Head of Architecture and Performance, UK and Europe

Reporting to the Head of Technology UK and Europe, The Head of Architecture and Performance UK & Europe is responsible for defining and driving the regional technology architecture strategy, ensuring scalable, resilient and high-performing platforms that support business growth, operational excellence and regulatory requirements across the UK and Europe.

Key stakeholders:

• Group Heads of UK and Europe

• CROs UK & Europe

• UK 1st and 2nd LoD Risk and Compliance Teams

• Global Head of Technology Office

• Global Technology teams

• Global Head of Technology  

• Client Technology teams where appropriate.

Role Responsibilities

1. Architecture & Solution Design

• Define end‑to‑end solution architectures across application, data, and infrastructure layers

• Produce architecture blueprints and technical designs, to enable:

  • our clients to understand integration points between their software and ours.

  • Internal stakeholders to understand, risks, controls and investment needs in our technology estate.

• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards

• Evaluate and select appropriate technology stacks, frameworks, and platforms

2. Business Alignment & Strategy

• Translate client requirements into technical solutions and architecture roadmaps

• Work closely with stakeholders to define target state architecture and transition plans

• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, regulatory, and governance frameworks

3. Delivery Leadership

• Provide technical leadership to engineering and delivery teams

• Oversee solution implementation, ensuring adherence to architecture principles

• Support design, build, test, and deployment lifecycle activities

• Manage risk, dependencies, and architectural decisions across programmes

4. Application Architecture & Engineering Oversight

• Design and govern application structures, integrations, APIs, and data flows

• Establish coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices

• Ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability of applications

• Guide teams on microservices, cloud, and integration patterns

5. Stakeholder & Communication Management

• Engage with business leaders, product teams, and external partners

• Communicate complex technical concepts in clear, business‑friendly language

• Support pre‑sales activities, solution proposals, and executive decision‑making

6. Governance, Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure solutions comply with security, regulatory, and architectural standards

• Conduct architecture reviews and design assurance

• Identify opportunities to optimise systems, cost, and performance

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends

Role Requirements

Technical

• Strong background in software architecture, system design, and integration

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), APIs, microservices, and distributed systems

• Knowledge of security, data architecture, and performance optimisation

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional engineering teams

• Experience managing large-scale, enterprise delivery programmes

• Strong decision-making across trade-offs (cost, risk, scalability)

Business & Communication

• Ability to translate business strategy into technical design

• Strong stakeholder management at senior/executive level

• Excellent communication and documentation skills

About FNZ

FNZ is a global FinTech firm, transforming the way financial institutions serve their wealth management customers. We partner with banks, insurers and asset managers to help people achieve their financial goals through our unique combination of technology leadership, innovation and asset servicing.

Our services enable our clients to provide best-in-class wealth management solutions to financial advisers, end-investors and the workplace. We pride ourselves on creating solutions that are flexible, transparent and scalable, reflecting the latest market, demographic and regulatory trends worldwide.

FNZ has experienced exceptional growth in the past decade, both in terms of assets-under-administration and also through the substantial expansion of our international footprint.

The company is owned by a combination of CDPQ-Generation, Temasek and Generation IM along with FNZ employee shareholders.

Opportunities

Read our Employee Value Proposition.
Find out more about FNZ by following our social channels: Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and hear what our staff have to say about working at FNZ on Glassdoor.

LI#-CW1

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.