Join us asthe Head of Payments TechnologyArchitecture

• In this roleyou will be critical in leading the modernisation of paymenttechnology platforms and working practices to support the bank’sambitious digital transformation.

• Therole will work in close partnership with both technology andbusiness peers across NatWest to develop and align the targetbusiness and technology architecture androadmap.
• For someone with a background indefining business and application architectures and roadmaps forcomplex enterprises, this is an excellent opportunity to join ourbusiness
• You'll be leading and defining theintentional architecture for your assigned scope in order toensure that the current architecture being delivered by engineersbest supports the enterprise and its long termstrategy
• With valuable exposure, you’ll bebuilding and leveraging relationships with colleagues across thebank to ensure commercially focused decisions and to create longterm value for thebank

Whatyou'll do

In thissenior Technology Architecture leadership role, you will lead andmanage Payments Technology Architecture, ensuring that the visionand architecture roadmaps align with and support the delivery ofcustomer-focused propositions. You will drive architecturalstrategy in collaboration with business and technology leaders,engaging with all business areas and technology domains forintegrated architecture roadmaps. You will play a strong roleconnecting across the Payments Industry and will provide a strongvoice within the NatWest Group ensuring that we engage withappropriate governance forums including the ArchitectureCouncil.

We will look to youstrongly influence the development of business strategies at anorganisational level, identifying transformational opportunitiesfor our businesses and technology areas associated with both newand existingtechnologies.

• Youwill own the operating model and practices for the technicalarchitecture discipline within Payments Technology, settingstandards for excellence in both the creation of architecture andthe development of your teams’ critical peoplecapabilities
• As a champion of a service mindsetand a driven enterprise behaviour, you will promote continuousoptimisation and simplification of the architecture, fosteringmodern, cloud-native architecture patterns and cross-functionalpartnerships, ensuring capabilities are shared and reusedeffectively
• Payments data and Data Architectureand lineage is a key accountability while also supporting thedomain in removing technical debt and enhancing operationalresilience
• You will be defining andcommunicating the current, resultant and target state architecturefor your assigned scope. You’ll be making sure that thearchitecture links to, and is informed by, our overall strategy andarchitecture, and produces the architectureoutcomes
• Translating architecture roadmaps intopackages of work that allow frequent incremental delivery of valueto be included in the portfoliobacklog
• Defining, creating and maintainingarchitecture models, roadmaps, standards and outcomes, usingarchitecture strategies to ensure alignment to adjacent andcapability mode
• Working closely with businessowners, portfolio managers, product managers and release managersto define the target intentionalarchitecture
• Leading complex and technicallychallenging architectural transformations, coordinating design andplatform teams across enterprisedomains
• Seeking out and utilising continuousfeedback, fostering adaptive design and engineering practices todrive the collaboration of programmes and teams around a commontechnicalvision

The skillsyou'll need

To succeed in thisrole, you’ll need expert knowledge of application architecture, andat least one business, data or infrastructure architecture with anin-depth knowledge of the remaining disciplines. A skillednegotiator to navigate the enterprise dependency while driving forcontinued simplification and reuse. You will have excellentcommunication skills with the ability to clearly communicatecomplex technical concepts to colleagues, up to senior leadershiplevel, along with a good understanding of Agile methodologies withexperience of working in an Agileteam.

You’ll alsodemonstrate:

• Strong collaboration.senior leadership, resource and stakeholder managementskills
• Experience of developing, syndicatingand communicating architectures, designs and proposals foraction
• An understanding of industryarchitecture frameworks, such as TOGAF andArchiMate
• Experience of working with businesssolution vendors, technology vendors and products within themarket
• A background in systems developmentchange life cycles, best practices andapproaches
• Knowledge of hardware, software,application and systemsengineering