Principal Architect Tech Lead Freight
External
Shell · London - Shell CentreFull-timeRemote2w ago
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Responsibilities
- Key Accountabilities:
- Work with the Enterprise Capability teams to provide consistency across the technical landscape
- Develop and maintain the target state landscape vision
- Keep abreast of external developments in architecture and engineering, both in the enterprise and the wider industry
- Provide consultancy for benchmarking of the portfolio against external practice; along with externalization efforts to keep a highly visible external perspective
- Actively influence the definition of the IDT strategy for their area and the planning of investments with their architecture and engineering insight
- Ensure the business value of IT solutions is maximized by applying knowledge of the business needs and opportunities, the existing portfolio of IT applications, and the current and emerging technology
- Act as the line manager for the solution architects under this area, along with resourcing staff and/or contracts to have the right capacity to deliver the outcomes
- Act as the activity manager for the engineering resources
- Provide engineering thought leadership in partnership with other engineers.
- Drive and unblock the technical delivery of solutions to achieve expected business outcomes. Own engineering delivery, technical assurance, and fit-for-purpose tools/processes. Act as an escalation point for any engineering blockers that need to be taken to the wider enterprise.
- Promote a high-tech performance culture based on competitiveness, continuous improvement, reuse, technical excellence, and assurance.
- Proactively address technical risks and resolve vulnerabilities to ensure solutions meet quality and security standards. Ensure software engineering standards are met.
- What you bring
- Business domain knowledge of freight trading, voyage operations, post-delivery events and vetting/assurance
- Practical experience in both TOGAF and C4 design and modelling practices
- Strong strategic thinker, able to develop and articulate a vision and direction in complex organizational and (IDT) technical situations in response and support to business strategy.
- Proven track record of IT management experience leading Architecture or Engineering teams
Benefits
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national andinternational teams.Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click hereShell is working to advance an inclusive, psychologically safe and accessible environment where people with dVision insuranceRemote work optionsFlexible scheduleParental leave
Additional Information
, United Kingdom Job Family Group: Information Technology (IT) Worker Type: Regular Posting Start Date: June 4, 2026 Business Unit: Projects and Technology Experience Level: Experienced Professionals Job Description: What's the role The Principal Architect Tech Lead Freight will be the "Technology Leader" for T&S on how we deliver a T&S-wide Freight Trading / Operations set of platforms, including the platforms that support the vetting and assurance of maritime vessels. This role will own the architecture designs and roadmaps and be the Engineering leader supporting the delivery of the architecture vision.
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