Enterprise Architect - Leeds

Enterprise Architect - Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 8EQ Permanent - Full-Time Salary: Negotiable

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Why This Role is Exciting!

Join the Making Business Easier (MBE) Programme and help shape an enterprise‑wide digital transformation. As an experienced Enterprise Architect, you'll influence long‑term strategy, solve complex challenges, and design future‑ready architecture that enables business growth. This is a high‑impact role with visibility across senior leadership and the opportunity to drive meaningful change

What you'll be doing:

• Co-own and evolve the enterprise architecture framework, target architectures, and roadmaps with the broader EA community
• Develop and govern enterprise-wide models including capability, process, data, application, and integration landscapes
• Ensure alignment between architecture, business strategy, regulatory requirements, and transformation outcomes
• Provide architectural assurance and oversight across major programmes and BAU activity
• Shape strategic demand, assess enterprise impact, and support investment decisions
• Partner with senior leaders, delivery teams, and business functions to drive alignment and simplify processes
• Contribute to architecture governance forums and embed standards, principles, and modelling best practice
• Support commitments in sustainability, inclusion, cyber security, and data governance

What we're looking for:

• Strong, proven enterprise architecture expertise across business, data, applications, integration, and technology domains
• 5+ years' experience in process / technology / data transformation roles, including at least 3 years operating as an Enterprise or Lead Architect within a complex transformation programme
• Knowledge of recognised architecture frameworks and modelling approaches (e.g., TOGAF), formal certification strongly preferred
• Understanding of data governance, information management, regulatory requirements, and modern technology ecosystems-especially cloud, AI, and machine learning
• Experience using EA tools (e.g., LeanIX, Bizzdesign) and developing enterprise‑level models to support strategic decision‑making
• Proven ability to establish or mature an enterprise architecture function and shape architectural governance
• Strategic thinker with strong planning skills, capable of linking business objectives to actionable change
• Excellent communicator with strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills, able to operate effectively in complex organisations
• Extensive experience in senior architecture roles within large or multifaceted organisations, contributing to major transformation programmes
• Strong analytical capability, able to translate complex technical concepts into clear, practical insights
• Broad commercial and market awareness, with an understanding of value creation, business transformation, systems thinking, and organisational change
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including conflict management, cross‑team collaboration, and stakeholder alignment

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Annual Target Bonus
• Car Allowance
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• PMI Cover: Individual
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.