Company Description

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

The Director of Architecture is responsible for shaping and driving Genomics England's technology strategy and architecture roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enabling the delivery of our vision. Collaborating closely with architects and stakeholders across the organisation, the role oversees the development of a cohesive enterprise architecture and establishes a mature framework of standards, governance, and processes.

As a key leader within the technical community, this role combines deep technical vision with strong collaboration and leadership skills, while also fostering skills and knowledge development through leading the Architecture chapter.

Job Description

Formulate and communicate Genomics England's technology strategy and architecture vision, collaborating across teams to ensure alignment and buy-in.
Work with product managers, designers, architects, and technical leaders to establish and maintain a comprehensive architecture roadmap, identifying capabilities to achieve Genomics England’s strategic goals.
Build a cohesive architecture community, defining clear roles, responsibilities, and ways of working to promote alignment, accountability, and shared ownership.
Drive the development and adoption of architecture principles, patterns, and standards, balancing governance with team autonomy to support high-quality delivery.
Lead initiatives to embed non-functional requirements such as security, resilience, and observability into solutions by design, ensuring best practices across teams.
Represent Genomics England in key technology forums, maintain relationships with suppliers and partners, and drive joint innovation to align external roadmaps with organisational vision.
Oversee the engagement, training, and development of the architecture chapter while integrating a mature architecture framework into the company operating model and processes.

Qualifications

While we recognise the value of relevant qualifications or certifications, we are primarily interested in your experience.

Additional Information

Salary from: £107,500

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3 x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, access to an Employee Assistance Programme.Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor. 

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to