Renaissance Learning EMEA APAC
Education
PrincipalArchitect
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“Principal Architect at Renaissance Learning EMEA APAC. Skills: Architecture Leadership, Technical Strategy, Cross-Functional Leadership. Define architecture principles. Establish architecture review forums”
Industry & Context.
Technical decisions; Solution assurance
DBS checks, Background checks, Work permit required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Senior architecture leadership roles, Technical leadership roles, SaaS organizations experience, Product-led organizations experience, Software engineering background, Distributed systems background, APIs background, Cloud-native architectures background, Establish architecture governance, Establish technical standards, Influence technical direction, Work across Engineering, Work across Infrastructure, Work across Security, Work across Data, Work across QA, Work across Product, Define technical roadmaps, Align technology strategy, Complex organizations experience, Internationally distributed organisations experience, Excellent communication skills, Facilitation skills, Balance strategic vision, Practical delivery realities
Nice to Have
EdTech environments experience, Global platform discussions representation
What You'll Do.
Define architecture principles
Establish architecture review forums
Drive consistency technical approaches
Maintain visibility technical decisions
Own technical roadmap
Identify opportunities
Identify technical debt
Identify platform risks
Identify modernisation priorities
Support platform scalability
Support AI enablement
Evaluate emerging technologies
Guide adoption decisions
Facilitate collaborative decision-making
Provide architectural guidance
Provide design reviews
Provide solution assurance
Encourage standardisation
Encourage platform thinking
Act as technical liaison
Represent regional requirements
Communicate architectural direction
Communicate technical trade-offs
Promote engineering excellence
Promote technical quality
Support AI-enabled development
Mentor technical leaders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Global teams; Technical teams; Business teams
Communication Scope
Technical concepts; Architectural direction; Technical trade-offs
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
About Us Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too – a leading provider of educational assessments. Together, our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help teachers understand their students’ strengths and pinpoint areas of need. Our teaching and learning tools then provide effective next steps, with online literacy and maths solutions that meet students exactly where we are. Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in over 100 countries. We're evolving toward an AI-enabled, platform-centric operating model and need a Principal Architect to provide technical leadership across our Global Technology function. You'll shape our technical direction, establish governance, and ensure architectural alignment across platforms, products, and services—without being pulled into day-to-day delivery. You'll be a facilitator and technical leader, bringing together experts across disciplines to define standards, evaluate solutions, and drive sound technical decisions. What you'll be getting up to with us: Architecture Leadership & Governance Define architecture principles, standards, and governance that enable (not block) delivery Establish architecture review forums and decision-making processes Drive consistency in technical approaches, tooling, and platform standards Maintain visibility and accountability for significant technical decisions Technical Strategy & Roadmap Own and maintain the technical roadmap aligned with business and product strategy Identify opportunities, technical debt, platform risks, and modernisation priorities Support platform scalability and AI enablement initiatives Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption decisions Cross-Functional Leadership Bring together SMEs across
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