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Senior Manager – Solution Architect
Salary: Up to £90,000 Location: Hybrid (Bristol)
We’re partnering with a dynamic consultancy specialising in solving complex technology and digital transformation challenges for organisations. As they grow their architecture capability, we’re seeking a Senior Managing Solution Architect to join their leadership team.
This is a senior leadership role with real technical authority, reporting directly to the Chief Enterprise Architect. Your responsibility will be to own architectural delivery across multiple client engagements, make strategic decisions, and shape practice standards. If you thrive in a role where you drive impact and shape industry practices, this could be the next step in your career.
Responsibilities as a Solution Architect
- Lead architectural delivery across multiple client engagements and serve as the senior technical escalation point
- Design and govern enterprise-grade solution architectures—including cloud, data, and integration patterns
- Engage with senior client stakeholders to shape technical strategy and translate business requirements into impactful architectural decisions
- Contribute to practice development and help grow the internal architecture capability
- Define and enforce technical governance, security standards, and compliance frameworks
- Support business development, including pre-sales and proposal writing
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of consultants and analysts
- Manage technical risk and oversee integration across client technology estates
- Communicate architecture decisions effectively—to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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Requirements
Essential
- TOGAF certification with strong applied experience across multiple architecture domains
- Proven experience at Senior Manager/Lead Architect level, including managing large-scale technology programmes
- Solid cloud architecture expertise, with Azure a strong preference
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, including executive-level communication
- Familiarity with governance frameworks such as DDAT (Digital, Data and Technology) and GDS (Government Digital Service)
- Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments
- Leadership experience managing and developing senior technical staff
- Strong grasp of security principles and risk management
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Desirable
- Knowledge of ERP frameworks
- Industry-specific experience in the public sector or defence
- Additional cloud architecture certifications
- Microservices design experience
Why Apply?
- A senior leadership role with real influence over strategy and practice—not just execution
- Opportunity to shape and grow architecture capability alongside an experienced leadership team
- Varied and high-impact work across different industries and project types
- Flexible, hybrid working from Bristol with the autonomy to manage your time
- Exposure to large-scale, mission-critical programmes with real complexity
Are you ready to take on a role with strategic leadership and true ownership over architecture outcomes? Apply directly or get in touch to discuss further.
Note: Due to the high volume of applications, not all applicants will receive feedback.
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