Lead Solution Architect

Location: UK
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Contract: Contract opportunity
Duration: 12 months
Rate: Competitive, depending on experience

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Lead Solution Architect to join a growing Solution Architecture team and lead the end-to-end solution design for a strategic transformation programme within the Airline Operations domain.

This is a pivotal role where you will shape how multiple product teams, platforms and technology domains come together to deliver a coherent, scalable and high-value solution.
You’ll work at the intersection of architecture, product and delivery, providing clear solution direction, establishing architectural guardrails and ensuring technical integrity while enabling teams to move quickly and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for a strategic product mission, defining the architecture vision, scope and evolution roadmap.
• Shape end-to-end solutions across multiple product teams, platforms and technology domains.
• Establish architecture principles, guardrails, reference architectures and reusable patterns.
• Partner closely with Product Leads, Tech Leads and Delivery Leads to ensure cohesive solution design and delivery.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise strategy, architecture principles and technology standards.
• Design cross-team integrations, shared components, APIs and data flows while identifying dependencies and architectural risks.
• Lead architecture governance and solution assurance activities, ensuring appropriate standards for security, scalability, reliability and operability.
• Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Coach engineering and technical teams on architecture principles, design patterns and effective solution approaches.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and maturity of the wider Solution Architecture practice.