What you’ll be doing
1. Operates as an SME within own field of expertise, leading the design of technical and repeatable solutions that achieve customer requirements driving positive outcomes.
2. Leads partnerships with business and operational stakeholders to conduct business and technical discovery, as well as collaborating closely with stakeholders in order to understand business, operating models, functional requirements as well as client challenges/obstacles.
3. Establishes robust recommendations, proposals and scope of work documents for group engagements while also identifying critical dependencies and gaps.
4. Leads the creation of innovative and repeatable solution architectures to resolve the most complex solution architecture problems and meet agreed requirements.
5. Influences business stakeholders' understanding of capabilities and the transformative power of group products, services and technology.
6. Enhances the solution architect team's knowledge, methodologies and customer-facing collateral.
7. Ensures alignment with Enterprise Architecture guardrails and solution patterns'
8. Contributes deep, technical thought leadership and provides advice on multiple technologies, setting the long-term technical direction of solution architecture
9. Leads complex, group-level initiatives from a solution architecture perspective that are a part of the company's overall commercial strategy
10. Leads the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities to improve solution architect processes'
11. Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance
12. Leads the development of the conceptualization of innovative services or products within solution architecture
13. Act as the primary technical expert on architecture governance and design authority for development of products and services in line with the published roadmap
The skills you’ll need
Regulatory ComplianceVendor ManagementChange ManagementComputer NetworkingProduct RoadmappingConfiguration ManagementProduct ManagementBusiness AnalysisCloud ComputingSolution DesignStrategic PlanningAgile MethodologiesBusiness Process ImprovementProposal DevelopmentSolution ArchitectureDecision MakingGrowth MindsetInclusive Leadership
Our leadership standards
Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.