architects and broadly colleagues within O&T community to coordinate strategies and technology investment recommendations
- Maintain and track technical debt as a result of any changes to target state solutions to accommodate project
- Maintain knowledge of relevant technologies at the core/internals levels in order to act competently in Subject Matter Expert role

**What we’re looking for**:

- Real world Enterprise architecture experience in banking / financial services is essential with significant practical experience of defining and implementing enterprise wide solutions
- First class, intellect flexibility of thinking and an ability to analyse and distil complex information quickly, presenting to non-Technology colleagues in a clear and succinct manner.
- Ability to provide a world-class customer/client experience, underpinned by a lean cost base, strong controls and a culture of collaboration,