Overview
Practice Architect – Ways of Working – Salford, Greater Manchester
Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
All the details
We have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Architect to join our growing Architecture team! At M&S, technology is at the heart of our transformation journey — powering millions of customer interactions and enabling thousands of colleagues every day.
As we continue to evolve and invest in strategic technology, we’re expanding our architecture capability to ensure we remain differentiated and future-ready. This is your opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team that’s shaping the digital backbone of a beloved retail brand.
What you’ll do
- As a technical leader, you will collaborate with stakeholders to define and evolve the technical strategy for your practice. You will also facilitate and assist with the prioritisation of delivery to maximise business value and outcomes.
- Drive architectural best practices and ensure coherence with enterprise standards within the assigned domain or technology practice
- Assist in defining learning pathways, maintaining accreditations and supporting IT compliance (e.g. ISO27001, AWS Solution Architects)
- Guide stakeholder collaboration and translate business needs into architectural requirements
- Assess and develop technical capabilities within Tribes
Who you are
- Experience with architecture governance processes and compliance requirements
- Cloud technologies, data & integration, security & compliance, DevOps & engineering practices and architectural tools & frameworks
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, patterns, and best practices.
- Proficiency in architecture modelling, design, and documentation tools
- Knowledge of software development methodologies, frameworks, and tools
What’s in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
- After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
- Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
- Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
- A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
- A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
- Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
- Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
- A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you’re passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.
Everyone’s welcome
We’re ambitious about the future of retail. We’re innovating, disrupting, and leading the way into a more inspiring, digital era. It’s an exciting time to be part of M&S.
To support us on our journey, we’re building inclusive, diverse teams where everyone can be themselves, do their best work, and make change happen. We support each other and succeed together.
Don’t worry if you don’t meet every single requirement of the job description. It’s more of a guide to what’s possible within the role. If you’re passionate, ready to work hard, and think the role feels right for you, we’d love to hear from you. #hybridrole #LI-Hybrid #LI-OT1
