Job Title: Senior Solution Architect – Engagement Services
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Edge / Haymarket
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 10th Nov 2025
Are you a thought leader in technology architecture with a passion for driving innovation? Royal London Group invites applications for a pivotal Senior Solution Architect role in our Engagement Services team. As we embark on our journey to become a digital-first organisation, this is your opportunity to play a central part in shaping the company’s technology landscape and ensuring alignment between business strategy and technical solutions.
About the Role
The Senior Solution Architect will contribute to the creation and execution of technology strategy and roadmaps, supporting major transformation programmes and projects. Reporting to the Principal Architect, you’ll take ownership of large-scale initiatives, providing technical leadership, mentoring, and thought leadership across the Architecture Function.
Key Responsibilities
* Shape and deliver architecture for major transformation programmes and projects, ensuring coherence with the Group’s strategic objectives and technology roadmap.
* Act as a technical leader and support the Principal Architect in developing and reviewing architecture artefacts and high-level designs.
* Mentor and support solution architects, fostering capability development within the function.
* Drive innovation, monitor industry developments, and advise on deployment opportunities.
* Collaborate with senior stakeholders and executive committees, influencing technology strategy and governance.
* Assist in financial management, ensuring cost-effective solutions and supporting budget targets.
* Champion customer-centric design, balancing customer needs with business requirements to deliver positive outcomes.
* Promote agile practices and knowledge sharing within the team.
What We’re Looking For
* 5+ years’ experience as a solution architect, ideally within financial services.
* Expertise in technical design and enterprise architecture, with knowledge of architecture frameworks and trends.
* Experience with package-based solutions such as Power Platform, Dynamics 365, or CMS systems, and application technology stacks (e.g., Microsoft .NET).
* Strong commercial awareness, financial management, and stakeholder relationship skills.
* Excellent communication, influencing, and organisational abilities.
* Proactive attitude, with the ability to drive continuous improvement and mentor others.
* Experience working with third parties and suppliers, and communicating technical information at all organisational levels.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.