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Head of Talent Acquisition at Cox Automotive Europe - We're hiring!
Manchester or Leeds Office - Hybrid
Join Our Team as a Principal Solution Architect!
Are you ready to be a part of a transformative journey in the world of technology? At Cox Automotive Product and Technology Group (CAPTG), we are revolutionising our technology estate to create a unified, cloud-based platform that supports our UK and European businesses. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative Principal Solution Architect to lead this exciting transformation.
Why You'll Love Working With Us:
Innovative Projects: Be at the forefront of modernising our product portfolio into a broad offering of reusable services delivered in the cloud. You'll help deliver industry-leading experiences that our customers love.
Impactful Role: As a technological change agent, you'll build world-class solutions for key business domains including digital marketplace, inventory management, vehicle servicing, merchandising, and fleet ownership.
Collaborative Environment: Work closely with engineering, product, technology, transformation, and business partners across the UK and Europe to design next-generation, customer-facing, software-as-a-service applications.
What You'll Do:
Lead and Innovate: Drive collaborative solutioning efforts to understand business needs, define target state architecture, and create value-driven, iterative roadmaps.
Architect and Implement: Define cloud-native architecture solutions and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams for their implementation.
Guide and Mentor: Lead teams of experienced architects and delivery leaders, facilitating design discussions, driving technical design reviews, and ensuring successful delivery.
Communicate and Influence: Articulate solution designs to all levels of the organization and drive successful delivery throughout discovery, development, testing, and release.
Maintain Standards: Work with the wider Architecture team to maintain and communicate an Architecture Blueprint for the enterprise, showcasing current state, target state, and vision for all product and technology solutions.
What We're Looking For:
Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or relevant industry experience.
Technical Expertise: Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience in .NET, AWS, SQL & No-SQL databases, and event-driven systems. Proficiency in coding, REST API design, microservice implementation, and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders. An influencer who can articulate arguments well and is comfortable working with a wide range of people.
Experience: 5+ years in software development for mid-size to large corporations, 3+ years in a cloud-native environment, and experience managing large teams and software delivery projects.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you're passionate about technology, love solving complex problems, and want to be part of a team that's driving innovation and transformation, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us build the future of Cox Automotive.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies and we're not looking to add to our PSL.
We do not accept unsolicited agency CV's sent to the recruitment team or directly to the hiring manager. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CV's.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Consulting, Information Technology, and Engineering
* Industries
Software Development, Retail Motor Vehicles, and Wholesale Motor Vehicles and Parts
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