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Enterprise Architect
Position Description
At CGI, we lead the design and delivery of transformative solutions that shape the future of organisations across the UK. As an Enterprise Architect, you will drive high-impact strategies for complex, large-scale opportunities, influencing executive stakeholders and translating vision into measurable outcomes. Working at the heart of major pursuits, you will help define innovative, end-to-end solutions that enable clients to evolve and thrive. You will be empowered to take ownership of critical programmes, contribute creative thinking to complex challenges, and collaborate within a supportive, high-performing environment that values expertise, growth, and lasting impact.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
This is a hybrid position.
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will lead the architectural strategy for CGI’s most significant and complex opportunities, shaping solutions that deliver tangible business value. You will work closely with senior client stakeholders, building trusted relationships and guiding organisations through transformation by aligning technology with strategic objectives. From early-stage opportunity shaping through to delivery oversight, you will ensure continuity, quality, and successful outcomes across the full lifecycle.
You will take ownership of end-to-end solution design across multi-tower environments, bringing innovative thinking to complex challenges while being supported by a collaborative network of experts. Your leadership will influence major deals, strengthen client partnerships, and contribute to the growth of CGI’s enterprise architecture capability.
Lead & Shape Strategy: Define and drive architectural strategy for large-scale opportunities (£10m+), supporting deal qualification and win strategy
Engage & Influence: Build trusted relationships with CxO-level stakeholders, translating complex solutions into clear business value
Design & Govern: Lead end-to-end enterprise architecture across integrated service offerings, ensuring alignment to business and regulatory needs
Own & Deliver Solutions: Oversee scalable, secure solutions across applications, infrastructure, networks, and third-party ecosystems
Drive Bid Excellence: Lead architectural input into bids, including solution design, proposal development, and commercial alignment
Assure & Guide Delivery: Provide oversight through transition and delivery, ensuring solutions achieve intended outcomes
Mentor & Grow Capability: Support and develop senior architects, promoting best practice and reusable innovation across the function
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
You will bring extensive experience operating at an enterprise architecture level, with a strong track record of shaping and delivering large-scale digital transformation or IT services deals. You will be confident engaging senior stakeholders, translating complex technical strategies into business outcomes, and leading architecture across the full lifecycle from pre-sales through to delivery.
You should have proven experience leading architecture for complex deals exceeding £10m
Strong ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, including CxO-level executives
Demonstrated success in shaping, winning, and delivering large-scale transformation programmes
Extensive experience designing end-to-end managed services across multiple service towers
Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) and service management (e.g. ITIL)
Experience working across pre-sales, bid, and delivery phases of major engagements
Proven leadership and mentoring capability within high-performing architecture teams
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