Lead, Enterprise Architect

Job Title: Lead, Enterprise Architect Job Description: The Lead, Enterprise Architect is a senior management role responsible for building, leading, and developing a high-performing team of enterprise architects. This role owns the end-to-end delivery of architectural solutions that directly support business unit strategies across Pearson. The Lead, Enterprise Architect brings together technical expertise and strategic vision to guide the development of standards, patterns, and frameworks that balance innovation with pragmatism. Working closely with department heads and senior stakeholders, this role shapes technology roadmaps, resolves complex architectural challenges, and ensures that every solution meets Pearson's standards for security, scalability, maintainability, and compliance. A key part of the role is cultivating architectural excellence across the team while actively reducing technical debt and aligning the organisation's technology evolution with its long-term goals. **Who we are:** At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com. **Job:** Architecture **Job Family:** TECHNOLOGY **Organization:** OCTO **Schedule:** FULL\_TIME **Workplace Type:** Hybrid **Req ID:** 25161