Lead Solution Architect

Royal Mail; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK delivery service is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to build and manage a team of architects. You will ensure IT projects adhere to best practices and meet RMG standards, engaging closely with stakeholders to balance delivery and long-term technology health. The ideal candidate has a strong background in complex systems architecture and experience with Agile methodologies. This role offers generous family-friendly benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.

Discounts and offers – over 800 offers for savings.

Supportive and generous company sick pay.

24/7 access to Wellbeing services for employees and families.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of Solution Architects and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Mastery of complex systems architecture design and delivery.
• Experience in large-scale digital transformation programmes.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban).
• Architecture qualifications (TOGAF, Microsoft Azure, AWS) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan demand and ensure the right mix of architecture skills and resources.
• Line manage and develop Solution Architects, empowering decision-making with governance support.
• Drive training and eliminate single points of failure.
• Translate project blueprints into solution designs, escalating deviations where needed.
• Assure quality control, peer review, and risk communication to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Technology Directors and governance forums to balance competing needs.
• Establish best-in-class ways of working, embedding engineering early in sprints.
• Lead stakeholder meetings to balance delivery pressures with long-term technology health.

Job description

We're looking for a Lead Solution Architect to build and lead a team of architects supporting RMG's operations, commercial, and technology platforms. You'll ensure IT projects are architected to best practice, aligned with RMG standards, and consistently engineered across suppliers, technologies, and methodologies.

What you'll do

• Plan demand and ensure the right mix of architecture skills and resources.
• Line manage and develop Solution Architects, empowering decision‑making with governance support.
• Drive training and eliminate single points of failure.
• Translate project blueprints into solution designs, escalating deviations where needed.
• Assure quality control, peer review, and risk communication to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Technology Directors and governance forums to balance competing needs.
• Establish best‑in‑class ways of working, embedding engineering early in sprints.
• Lead stakeholder meetings to balance delivery pressures with long‑term technology health.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of Solution Architects and multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Mastery of complex systems architecture design and delivery.
• Experience in large‑scale digital transformation programmes.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Hands‑on experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban).
• Architecture qualifications (TOGAF, Microsoft Azure, AWS) preferred.

Benefits

• Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
• Discounts and offers – more than 800 offers to help you save on groceries, days out, holidays and household bills.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay.
• Your Wellbeing – you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life, from physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free and for everyone.
• Available only to permanent employees.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face‑to‑face/virtual interview consisting of competency‑based and role‑specific questions.