Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Lead Solutions Architect
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Lead Solutions Architect
Application Deadline: 23 February 2026
Department: Technology
Location: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Compensation: £75,000 / year
Description
At GOSH, our architecture vision is to deliver a reliable, secure and efficient technical landscape, making it easier to deliver and support technology that grows our income and transforms the lives of seriously ill children, giving them the best chance to fulfil their potential.
As a Lead Solution Architect, you will play an instrumental role in achieving this vision.
The role will develop and maintain a deep understanding of both the organisation’s technology landscape and the business ambitions of key programmes across GOSH Charity. Working in close partnership with Senior Management, Business Analysts, Engineers, and Delivery Managers, the role will shape the architectural vision, define solution designs, and lead technical workstreams that enable strategic objectives and drive the organisation’s technical transformation.
With comprehensive knowledge of the Charity's infrastructure, systems architecture, suppliers, current configurations, and technology capabilities, the role will provide authoritative governance and expert guidance, ensuring that all solutions and implementations are secure, scalable, resilient, and delivered to a high standard of quality.
Focus of the Role
- Technical design and architecture.
- Stakeholder engagement and communication.
- Technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
- Strategic alignment with business objectives.
- Architecture governance, assurance, and quality control.
- Analytical problem-solving and decision-making.
- Continuous learning and technology awareness
This role will work in close partnership with the Head of IT and the Enterprise Delivery Manager to set priorities, shape and govern the project pipeline, and ensure the right technical capability and expertise are in place across the full delivery lifecycle.
Salary
The salary for this position is £75,000 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.
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In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and communicate end-to-end systems and solutions aligned to business requirements and organisational strategy.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, accessible language for stakeholders at all levels, including Trustees.
- Lead and drive collaboration across business functions, engineering teams, and third-party suppliers.
- Own the full lifecycle of solution delivery, from design through deployment and smooth transition into live operations.
- Apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and define scalable, actionable solutions.
- Operate as a technical lead, influencing decisions and shaping outcomes through expertise, credibility, and clear leadership.
- Deliver end-to-end solutions in partnership with subject matter experts and external suppliers.
- Ensure robust, proportionate approaches to security, compliance, and risk management across all systems and services.
- Influence and negotiate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, communicating complex ideas simply and clearly to achieve alignment.
- Provide line management for Systems Engineers and act as the senior technical escalation point, offering guidance, oversight, and decision-making on complex infrastructure and systems issue.
- Create, maintain, and govern a comprehensive estate map of all systems, integrations, and data flows, ensuring it remains accurate, current, and aligned to business, security, and architectural standards.
- Shape and lead the organisation’s approach to AI integration, identifying opportunities, defining architectural patterns, and ensuring AI capabilities are embedded safely and effectively to support strategic outcomes.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant senior-level experience as a Systems Engineer, Technical Lead, or equivalent, combining deep hands-on expertise with accountability for solution architecture and design direction.
- Proven experience leading the design and delivery of enterprise-wide initiatives that directly support organisational strategy and long-term outcomes.
- Extensive experience operating within Agile and iterative delivery environments, providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong track record of shaping business and functional requirements into coherent technical strategies, architectures, and high-level solution designs.
- Substantial experience managing and influencing suppliers and delivery partners to achieve complex technical and commercial outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams and influence engineering teams through authority, credibility, and expertise, including where formal line management does not exist.
- Deep understanding of architectural principles, industry best-practice frameworks, and governance models, with experience applying them pragmatically in complex environments.
- Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to senior non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership and Trustees.
- Highly developed communication and documentation skills, with experience producing decision-grade materials such as business cases, options appraisals, and strategic recommendations.
- Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, setting direction, managing competing priorities, and maintaining clarity in a complex, fast-changing environment.
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Closing date: Monday 23rd February
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Access to our enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.
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