Chief Information Technology Architect
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Chief Information Technology Architect
Lingley Mere, Warrington (Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite)
37 hours per week | Permanent | Full‑time
Competitive salary + £5k cash car allowance + up to 20% bonus + 21% pension contribution
Shape the future of technology at United Utilities
United Utilities is on a mission to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West. As a FTSE 100 organisation with bold ambitions, we’re transforming the way we use technology to serve our customers, protect the environment and support our communities.
This is a rare opportunity to take on one of the most influential technology leadership roles in the region setting the direction for our enterprise wide technology strategy and shaping the digital future of a business that millions of people rely on every day.
The role: Chief Information Technology Architect
As our Chief Information Technology Architect, you’ll be the strategic force behind our enterprise and information technology roadmap. You’ll define the vision, set the standards and ensure that every part of our technology landscape across data, platforms, people and processes aligns to our business strategy and delivers meaningful outcomes for our customers and colleagues.
This is a role for a visionary thinker, a collaborative leader and a trusted adviser who can bring clarity, structure and innovation to a complex, evolving technology estate.
What you’ll be doing
Setting the strategic direction
- Define, document and own the overarching enterprise/information technology strategy for the whole organisation
- Ensure the strategy integrates seamlessly across all technology domains—Technology, Data, People and Process
- Establish the design principles and standards that guide all technology roadmaps, investment decisions and solution designs
Driving architectural excellence
- Lead the development of enterprise‑wide architectural principles, including Design‑to‑Operate and User Experience standards
- Identify the level of technology disruption needed to accelerate maturity and modernisation
- Build the component parts of the technology strategy cloud, platforms, networks and more ensuring they remain customer‑aligned
Leading engagement and influence
- Act as the primary point of engagement across the business, ensuring technology strategy is understood, applied and embedded
Ensuring governance, security and sustainability
- Uphold information security by translating policies into architectural principles and embedding them into roadmaps
- Set the principles for technology lifecycle management replace, enhance, retire, manage
- Build processes to identify and reduce technical debt, ensuring agility and resilience for the future
Leading people and culture
- Lead and develop a team of architects and analysts across permanent, agency and supplier resources
- Drive a service‑focused culture within the architecture discipline
- Ensure Health, Safety and Wellbeing principles are embedded in all activities
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience in senior technology leadership roles, guiding technical experts and ensuring compliance with regulatory and legal standards
Why join United Utilities?
You’ll be stepping into a role with real influence, visibility and purpose—supported by a benefits package that recognises your impact:
- A pivotal leadership role in a FTSE 100 organisation committed to sustainability and innovation