Enterprise Architect, Full Time – Wakefield

Overview

Salary Details: up to £90,000 (depending on experience)

Location: Century House Brunel Road Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate

Job Reference: cardfac/TP/1803145/31894

Are you someone who sees the bigger picture and knows how to bring it to life through smart, scalable tech? We’re looking for an Enterprise Architect to help shape the future of our organisation—connecting strategic goals with the technology that makes them happen. This is a senior role with real influence, guiding investment decisions, and architectural standards across the business. Success here means delivering a future-ready architecture that balances innovation, cost, and complexity while keeping everything aligned and on track. This role is based in Wakefield, just off Junction 41 on the M1 with hybrid working (2–3 days a week on site).

 

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll define and maintain our enterprise architecture strategy, making sure it reflects business priorities and supports long-term growth. From shaping roadmaps and guiding investment decisions to leading design authorities and reviewing solution proposals, you’ll be at the heart of architectural governance.

Working across platforms and services, you’ll create and maintain artefacts, standards, and principles that steer technical decision-making. You’ll also play a key role in integrating emerging technologies into our plans, helping us stay ahead of the curve and drive real business value.

Collaboration is key—you’ll build strong relationships with business leaders, service owners, delivery teams, and external partners to ensure architecture intent is clearly communicated and consistently adopted. And you’ll support vendor coordination to make sure everything fits seamlessly into our wider ecosystem.

 

What we’re looking for:

• Proven expertise in enterprise and solution architecture, with deep knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF and tools such as LeanIX.
• Experience shaping IT strategy, roadmaps, and technology portfolios in line with business goals.
• Strong technical knowledge across integration platforms, cloud architecture (Azure preferred), data platforms, and enterprise applications.
• A strategic thinker who can assess emerging technologies and translate them into business value.
• Confident in leading governance processes, architecture boards, and stakeholder engagement across executive and technical audiences.
• Typically educated to degree level or equivalent experience, with architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, BCS) highly desirable.

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland.  In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer.  This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.  

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Benefits

• Pension
• 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
• Save As You Earn scheme
• Financial Wellbeing Support
  • Financial Education Tools
  • Salary Advance
• Seasonal incentive schemes
• Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
• Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
• Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave

This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.

For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email) 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly. 

No agencies, please.

 

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