Principal Enterprise Architect

Principal Enterprise Architect

Location – Leeds or Dublin
Hybrid with some travel

Permanent

Principal Enterprise Architect will help define and implement architecture strategies that support Flutter’s growth objectives whilst operating within a federated operating model. This position requires balancing centralised governance and standards with the flexibility to address the unique needs of individual brands, regions and divisions. The role is centred firmly within our global Tech Edge strategy, aiming to power the growth of our brands by identifying and implementing opportunities for sharing, automating and securing technology.

The role will lead and shape the forward view of technology across Flutter’s Global ecosystem, will work in partnership with key business and technology stakeholders to seek innovative solutions, promote reuse, optimise our sharing models and integration patterns to ensure the Technology function can deliver our ambitious strategy.   

This role provides extensive technical, strategic advice and guidance to senior leadership teams to create and implement new technology platforms and will include mentoring, coaching and sometimes leading other architects and technical leaders. 

Key areas of focus for this role:

• To help create and leverage Flutter Edge – our shared platforms and products - to empower our brands. Partnering with Product and Commercial teams this requires a forward-thinking strategy, expertise and mindset
• Play a leading role in our global technology integration and transformation programs.  Including supporting our acquisition diligence and integrations and accelerating Edge brand integrations through promoting sharing models such as inner source and as-a-service
• Establishing collaboration, alignment and architectural maturity across our global technology community via Communities of practice and Global Design Council
• Provide expert technology consultancy across the group that informs and enables Flutter Edge value to be realised.
• Support the evaluation of technology systems and platforms during M&A due diligence, creating the integration roadmap and management of key technology risks.

About Flutter
In Flutter COO we work with experts across Flutter to build, deploy and communicate the Flutter Edge. Together we cover Product & Payments, Technology, Sportsbook Product & Trading, People, Property, Corporate Communications and Strategic Partnerships & Transformation.  
 

What you’ll do

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and maintain a forward-thinking architecture strategy aligned with the organisation’s objectives, prioritising scalability, performance, and compliance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor across Flutter group, providing insights into existing and emerging technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and automation.
• Ensure the architecture aligns with the organisational goals and supports both centralised and decentralised (federated) operating models.
• Develop and mature enterprise architecture capabilities and processes at Flutter, including but not limited to:
  • Development and evolution of Capability Models
  • Create and agree a consistent and accessible set of Business and Technology capability definitions
  • Capability mapping - the association of capabilities to each other and the applications and processes that fulfil - through which a better understanding of our technical landscape and component and service responsibilities can be obtained. 
  • Develop a Capability Maturity Model/Assessment framework and comparison with objectives - to identify areas for reuse, focus or uplift
• Ensure these activities form part of our wider values streams across Flutter Functions, feeding into Flutter Group transformation programmes etc. to deliver value and to drive fact-based decisions.

Flutter Edge:

• Working closely with product Architecture and colleagues within Global Platform Architecture, define the overall architecture vision and reference architecture for Flutter
• Develop architecture standards that promote interoperability, modularity, and scalability.
• Specifically maintain, advocate and provide consultancy for Flutter Edge PLUG integration patterns that enables brands / divisions to accelerate integration with Flutter Edge services. 
• Enable innovation and collaboration through the implementation of sharing models, including:
• Inner source: Foster a culture of collaboration by enabling teams to share reusable platforms, code libraries and frameworks across the organisation.
• As-a-Service: Develop and promote modular, API-driven patterns and approaches for services that promote re-use and ease of adoption.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A):

• Help develop integration strategies and roadmaps to align acquired entities architecture, ensuring continuity in operations and compliance.

Governance, Assurance and Collaboration:

• Promote the adoption of shared services, reusable code, and inner source practices to optimise costs, increase development velocity, and reduce duplication.
• Act as a liaison between global and local teams to ensure alignment with enterprise priorities.
• In consultation with the Director of Architecture and wider team, lead the development and refinement of the architecture governance and assurance processes and structures to ensure business outcome alignment and improve quality of deliverables.
• Work with the wider CIO Architecture Community to ensure alignment, best practice processes and ways of working.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:

• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies to drive efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.
• Advocate the adoption of automation and DevOps practices to improve development and deployment efficiency across teams.

Team Leadership:

• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability across teams.
• Lead by example and serve as a role model on key topics such as responsible gambling, sustainability, and DEI.

What you’ll need

• Experience of operating in a senior architecture role within a fast-paced online/eCommerce organisation. Comfortable operating, presenting, and influencing at C-suite level.
• Excellent understanding and appreciation of the technology market, latest trends, ways of working.
• An excellent relationship builder and motivator who will thrive on working closely with internal teams and across a diverse group structure.
• Experience of Enterprise Architecture modelling and mapping techniques, as well as architecture tooling such as LeanIX.
• Excellent ability to co-ordinate multiple stakeholders, requirements, and priorities whilst working to exacting deadline.
• Fluent in technology architecture best practice – can set standards, implement the right processes and forums to set the function up for success.
• Sees and lives architecture as an enabler of business value, not as purely a governance function.
• Knowledge of Flutter’s global technology ecosystem and our player facing products.
• Strong analysis, problem resolution, judgment and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills – with an ability to simplify complex problems or solutions in a way that is easy to understand for a non-technical audience.
• Understanding of portfolio and demand management.

What’s in it for you 
We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you: 

• Bonus scheme 
• Uncapped holiday allowance  
• Enhanced pension scheme  
• Private healthcare  
• Life assurance  
• Income protection 
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme 
• Enhanced parental leave 

About Flutter 

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world.  

We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet. 

With our global scale and challenger attitude, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities. 

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. 

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.