
No. of Positions: 12
Location: Edinburgh | Manchester | Bristol | Leeds
Language: English (mandatory)
We are looking for Senior Enterprise Architects for one of our clients across multiple UK locations. You will be embedded within the CTO Architecture function, covering vacancies, secondments, and maternity leave. In this senior role, you will produce high-level architecture views, roadmaps, and emerging technology strategies while working closely with programme workstream leads and stakeholders across business domains.
Produce high-level architecture, future/north star, and emerging technology views and roadmaps
Drive implementation of Architecture as Code across the programme
Provide architectural guidance on trends, best practices, strategy, principles, standards, and guardrails
Support transition states, designs, and architecture delivery
Collaborate with workstream leads to define scope, requirements, and design roadmaps
Engage with internal and external stakeholders across the programme
Deliver designs, tooling strategy, and data delivery patterns
In-Scope Technologies & Domains
Architecture as Code & Composability
Stakeholder Management & Architecture Governance
Banking domains: Payments, Loans, Cards, Pensions, Markets
Blockchain & DLP
Cloud Services
Machine Learning, Agentic AI & Artificial Intelligence
Must-Have Requirements:
Strong across multiple architecture disciplines
Solid understanding of Architecture as Code and composability concepts
Ability to work across diverse business domains
Capability to build architecture components independently
Experience in banking or financial services architecture
Familiarity with emerging technologies including AI, ML, Cloud, and Blockchain
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Fluent in spoken and written English (mandatory)
This Position is Sponsored by Sperton Global, a recruitment and consulting company with an international reach. We are committed to helping our clients achieve success in their hiring processes, finding the right people for the right positions.

SPERTON is a full-range provider of Global Recruitment, People Management, Global Mobility and Business support services within focused industry sectors. Our head office is located in Norway. We have over 20 years’ of experience supporting clients within the Human Resources area. We can support you globally through our own companies and partners in more than 140 countries.
Sperton had been specializing in the supply of the very best freelance and permanent white-collar professionals working with projects. We provide consultant and recruitment services to companies of all types and sizes, including consultancies, contractors, sub-contractors, developers and end clients operating across a wide range of projects and environments.
Now our services also include People Management, Global Mobility and Business Support Services.
Legal entity set-up, payroll services, HR administration, compliance, and insurance provision, cultural awareness training, and mobility support – everything needed to work compliantly with local legislation and regulations in different countries.
With over 20 years of global experience within project execution, we understand your challenges and know how to support you from the start to the end of the project.