Lead Solution Architect

Royal Mail Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company based in Greater London is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to build and lead a team of architects. This role entails ensuring IT projects are best practice, aligned with standards, and effectively engineered across suppliers. Candidates should possess proven leadership in managing architects and possess a strong background in complex systems architecture. This position offers a competitive salary, annual bonus potential, and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Healthcare

Car allowance

18% annual bonus potential

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of Solution Architects and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Mastery of complex systems architecture design and delivery.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Plan demand and ensure the right mix of architecture skills and resources.
• Line manage and develop Solution Architects.
• Drive training and eliminate single points of failure.
• Translate project blueprints into solution designs.
• Assure quality control and risk communication.

Skills

Leadership of Solution Architects

Complex systems architecture design

Digital transformation experience

Communication skills

Hands on experience with Jira

Hands on experience with Confluence

Agile delivery

Education

Architecture qualifications (TOGAF, Microsoft Azure, AWS)

Job description

Job reference 332984
Lead Solution Architect

Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates. Permanent, Full time. Hybrid working London Farringdon x3 days in office.

Lead Solution Architect

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.

What we're looking for

• 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.

Apply now to lead the architecture function at RMG and shape the future of our technology estate.

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers – there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• sick pay – 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 your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.

*Available only to perm 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.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 20th December 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.