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PRS For Music
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London, Greater London
Senior Architect (Team Lead)
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £80,000 per annum |
Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Architect to join our Enterprise Strategy and Technology team at our Streatham office with the flexibility to work a day working from home. About Us PRS for Music Limited is the UK's leading collection society, bringing together two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and the Performing Right Society. We undertake collective rights management for musical works on behalf of over 140,000 members. We pay royalties to our members when their work is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, played in public or used in film and TV. We support them by influencing policy, supporting and hosting awards and events, and investing in new technology to ensure we’re fit for the digital music age. About the Role It’s an exciting time within the CIO team, our Portfolio is the largest it’s ever been with exciting Programmes and Projects covering numerous activities such as CRM, Data, Integration and re-platforming of our core operational systems to name but a few. All of these initiatives represent a huge opportunity not only for PRS but also for personal development and we’re looking for passionate team players to join the team. The focus of this role is to ensure that PRS for Music operates efficient and effective IT services by delivering an overall IT architectural strategy that is aligned with the CIO team, our Strategic Imperatives and Transformation Portfolio. Other duties include but limited to: Partnering with business stakeholders including the CIO Team, Transformation and various third parties to architect, prototype and drive the implementation of various projects and programmes. Work closely with Application Development, Technical Services and Digital teams to establish best practices, standards for development, utilisation of technical platform architecture and methods to drive enterprise alignment and consistency Promote best practices to support scalability, skills transfer and organisational change management related to object and service oriented software design and implementation Drive technical and architectural innovation across the across the CIO team Act as a technical advisor to the CIO Leadership Team to determine the most appropriate design of solutions, applications and infrastructure to support the business, taking into account the strategic imperatives of PRS and its music industry partners, prevailing best practice and technologies Input and advise on the CIO Implementation Plan, IT Roadmaps and IT Strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the 5-year business plan and Transformation Portfolio Establish an architecture roadmap to implement the architecture strategy, advising on the business cases for technology projects, such as platform upgrades or consolidation and data architecture rationalisation. Responsible for tracking and developing the application portfolio, applying application life cycle strategies for acquisition, enhancement, replacement, consolidation and retirement of applications, as well as ensuring architectural reuse, consistency and integrity within the application portfolio Lead the development and governance of corporate software development standards, methodologies and tools Engage with key vendors (e.g. Oracle, Salesforce, Mulesfoft, Microsoft etc) to understand and incorporate their roadmaps into PRS’ overall IT architectural strategy. Research and document solution options for specific projects considering both internal development options and externally sourced solutions Act as design authority for technical designs produced by the CIO teams to ensure compliance with agreed architecture strategy Provide leadership to IT Technical Leads and other Architects to ensure that the specific needs of each application portfolio are met About You You will have extensive demonstrable experience working within complex and high transactional data volume environments, with a working knowledge of the tools, platforms and services used within PRS such as Oracle (OCI a real bonus), Salesforce, Mulesoft, Azure and other Microsoft technologies. With a background in digital services, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (an advantage) the ideal candidate will have previous experience of leading an Architecture team and in defining, implementing and governing architecture strategies. You will also be: Versed in a range of design and integration principles relating to enterprise architecture Have significant experience in IT Systems Lifecycle, relating to software development, methodologies and tools and IT Service Management Have a track record of producing high quality solutions documentation for internal and external use. An inspirational team leader with experience of coaching and developing teams. Why PRS? PRS for Music is a forward-thinking music copyright company with a focus on being the number one rights management company in the world. We live by our values they are deeply ingrained in our company culture. We want to help you grow throughout your career, so we have plenty of development opportunities for you. We run a number of well-being activities throughout the year and encourage flexible working and a relaxed dress code. We also have a number of perks including roof terraces on both sites, regular live music events, subsidised cafes, corporate discounts including gym membership and home working. Next Steps Does this sound like you? If so, we would love to hear from you - apply by submitting your CV.