Are you passionate about shaping the future of technology in a purpose-driven organisation? As a Lead Solution Architect, you'll play a pivotal role in defining and delivering technology strategies and roadmaps across enterprise applications and operational support services. This is a senior individual contributor role which may require team management responsibilities in future, offering the opportunity to influence at scale and work across a wide range of stakeholders and technologies. The Lead Architect role reports to another Lead Architect (Manager) which ultimately reports into a Principal Architect within TSA.
Flexible Working Options
* Flexible start and end time to each day
* Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
* Expected a 50% (with a minimum of 40%) in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks
* Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
* Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)
A day in the role
You'll begin your day with team stand‑ups or stakeholder check‑ins, followed by focused time on developing architectural artefacts, reviewing roadmaps, or contributing to governance forums. You'll collaborate with colleagues across Technology and the wider organisation, offering thought leadership and driving innovation. You'll also engage in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and the development of architectural blueprints, high level design and technical options. The role allows flexibility in how and where you work, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, support and continuous learning.
Role Requirements
Do you have a passion for enterprise and solution architecture and a track record of driving strategic change? Maybe you already have experience in shaping technology landscapes or are eager to develop your leadership in architecture? This role is central to the Bank's mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. As part of the Technology Strategy and Architecture division, you'll help shape the Bank's future technology landscape, ensuring it remains resilient, innovative and aligned with strategic goals.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve. At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We have partnered with external organisations to support adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where needed.
Essential Criteria
* Experience in IT leadership and management, including the development of highly skilled and engaged teams.
* Proven ability to drive technical change through innovation, simplification, and capability exploitation.
* Understanding of cloud‑based services and their role in enterprise solutions.
* Self‑managing and self‑motivated, with the ability to anticipate and solve problems.
* Excellent communication skills, including presenting to senior stakeholders.
* Working knowledge of quality standards, legislation, and best practice.
* Ability to manage multiple initiatives, prioritise effectively, and work independently.
Desirable Criteria
* Experience working within an architectural framework (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman).
* Enterprise Architecture skills such as technical reference model development, building block design, applications and role design, systems integration, and evaluation of architectures.
* Broader expertise of technologies and applications relevant to the Bank's enterprise applications (e.g. Cloud, Azure, Databricks, data life cycle management, master data systems, legacy data warehouse, workplace productivity tools) and technology operations support services (e.g. service desk, CMDB).
* Experience of working in a large enterprise or FTSE 100 organisation.
Application Process
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.
Benefits
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro‑rated basis as appropriate.
We offer a salary as follows:
* Leeds circa £72,320 - £81,360
* London circa £80,320 - £90,360
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
* Currently a non‑contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.
* A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
* An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
* 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
* Private medical insurance and income protection.
* National Security Vetting Process
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