Interim Chief Architect

Major UK Financial Services Business • Contract • 2-3 days onsite in Swindon (Hybrid)

THE OPPORTUNITY

Most architecture roles ask you to advise. This one asks you to decide. Our client is a major, UK financial services business undergoing a significant technology transformation — and they need a Chief Architect who will be the technical conscience of the organisation: someone who owns the architectural direction, chairs the review process, and is genuinely empowered to say no.

The incoming CTO has a clear mandate and ExCo backing to transform the technology function. The architecture capability is being reset — moving away from an academic, diagram-heavy function towards one that is hands‑on, interventionist, and directly accountable for the quality of every significant technology decision made in the business. The Chief Architect will report directly to the CTO, sit across the entire enterprise technology estate, and have real authority over what gets b...