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Managed Services Lead Architect | Up to £115,000
Location: Salisbury, with hybrid working
Salary: Up to £115,000
Working pattern: Hybrid — typically 2–3 days per week onsite in Salisbury
We’re looking for a Managed Services Lead Architect to join an exciting account undergoing significant change, with digital transformation at the heart of its strategy.
This is a high-profile role where you’ll take ownership of the end-to-end architecture of contracted services, ensuring technical integrity, quality and alignment with both client objectives and contractual commitments.
What you’ll be doing
- Own and govern the end-to-end account architecture across a complex Managed Services environment.
- Define technology strategies, roadmaps and future-state architectures.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders.
- Lead architectural governance and ensure solutions meet agreed standards and practices.
- Work closely with Domain Architects, Engineers and wider technical teams, providing direction and inspiration.
- Build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Balance technical strategy with commercial and contractual considerations.
- Identify opportunities to introduce new technologies and innovation that deliver genuine value to the client.
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What we’re looking for
You’ll be an established Lead Architect / Enterprise Architect / Solutions Architect with significant experience working within complex Managed Services or large-scale technology environments.
You should have:
- A strong track record of owning and governing end-to-end architecture.
- Experience operating as a Lead Architect within a large Managed Services account.
- Excellent stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
- An understanding of contracts, commercials and service delivery.
- The ability to translate business requirements into clear technology strategies and roadmaps.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the confidence to influence at senior level.
- A passion for technology, innovation and continuous improvement.
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This role requires SC clearance eligibility. Candidates must normally have resided continuously in the UK for the previous five years, subject to the full clearance requirements.
If you’re a Lead Architect looking for your next senior opportunity — where you can combine architecture, strategy, leadership and client engagement — we’d love to hear from you.
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