Enterprise Architect

A leading boutique HR Management Consultancy has a fantastic opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join a dynamic technology consulting division and own the target HR/Payroll architecture and operating model for end-to-end HRIS transformation.

You will chair key design decisions, set standards (TOGAF), and make the estate future-proof and AI/agentic-ready. You must be credible at CIO level and hands-on enough to guide integration patterns and data architecture.

Key Skills / Experience

• Domain depth: HR & Payroll expertise; understands suite-level differences (Workday/SF/Oracle) and payroll control points.
• Operates at CIO/CHRO level: can land decisions, not just recommendations.
• TOGAF Certified
• Agentic AI awareness: human-in-the-loop patterns, guardrails, governance.
• Future-proofing mindset: landing zones, observability (SLIs/SLOs), decommissioning.
• Set the target state & roadmap; run EA governance and KDDs; align CHRO/CIO stakeholders.
• Embed agentic/AI readiness and data assurance into architecture; partner with data/AI leads.
• Define integration landscapes and transition states; guide legacy demise (purge/archive/reporting).
• Build reusable IP/toolkits and support internal productisation.