Hybrid Head of Architecture – Assets, Data and Tooling

at S&P Global

• Job title: Head of Architecture – Assets, Data and Tooling
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $150,000 - $280,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Microservices, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Enterprise Architect overseeing architecture assets, tool strategy, and governance at S&P Global. Collaborating with teams to align technology and business needs for innovation and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Govern and manage Architecture assets, serving as the product owner for the Enterprise Architecture tooling platform, managing EA tooling platform roadmap, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Oversee the evaluation of software and hardware product standards to ensure alignment with strategy, architectural standards, integration requirements, risk management, and long-term sustainability across the technology landscape.
• Partner with Business and Technical teams to ensure architecture assets and tooling investments deliver measurable business value and support capability development.
• Assess and guide on architecture for product/platform enablement (e.g., digital subscription platforms, SaaS offerings, global delivery of information assets) and ensure architecture supports scalability, performance, reliability, global compliance.
• Measure and report on architectural effectiveness, using the Enterprise Architecture tooling platform to track key metrics such as technical debt reduction, component reuse percentage and percentage of automation adoption.
• Support to build the architecture community and promote shared standards and practices to build a network of architects with shared ways of working, tools, and frameworks.
• Drive ownership in maintaining future state EA artifacts and tools, publish, reporting and tracking its adoption.
• Support governance activities by maintaining accurate, up-to-date architectural models and artifacts within the enterprise tooling platform.
• Form partnerships across the enterprise and externally, to facilitate collaboration and remain informed of new capabilities and emerging technology trends.
• Drive the mandate and contribute to the ongoing success of the Enterprise Architecture office.
• Lead and implement the Architecture Observability (AO) strategy, transforming enterprise architecture into a dynamic, queryable system by leveraging data from across our technology estate.
• By ensuring strong data governance, ownership, and quality, this role enables real-time insights and trend analysis, moving beyond static documentation to a live architectural model.
• Lead a Data Governance team, establishing best practices for data stewardship, quality, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Lead a Data Driven Decisions team responsible for providing executive dashboards and business intelligence capabilities, enabling actionable insights for leadership.
• Manage and mentor an engineering team, driving delivery of data, analytics, and architecture solutions.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of established architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Gartner or Zachman) and their application in driving enterprise-level standards and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with senior Product, Technology, and Business leaders to align technology & architectural decisions with investment prioritization.
• Critically a focus on servant leadership, ensuring that EA is not perceived as an ivory tower practice.
• Deep expertise in one or more core architectural domains: Data Architecture, Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Microservices, or API-led architecture.
• Strategic partnership lens, with understanding of entire data & software lifecycle to enable comprehensive support of Divisional needs.
• Significant, hands-on experience with major Enterprise Architecture management tools (e.g., LeanIX, Ardoq, Alfabet, or equivalent).
• Experience in media/information services or related domain highly desirable (e.g., content delivery, subscription models, rights/licensing systems, real‑time analytics, digital platforms).
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, including technical mentorship, performance management, and delivery leadership.
• Familiarity with relevant technologies, including Azure Data Fabric, Alteryx, SQL, Dremio, Python, Power BI, CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management) tools, Enterprise Architecture tools, knowledge graphs, and USE Data.World.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related discipline; Master’s or MBA is a plus.
• Relevant architecture certifications desirable.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.