Senior Solution Architect

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking group is seeking a Solution Architect to collaborate with technology and business leaders in developing innovative financial solutions. This role involves creating architectural frameworks and delivering detailed designs while driving progress in a new business area. The ideal candidate will have strong technology leadership skills and a good understanding of consumer lending. Join us in shaping the future of financial services!

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award, subject to performance

Share schemes including free shares

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a wide range of modern platforms and technologies.
• Self-motivated and capable of driving progress in a new business area.
• Appreciation of how to use technology to deliver business change.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Owners and Engineers to create architectural runway.
• Partner with service providers to validate technology assumptions.
• Deliver detailed designs enabling rapid change and delivery.

Skills

Strong technology leadership

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Influencing third-party providers

Understanding of consumer lending

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Solution Architect to work closely with the Technology Platform Lead and senior Business leaders for Embedded Finance within Consumer Lending. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to be at the heart of developing a new business within the Consumer Lending space. The Embedded Finance team is a start-up group within Consumer Lending and is tasked with building out propositions that solve customers' financial needs, when and where they are. We want to solve problems for existing franchise customers as well as those new to franchise, using unique LBG capabilities in ways that are integrated into customers' existing lifestyles. We'll be bold and innovative in our use of data and technology to put customers first, in order to build sustainable and long-term business models with a range of external and internal partners, thus adding to Group capabilities overall. As a strong technology leader you will blend your deep domain and technical expertise to shape technology solutions in partnership with other LBG technology functions and with 3rd party providers. We can offer you the opportunity to work within an engaged dynamic team at the forefront of transforming and digitising the Lloyds Banking Group Consumer Bank.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects & Engineers to create the architectural runway for the Embedded Finance lab.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture & service providers to elaborate on solutions, their interfaces and validating technology assumptions, evaluating implementation alternatives and software lifecycle risks, assumptions, issues & dependencies.
• Deliver detailed designs for systems that are decoupled from enterprise systems where possible to enable rapid change and delivery.
• Supplies critical technical feedback to the financial investment process in order to obtain funding for key solution opportunities.
• Provide oversight & champion built in quality, decoupled & modernised architectures.
• Experience in a wide range of modern platforms and technologies.
• Self-motivated and capable of driving progress in a new business area.
• Strong capabilities for working with and influencing 3rd party providers.
• A good understanding of consumer lending.
• Appreciation of how to use technology to deliver business change.

Company & Culture

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive. Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!

About Lloyds Banking Group

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

Data & Privacy

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Commitment to Diversity

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies