Yorkshire Water
Lead Solution Architect
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Lead Solution Architect
Lead Solutions Architect
About Us
Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let’s tell you about some great reasons to join Yorkshire Water at a pivotal time:
- Competitive salary (up to £95,000)
- Company car lease/allowance (£600/month or £7,200/year) with an option to join the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme after six months
- Annual bonus (up to 15% of salary, increasing to 20% in the 2026–2027 performance year)
- Private healthcare (including partner coverage)
- Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
- Life assurance (covering 4 times pensionable salary)
- 27 days annual leave (25 paid days + 2 extra wellness days)
- Broad benefits package: health cash plan, critical illness insurance, dental cover, discretionary life assurance, and partner cover
- Additional perks: Retail savings scheme, online GP services, cycle-to-work scheme, gym discounts, and more
Key Details
Location: Initially Bradford-based, with relocation to Leeds Valley Park (summer 2026). Hybrid working: 2–3 days in office per week (alternating Bradford/Leeds). Work type: Permanent, 37 hours per week (Mon–Fri).
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Solutions Architect to join our technology team and help Yorkshire Water deliver outstanding service to our 5.4 million regional customers—now and into the future.
What We Do
Beyond delivering clean water and wastewater services, we uphold communities, protect the environment, and plan for sustainable water provision 24/7, 365 days a year. Our Technology function is central to meeting evolving customer expectations and regulatory demands, with transformational challenges ahead.
As a Lead Solutions Architect, you’ll be at the forefront of design, talent development, and strategic decision-making—shaping technology solutions that support millions of Yorkshire residents.
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Your Responsibilities
As our Lead Solutions Architect, you’ll:
- Shape the architecture function, building and leading a high-performing team across applications, security, data, operational technology (OT), and infrastructure.
- Define strategy and roadmap for Solution Architecture, aligning with both short-term priorities and long-term vision.
- Attract and build talent, fostering capability through workforce planning, succession development, and targeted growth programs.
- Inspire your team to thrive by coaching, mentoring, and creating a culture of high performance.
- Champion architectural excellence by embedding frameworks (like TOGAF) for consistent, outstanding outcomes.
- Serve as Lead Architect for major transformation programmes, providing expert direction for complex initiatives.
- Collaborate across teams (application, data, infrastructure, OT) to address intricate business challenges.
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture to ensure strategic alignment and eliminate misalignment risks.
- Stay ahead of industry trends to capitalise on innovations while solving real business problems.
- Develop strong stakeholder trust, translating business needs into scalable, future-proof technology solutions.
- Design platforms balancing ambition and pragmatism to deliver maximum value.
- Maintain vendor relations to boost internal knowledge and advantage.
- Oversee architecture implementation to ensure solutions align with teams and governance principles.
- Strengthen governance and quality control within the delivery lifecycle.
Requirements
Expertise & Experience
You’ll need:
- Proven track record leading architecture teams, shaping visions and delivering success in fast-changing environments.
- Strong ability to build and unify diverse teams that innovate and add business value.
- Vetted experience identifying, managing and minimising technical debt.
- Broad technical mastery across application ecosystems, data landscapes, infrastructure, and OT —with balanced hands-on and leadership skills.
- Framework expertise (e.g., TOGAF), adaptability in methodologies, and clear stakeholder engagement ability.
- Experience in growing architecture teams, up-skilling high performers.
- Passion for mentoring and coaching, unlocking latent potential.
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Soft Skills
- Exceptional stakeholder management, including influence strategies for senior leaders.
- Boil-down communication—capable of making complex architectures and strategies understandable and compelling.
- Leading through positivity, collaboration, and a proactive "can-do" mindset.
Additional Notes
We understand the challenges of work-life balance and offer flexible patterns, including support for job sharing or part-time arrangements. This role thrives on impact—not rigid adherence to 24/7 tenure.
Due date: Ajax closes this role on Monday, 9 July 2026.
Should you be appointed, you will undertake criminal background checks and, depending on the level, a security vetting process (CTC/SC checking).
Yorkshire Water is committed to inclusive recruitment. If your application requires adjustments (e.g., accessibility needs or disability support), please share these in your application.
Note: Brent is not open to agencies. Apply promptly and complete your profile as soon as possible to secure your opportunity with Yorkshire Water.
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