Hybrid Lead Solution Architect & Team Manager

Mitchells & Butlers PLC; Birmingham; Híbrido; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Discount across M&B brands

Friends & Family discount

Additional holiday weeks

Pension contributions

Private healthcare and dental

Cycle to Work

26 days annual leave + bank holidays

Hybrid working

Resumo da oferta

Mitchells & Butlers PLC is seeking an experienced Solution Architect Team Manager in Birmingham. You will lead a high‑performing architecture team, shape technology roadmaps, and ensure solutions balance value, risk, and long‑term strategy while aligning with security and governance standards.

You will remain hands‑on in design, drive development opportunities for architects, and collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and delivery teams.

Qualificações

• Strong stakeholder management and communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrable understanding of architecture methodologies.
• Experience in Agile environments.
• Knowledge of ITIL and Service Design techniques is desirable.
• Ability to influence change and manage multiple projects.

Responsabilidades

• Lead Solution Architect and Architecture Team Manager responsibilities.
• Coach and develop the architecture team.
• Maintain career development plans for direct reports.
• Proactively manage architecture resource allocation across projects, programmes, strategic initiatives and options papers.
• Act as the point of escalation for Solution Architects and projects where a Solution Architect is assigned.
• Chair and facilitate Design Forum activities, promoting constructive challenge and continuous improvement.
• Lead the evaluation, selection and recommendation of solution options to support business requirements.
• Present architecture recommendations, risks, assumptions and exceptions to Architecture Governance forums.
• Assure solution designs against security, resilience, supportability, integration, service, operational and licensing requirements.
• Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to develop technology roadmaps and understand emerging capabilities.
• Maintain awareness of market trends, suppliers and technology developments relevant to M&B.
• Identify opportunities to rationalise, modernise or decommission legacy systems.
• Maintain current-state architecture documentation across application, data, infrastructure and licensing domains.

Conhecimentos

Stakeholder management

Architecture leadership

Communication

Agile methodologies

Security & compliance

Formação académica

IT-based degree or equivalent

5 years experience in a similar architecture role

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Mitchells & Butlers PLC is seeking an experienced Solution Architect Team Manager in Birmingham. You will lead a high‑performing architecture team, shape technology roadmaps, and ensure solutions balance value, risk, and long‑term strategy while aligning with security and governance standards.

You will remain hands‑on in design, drive development opportunities for architects, and collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and delivery teams.