Head Of Solution & Platform Architecture

Scott-Merrick; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Scott-Merrick is recruiting a Head of Solution & Platform Architecture in London. The role leads a global technology organisation through a major transformation, with hybrid working in London.

You will unify infrastructure, cloud, applications, integration, data and workplace architecture into coherent enterprise solutions, moving beyond traditional architecture governance. Strong leadership and delivery across agile teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Led a sizeable Solution/Platform Architecture team or function.
• Strong infrastructure, cloud and platform architecture background.
• Credible applications/integration architecture breadth.
• Built or matured an architecture capability and retained ownership.
• Cloud transformation and modernisation.
• Agile/product-led delivery.
• Automation and modern engineering practices.
• Architecture standards/design authority without creating delivery bureaucracy.
• Measurable architecture outcomes around cost, resilience, simplification or delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and transform a Solution/Platform Architecture function.
• Bring infrastructure, cloud, applications, integration, data and workplace architecture together into enterprise solutions.
• Establish architecture standards and enable agile, product-led delivery.
• Deliver measurable outcomes in cost, resilience and delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture leadership

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Azure/Cloud

Infrastructure

Applications

Integration

Automation

Job description

Head of Solution & Platform Architecture

£130k-£160k + up to 30% bonus | London hybrid

Solution Architecture | Platform Architecture | Azure/Cloud | Infrastructure | Applications | Integration | Agile | Automation

Senior architecture leadership role within a large global technology organisation undergoing major transformation.

This is not a traditional Enterprise Architecture/governance role.

We need someone who has directly led and transformed a Solution/Platform Architecture function and can bring infrastructure, cloud, applications, integration, data and workplace architecture together into coherent enterprise solutions.

Key experience:

• Led a sizeable Solution/Platform Architecture team or function.

• Strong infrastructure, cloud and platform architecture background.

• Credible applications/integration architecture breadth.

• Built or matured an architecture capability and retained ownership.

• Cloud transformation and modernisation.

• Agile/product-led delivery.

• Automation and modern engineering practices.

• Architecture standards/design authority without creating delivery bureaucracy.

• Measurable architecture outcomes around cost, resilience, simplification or delivery.