Domain Architect

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's Tech as our Supply Chain Domain Architect means embarking on an exciting journey to tackle some of the most compelling technology challenges in the retail industry. You will have the opportunity to shape and drive the technology strategy and roadmap for our Supply Chain domain across all our brands. As part of an agile and empowered team, you will collaborate with talented colleagues across Engineering, Product, and Architecture to create innovative, scalable, and future-proof solutions. We foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and ownership, where your expertise and influence will extend across the organisation. With our commitment to ongoing development and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, this is an exceptional chance to make a real impact and shape the future of retail technology.

What you'll do

• As a Domain Architect at Sainsbury's, you will play a critical role in tackling complex technology problems within the retail industry.

You will partner with Heads of Engineering and Product to deliver strategic, big-picture thinking and define the overall technology direction for a significant area of our business. This involves driving the creation of our north star and technology strategy for our Supply Chain systems as well as ensuring that technical decisions in this space are well informed and meet our technology principles and standards.

As a Domain Architect, you will communicate and champion the technology strategy, inspiring colleagues and teams to contribute and align with the overall vision.

As a part of a wider team driving the migration of our legacy systems over to modern platforms and solutions, you will be key to ensuring we understand the dependencies across the enterprise and that we collectively produce designs that align to our strategic vision.

You will also collaborate with the broader architecture community, sharing expertise and promoting alignment for key strategic initiatives across Sainsbury's Tech.

Additionally, you will maintain accurate data about your domain, scan the external environment for innovative perspectives, and influence decision-making at all levels through your strong communication and influencing skills.

Who you are

As a Domain Architect for Sainsbury's Tech, you are a highly experienced and influential professional with a proven track record in building and shaping technology strategy .

You will have previous experience with Supply Chain and understand how to effectively manage impact, identify the key decisions and drive change.

As the Domain Architect for Supply Chain, you will need to foster great relations with our wider architecture team, our trusted partners and senior leaders. You should have a strong background in developing and implementing domain-level roadmaps and strategies, in addition to possessing a deep understanding of overall technology principles and standards.

Your expertise in evolving architectures, modern engineering practises and business capability modelling allows you to shape the components being developed to drive simplification and graceful evolution over time.

As a skilled communicator, you can condense complex technology choices into digestible decisions and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Your curiosity, adaptability, and ability to think and plan will make you a valuable asset in navigating the rapidly evolving tech industry and shaping the future landscape of Sainsbury's multi-brand, multi-channel organisation.

Essential Criteria Previous experience of creating a technology strategy or setting a north star at an enterprise level or for a large segment of an enterprise.

Solid understanding of retail and the key functionality that would make up our Supply Chain domain.

Experience in working in the Supply Chain domain, identifying dependencies and driving activities to get answers to the key design decisions that are required.

Strong track record of influencing stakeholders at director/senior management level.

A track record of delivering technology transformation by developing influential architecture artefacts (Designs, Decision Records, Transitional Architectures etc.) and can demonstrate the value that they have added.