Application Architect — Digital Engineering & PLM

IBM Computing; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a senior architect to lead Digital Engineering solutions for clients in the UK. You will define architectures, create artifacts, and guide governance across project lifecycles, collaborating with clients and delivery teams to shape strategy from requirements to implementation.

The role emphasizes senior stakeholder engagement, cross-team leadership, and delivering holistic enterprise solutions that align with business strategy and technology roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital solutions within the Product Engineering domain.
• Ability to present evidence-based architectural options, rationale, and evaluations.
• Experience contributing to successful client projects.
• Proven ability to build and maintain professional networks.
• Establishing and improving market skills and eminence.
• Continually develop expertise on client issues from experience.
• Ability to create and present architectural artifacts for governance forums.
• Build trusted relationships with client architects across levels.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients, consultants and delivery teams to determine business-specific solution needs.
• Define and architect solutions to Digital Engineering needs, both business and technical.
• Create and maintain architectural artifacts through all project phases.
• Support the Project Manager to meet business needs, governance approvals and delivery timescales; implement development plans.
• Provide leadership and technical direction at all levels to meet project challenges.
• Provide strategic input to help clients construct holistic solutions across data and app landscapes.
• Introduce architectural principles and standards where absent.

Skills

Digital Engineering

Architectural options

Client project experience

Governance artifacts

Networking & eminence

Data governance & insights

Stakeholder liaison

Enterprise architecture

Tools

ETL

Enterprise Service Bus

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a senior architect to lead Digital Engineering solutions for clients in the UK. You will define architectures, create artifacts, and guide governance across project lifecycles, collaborating with clients and delivery teams to shape strategy from requirements to implementation.

The role emphasizes senior stakeholder engagement, cross-team leadership, and delivering holistic enterprise solutions that align with business strategy and technology roadmaps.