Enterprise Architect

Job Details Salary: Competitive per annum Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday Location: Flexible working with up to 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley Contract: Permanent Closing Date: 28th April 2025 At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo. Join our team of forward-thinkers who approach the world with a different lens. We value individuals who are vocal about driving positive change and are willing to dive into both big and small tasks. If you're ready to take your career to new heights, this opportunity is for you. In a nutshell The Business Domain Architect role is aligned to a specific business domain or value stream within Virgin Atlantic. They work closely with business stakeholders to understand the vision and goals for their domain, develop current and future state architectures-covering business, application, and data-and manage a roadmap to reach the target state. This role also contributes to Virgin Atlantic's overall technical strategy and supports the drive for innovation. Day to day

• Develop close business relationships, understand, and influence digital business strategies
• Develop Current and Future State Business, Data and Application Architectures
• Develop and maintain pragmatic and actionable roadmaps
• Support the formation of Technology Investment Portfolios
• Contribute to Technical Architectures to ensure alignment to Business Strategy
• Contribute to the development of Technical Strategies and Reference Architectures
• Manage Total Risk and Cost across the IT Estate

About you

• Proven experience in architectural roles (e.g., Solution, Business, or Enterprise Architecture).
• Broad understanding of business, application, and data architecture principles.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and how to apply them in practice.
• Experience in airline or travel industry.
• Familiarity with operating model design.
• Experience using EA tools such as LeanIX.

Be yourself Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong. To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered.