A leading boutique HR Management Consultancy has a fantastic opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join a dynamic technology consulting division and own the target HR/Payroll architecture and operating model for end-to-end HRIS transformation. You will chair key design decisions, set standards (TOGAF), and make the estate future-proof and AI/agentic-ready. You must be credible at CIO level and hands-on enough to guide integration patterns and data architecture. Key Skills / Experience Domain depth: HR and Payroll expertise; understands suite-level differences (Workday/SF/Oracle) and payroll control points. Operates at CIO/CHRO level: can land decisions, not just recommendations. TOGAF Certified Agentic AI awareness: human-in-the-loop patterns, guardrails, governance. Future-proofing mindset: landing zones, observability (SLIs/SLOs), decommissioning. Set the target state and roadmap; run EA governance and KDDs; align CHRO/CIO stakeholders. Embed agentic/AI readiness and data assurance into architecture; partner with data/AI leads. Define integration landscapes and transition states; guide legacy demise (purge/archive/reporting). Build reusable IP/toolkits and support internal productisation.