AEP Enterprise Architect

About the Position

AEP Enterprise Architect

London, hybrid

6 month FTC

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

Job Purpose

The Enterprise Architect serves as the primary technical driver for closing sales opportunities and supporting existing customer success with their marketing technology programs through value realization. The Enterprise Architect engages with customer Technical, Marketing, and C-Suite teams in the evaluation of current-state technology and business objectives to deliver future-state marketing technical architectures, digital engagement roadmap management, and “Art of the Possible” digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical driver for closing sales opportunities.
• Support existing customer success with marketing technology programs.
• Engage with customer Technical, Marketing, and C-Suite teams.
• Evaluate current-state technology and business objectives.
• Deliver future-state marketing technical architectures.
• Manage digital engagement roadmap.
• Create “Art of the Possible” digital experiences.

Requirements

• Past experience in a consultative role supporting large-scale enterprise digital marketing ecosystems.
• Working knowledge of end-to-end digital marketing journey.
• Significant hands-on experience using enterprise platforms.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas to technical, marketing, and C-Suite audiences.
• Ability to quickly diagnose challenges and opportunities and produce a future state architecture.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with particular expertise in PowerPoint and Lucid Chart/Visio.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (CS), Digital Marketing, or MBA, or equivalent experience.

Skills to Set You Apart

• One or more current Adobe Certified Expert certifications.
• Recent experience building enterprise-level return on investment focused Business Cases for technology transformations.
• Hands-on experience architecting and/or delivering native, Flutter, or React-Native mobile applications.
• Experience leading a revenue-focused Book of Business including sales pipeline via Salesforce/Microsoft Dynamics, scope/contract review, and Value Realization measurement.
• Familiarity and usage of generative AI solutions.

We Offer

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location).
• An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies.
• Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
• 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays).
• Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.
• Enhanced family-friendly policies to support new parents.
• Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organized activities and celebrations.
• Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events.
• Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance.
• Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks at DEPT®.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global - at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development, and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

Why DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.