Enterprise Architect - Security - City of London
Overview:
Music wouldn't exist without the work of songwriters, composers and publishers. We're here to represent them and make sure that they are paid for their work. After more than a century in the industry, we continue to innovate as a world-leading organisation.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect focused on the security domain who will be responsible for developing the cyber security strategy, roadmaps, and architecture within PRS for Music, in collaboration with the Cyber Security Team, playing a crucial role in delivering our business and technology strategies ‘secure by design’.This is a new role which will sit in our Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team and will support us to meet PRS’ objectives, securely.
You will be responsible for translating the business strategy and business architecture into a security strategy, architecture, and set of roadmaps, factoring in the current landscapes, with supporting artefacts such as architectural landscapes, insights, principles, and standards.You will also be responsible for providing architectural assurance, guiding, mentoring, and supporting Solution and Technical Architects, and Technical Leads in the broader CIO department, giving them the security architecture guard rails to architect and deliver solutions with autonomy; providing insights and assistance where needed.
You will collaborate closely with stakeholders, including but not limited to our executive team (ELT), our senior leadership team (SLT) other enterprise architects, business architects, analysts & product owners, project managers and engineers, to deliver successful outcomes.
The Team
The EA team is responsible for delivering technology strategies and roadmaps, landscapes, solution architectures, and technical designs for all key systems.
The mission of the Team is to empower PRS for Music with a forward-thinking, business-aligned enterprise architecture that drives innovation, ensures strategic coherence, and delivers scalable, sustainable value through technology. We connect vision to execution—shaping a resilient, data-driven, and adaptive digital future for our members and partners.The Enterprise Architect for Security plays a crucial role in this mission.
All PRS for Music’s systems fall under the responsibility of the EA Team, covering many technologies including Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce and MuleSoft, both Cloud based and on premise. We regularly work with third parties to compliment the skills of the core team always with a focus on enabling PRS to deliver the best service to its customers.
Responsibilities:
Our Enterprise Architect for Security will be responsible for developing and maturing our security architecture and will lead/support the development of architecture principles, standards, strategy and governance which support business objectives. Some of your day-to-day duties will include:
- Identify and scope enterprise security strategies, roadmaps, and plans, in collaboration with the EA Team, the Cyber Security Team, and other stakeholders.
- Design, develop and maintain conceptual and logical security landscapes (or lenses on application and technology architectures), principles, standards and policies which support performance, scalability, and integrity requirements whilst ensuring we are secure
- Monitor the technology market (with a security focus) and promote development of future platforms, evaluating and recommending cyber security technologies, considering factors such as risk mitigation, performance, scalability, and cost. Oversee the implementation of applications and technologies, performing the secure by design impact assessments on new change.
- Participate, advise, and make recommendations to appropriate governance groups and project boards and drive best-practice for security related issues, efficiently
- Aid in the development of sound business cases to drive continuous improvement of secure application assets; celebrate and publicise the delivery of these business benefits
About you:
At PRS for Music, we want you to bring the best version of yourself to work. We believe that celebrating individuality promotes a culture of acceptance and openness. Along with being whoever you want to be, you will also have/be:
- A talented Enterprise Architect for Security with demonstrable experience succeeding in a similar role and a strong leader / strategic thinker with the energy to deliver practical, innovative, and value-adding solutions
- Understanding of different types of systems (e.g. CRM, Finance Mgmt, HR Mgmt, integration) and experience in migration from legacy application estates to deliver secure application capabilities using more contemporary scalable methods (such as microservices for differentiating capabilities)
- Experience and knowledge of right-size governance and assurance practices. Pragmatic control, supporting delivery
- Experience in popular security frameworks (e.g. NIST) and their pragmatic / practical implementation
- Excellent communicator and change agent with the ability to constructively influence at all levels across the organisation to drive valuable outcomes.
What’s in it for you?
Here are just a few things that set PRS for Music apart from the crowd:
- We trust, value, and support our people to make the difference
- We believe that diversity of thought and experience provides the platform for innovation and creativity
- We are consciously inclusive and have eight Affinity Groups which you can join and make an impact
- We invest in the development of our people to drive our ambitions forward
- We offer a range of family friendly leave including enhanced maternity and paternity, grandparent, fertility, reproductive and menopause support.
- We know time to rest and recharge is important which is why we offer 25 days holiday entitlement with the option to top up twice annually up to a maximum of 30 days
- Employees can work from anywhere in the world for up to two months of the year
- Plus a whole range of other benefits, including retail discounts, gym discounts, season ticket or bicycle loan.
The Process
Our interview process for this role is simple:
- First stage interview will take place virtually on MS Teams.
- Second stage interview will take place in person at our London Bridge Hub with the hiring manager
- Third stage interview will take place in person at our London Bridge Hub with our CIO.
We use competency-based questions within our interviews. This allows you to provide examples of situations where you have had to demonstrate the required skills relevant to the role you are applying for. To assist your preparation for interview, research the STAR method to aid bringing your examples to life.
LocationWe offer a hybrid working model, allowing employees to work from home up to three days a week.
To ensure the health and safety of all our employees, if you wish to work from home for more than 2.5 days per week, we will conduct a quick and easy remote-working assessment.
If you sound like you could be the right person for the job, apply now.
At PRS we are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all. We have taken a holistic approach to ensure that no one feels excluded regardless of age, class, sexuality, gender, race, religion, or ability. We value the needs of everyone in our organisation and strive to build an environment where our employee’s contributions are recognised in order that everyone may thrive.