Group Digital Enterprise Architect

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Prudential's purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed. The Digital Enterprise Architect reporting to Head of Group Architecture will lead the design and governance of Prudential's enterprise-wide technology architecture. This role ensures that IT systems, platforms, and digital, AI solutions align with Prudential's strategic goals of modernization, resilience, and customer-centric innovation across the group covering 10+ markets. Job Responsibilities Strategic Architecture Development Define long-term enterprise architecture direction with emphasis on platforms, reusable components, Data and AI driven cloud-native design. Build future-state architecture aligned with Prudential's business strategy, focusing on convergence, modernization, cost efficiency, Data and AI, and scalability. Own, define, and continuously evolve the enterprise target architecture for Digital, Traditional AI and Agentic AI solutions across the group. Define and communicate target-state architecture that delivers measurable business outcomes such as improved customer experience, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Establish architecture roadmaps that balance short-term delivery with long-term strategic vision. Translate business strategies into technology outcomes (e.g., faster time-to-market, reduced cost-to-serve, enhanced resilience). Monitor and report on architecture KPIs (system availability, scalability, interoperability, and cost efficiency). Ensure architecture decisions directly support Prudential's digital transformation goals and sustainability commitments. Achieving business goals by designing, building, and maintaining high calibre solutions according to standards best technologies that meets the current and future needs Advising on technical solutions, standard integration methodologies and the alignment of business and technology Preparing and distributing architectural vision, goals, standards, structure, behaviour patterns, models, to all affected stakeholders Checking conformance to standards and architectural decision and resolving design and architectural conflicts by explaining and justifying design and architectural decisions Identifying technical risks and problems in the design, implementation and at run-time Monitoring conformance to design standards and decisions during the implementation Provide Support for RFPs for Digital Transformation program Policy & Frameworks Formulate and enforce Group policies, frameworks, and design standards. Ensure compliance with security, resilience, and regulatory requirements in financial sector. Technology Leadership Acting as a thought leader on emerging digital business models and technologies, articulating the digital future and the enterprise's role in it internally and externally Drive adoption of digital platforms, APIs, microservices, and data-driven, AI solutions. Champion adoption of digital platforms, APIs, microservices, and data-driven solutions. Oversee Solution Architecture function, managing a team of solution architects across multiple domains (applications, data, infrastructure, security). Provide hands-on oversight of solution designs, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles. Act as the final escalation point for solution design conflicts, balancing innovation with risk management. Drive standardization of solution patterns and reusable components across the enterprise. Partner with delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented as designed, with clear traceability to business outcomes. Mentor and develop solution architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning. Governance & Collaboration Partner with business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors to ensure architectural consistency and interoperability. Ensure all solution designs comply with Prudential's established enterprise architecture principles, frameworks, and technology standards. Serve as a key member of the Architecture Review Board (ARB), reviewing proposals and providing authoritative guidance. Escalate and resolve design conflicts, ensuring decisions are transparent and traceable to business outcomes. Shift governance from being purely compliance-driven to outcome-driven, ensuring architecture decisions deliver measurable results (e.g., reduced operational risk, improved customer experience, cost efficiency). Define and monitor architecture KPIs that track adherence to governance expectations. Communicate governance decisions clearly, translating technical standards into business-relev