Lead Government Solution Architect

Leidos; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time Working

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a senior, customer-facing Solution Architect to shape and win strategic opportunities across our UK Central Government portfolio. You will work with account, capture and bid teams, engage customers, develop compelling solution strategies and lead solution development from early qualification through to contract award.

The role requires strong architecture credentials, experience in UK public sector transformation programmes, and the ability to orchestrate cross-disciplinary

Qualifications

• Proven UK Central Government sector experience.
• Experience supporting competitive procurements, frameworks, bids or capture activities.
• Current UK Security Check (SC) clearance.
• Ability to articulate complex government solutions in plain business language.

Responsibilities

• Engage customers early to understand mission needs and transformation goals.
• Develop compelling solution strategies for major public sector pursuits.
• Lead solution development from early qualification through proposal, orals and handover to delivery.
• Create clear solution narratives, value propositions, win themes and architectural differentiators.
• Facilitate discovery workshops, architecture reviews and solution design sessions with customers and internal teams.
• Translate complex customer problems into practical differentiated solutions across multiple digital capabilities.
• Assess solution feasibility, delivery risk, commercial viability and strategic fit during qualification.
• Represent the solution in customer meetings, executive briefings, bid reviews and orals.
• Contribute reusable solution patterns, proposition material and thought leadership for future pursuits.

Skills

UK government experience

Solution architecture

Bid & proposal

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Customer engagement

Tools

Azure

AWS

TOGAF

Job description

Leidos is seeking a senior, customer-facing Solution Architect to shape and win strategic opportunities across our UK Central Government portfolio. You will work with account, capture and bid teams, engage customers, develop compelling solution strategies and lead solution development from early qualification through to contract award.

The role requires strong architecture credentials, experience in UK public sector transformation programmes, and the ability to orchestrate cross-disciplinary