Senior Enterprise Technical Architect

Apply

London/Hybrid

Up to £92,000 + Excellent Benefits

Permanent

Not Specified

37.5 Working Hours - (Flexible)

10 Oct 2026

Home
Vacancies
Senior Enterprise Technical Architect

*Please note we only accept online applications.*

Role Overview

Please note this role offers hybrid working at our Canary Wharf office 1-2 days per week, with travel to our administration partner in Peterborough around 1-2 times per month to support collaboration, service oversight and key operational activities.

It's a great time to join Nest. As we continue to evolve our technology landscape, we're strengthening our Technology Strategy and Architecture team to help shape the future of the organisation. These newly created roles offer the opportunity to influence how technology supports our long-term strategy, helping define the capabilities, architecture and partnerships that will enable us to be more agile, deliver meaningful change and better serve the millions of members who rely on us.

You'll work across business and technology teams, collaborating with stakeholders and strategic delivery partners to turn ambitious goals into practical outcomes. This is a role for someone who enjoys influencing rather than directing, bringing people together to solve complex challenges and helping organisations navigate the journey from where they are today to where they want to be in the future. In return, you'll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact, shape a growing function and play a key role in defining Nest's technology direction.

The minimum criteria for this role are:

We're looking for a strategic and pragmatic technology leader who can set direction, influence decisions and help Nest move confidently from where we are today to where we want to be.

Bring a minimum of five years' experience working in enterprise architecture, helping shape technology strategy, target-state architecture and roadmaps within complex organisations.
Translate business priorities and customer needs into technology capabilities that support transformation and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and third-party partners, using influence, collaboration and constructive challenge to help shape technology direction and achieve the best outcomes.
Lead architectural governance and guide technology decision making across large scale change initiatives.
Take a pragmatic and collaborative approach, balancing long term vision with delivery realities, organisational priorities and customer needs.

Experience in a customer facing environment is essential, and experience within financial services or another regulated sector would be beneficial. You'll be comfortable helping shape technology direction, establishing standards and guiding strategic technology decisions in a complex environment.

Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential. At Nest, you’ll have access to a range of learning opportunities to learn, grow and build the skills you need to be successful in your role and career.

Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal attributes required for this role.

Flexible and agile working

Everyone's personal situation is different.

To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
reduce or vary working hours
reduce or vary the days worked
work compressed hours
job share

Click here to see the benefits we offer at Nest.

For more information about our recruitment process click here

Directorate/Department Overview

The Nest Technology Strategy and Architecture team sits within our Services and Solutions department with responsibilities covering technology, change management, operations, data analytics and customer insights.

The Technology Strategy and Architecture team is responsible for setting the strategy for our technology capabilities, working with our delivery partners to realise the strategy, ensuring the cyber security of the capabilities and delivering a best in class corporate IT service to the rest of the enterprise.

Organisational Overview

Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.

Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio economic background.

We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, which is the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability, please declare that you’re applying through the scheme.

We aim to offer an interview to those applicants who apply through the Disability Confident Scheme and best meet the minimum criteria. However, there may be some circumstances where this is not possible due to the volume of applications.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications.

If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact: [email protected].

Apply