Lead Enterprise Architect

Are you ready to be at the forefront of one of the most ambitious digital transformations in the England? Do you want to shape the future of health and care for millions of people, driving innovation that improves lives every day?

NHS England is seeking experienced Lead Enterprise Architects to provide strategic direction and leadership across our Enterprise Architecture function. This is a pivotal role in delivering the NHS’ future plans and ensuring digital and data products and services are aligned. You will work at the heart of digital transformation, influencing decisions that impact millions of patients and staff. This is more than just a job – it's a chance to make a profound impact on the health of the nation.

• Lead the development and governance of enterprise architecture across business, data, application, and technology domains.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support development of an actionable future state of architecture across England.
• Drive productivity and estate rationalisation through operational and financial efficiency recommendations, collaborating cross-functionally to support implementation and improve adoption.
• Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps to support NHS strategic objectives.

Provide expert consultancy to senior stakeholders, ensuring interoperability and compliance with NHS and national standards.

Oversee architecture assurance for major programmes, balancing innovation with risk and cost considerations.

Mentor and develop the architecture community, fostering best practice and continuous improvement.

What’s In It For You

• A leadership role in shaping national digital health strategy.
• Flexible hybrid working (40% in-person expectation) from any NHS England office nationally.
• Opportunities for professional development, including TOGAF and advanced leadership training.
• A collaborative, inclusive culture where your expertise makes a real difference.
  
  

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We Lead The NHS In England By

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities

Making the NHS a great place to work, where people can develop and make a difference

Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care

Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

Delivering value for money

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and waste.

If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Marshall Job title: Senior Business Manager Email address: nik.marshall@nhs.net Telephone number: 07917244774