Senior Solution Architect

Burberry; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry in London is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide architectural leadership across complex multi‑domain initiatives. You will translate enterprise direction into practical designs, balance pace, cost, quality and risk, and coach delivery teams to raise architectural standards.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architects, domain teams, cyber security and data functions to ensure scalable, secure and fit‑for‑purpose solutions that align with Burberry’s technology strategy and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in solution architecture across complex, multi-system initiatives.
• Strong breadth across application, integration, data, cloud, security and infrastructure architecture.
• Proven ability to translate enterprise architecture direction into practical solution designs for delivery teams.
• Experience providing design assurance and architectural governance across product, programme and partner-led delivery.
• Credible technical authority able to challenge engineering teams and vendors on design quality.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with senior stakeholders.
• Experience coaching Solution Architects or technical design leads.
• Experience in Agile, hybrid or squad-based delivery models.
• Experience with core enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, integration middleware or cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution design for complex product and programme initiatives across domains and layers.
• Translate enterprise principles and roadmaps into practical designs balancing pace, cost, quality, risk.
• Provide design authority and review designs across squads, programmes and partners.
• Ensure designs conform to enterprise standards, guardrails and security requirements.
• Provide design assurance across multiple squads and programmes for portfolio consistency.
• Engage early in demand shaping, portfolio assessment, ROM estimates and risk assessment.
• Flex onto cross-domain programmes where architectural oversight is needed.
• Act as senior technical voice in major delivery initiatives, migrations and large-scale integrations.
• Resolve trade-offs and surface risks back into enterprise roadmaps.
• Coach and guide Solution Architects to improve quality and consistency.
• Contribute to reusable patterns and architecture playbooks.
• Participate in architecture governance forums with recommendations.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Cloud architecture

Security architecture

Agile / hybrid delivery

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

Databricks

Integration middleware

Cloud platforms

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Senior Solution Architect

Department: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

City: London

Location: GB

INTRODUCTION

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Solution Architect provides architectural leadership for Burberry’s most complex and strategically important delivery initiatives. Anchored to a primary domain, the role builds deep business, platform and technologycontext over time, providing continuity across squads, programmes and roadmaps.

As part of the central Architecture function, the Senior Solution Architect also flexes onto cross-domain programmes and high-priority initiatives where broader solution design oversight is required. The role translates enterprise architecture direction into practical, deliverable solution designs and ensures those designs are scalable, secure, supportable and aligned to Burberry’s technology strategy.

The role acts as the bridge between Enterprise Architects, who set enterprise direction and guardrails, and delivery teams, who design, build and implement solutions. It provides senior design assurance, resolves architectural trade- offs, surfaces delivery-level insight back into enterprise architecture, and coaches Solution Architects to improve quality and consistency across the practice.

ACCOUNTAIBILITY BOUNDARIES & KEY INTERFACES

• Accountable for end-to-end solution architecture for complex initiatives within aligned domains and selectedcross-domain programmes.
• Accountable for applying enterprise architecture standards, patterns and guardrails to solution designs, butnot for setting enterprise architecture strategy or target-state roadmaps.
• Accountable for providing senior design assurance across squads, programmes and partner-delivered work, but not for project delivery, engineering execution or operational service ownership.
• Key interfaces include Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, domain-aligned teams, programme teams, platform teams, Cyber Security, Data, Integration, Portfolio Management & Transformation Office and strategic technology partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead end-to-end solution design for complex product and programme initiatives, spanning application,integration, data, cloud, infrastructure and security considerations.
• Translate enterprise architecture principles, standards and roadmaps into practical solution designs that balance pace, cost, quality, risk and long-term sustainability.
• Provide design authority across aligned domains, reviewing and challenging solution designs produced by Solution Architects, engineering teams and third-party partners.
• Ensure solution designs conform to enterprise standards, architecture guardrails, security requirements and agreed technology patterns.
• Provide design assurance across multiple squads and programmes, ensuring consistency across the portfolio rather than within a single delivery team.
• Engage early in demand shaping and portfolio assessment, providing solution feasibility input, ROM estimates, dependency identification and technical risk assessment.
• Flex onto cross-domain programmes and priority initiatives where solution complexity, business criticality or architectural risk requires senior architecture oversight.
• Act as the senior technical voice within major delivery initiatives, including platform migrations, strategic vendor implementations, large-scale integrations and complex system changes.
• Resolve solution-level architectural trade-offs within delivery, escalating to Enterprise Architects orgovernance forums where decisions have wider enterprise implications.
• Surface recurring risks, integration challenges, design constraints and technical debt from delivery backinto enterprise architecture standards and roadmaps.
• Coach and guide Solution Architects within aligned domains, supporting consistency, capabilitydevelopment and quality of architectural output.
• Contribute to reusable solution patterns, reference architectures and design playbooks.
• Participate in architecture governance forums, providing solution-level assurance, recommendations and decision support.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Significant experience in solution architecture, including leading design across complex, multi-system and cross-domain initiatives.
• Strong technical breadth across application, integration, data, cloud, security and infrastructure architecture, with depth in one or more specialist areas.
• Proven ability to translate enterprise architecture direction into practical solution designs that delivery teams can implement.
• Experience providing design assurance and architectural governance across product, programme and partner-led delivery.
• Credible technical authority, able to challenge engineering teams, vendors and third-party partners constructively on design quality and long-term fit.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain architectural trade-offs and recommendations clearly to senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience coaching or mentoring Solution Architects or technical design leads.
• Comfortable operating in a matrixed organisation, balancing domain alignment with the need to flex across high-priority demand.
• Experience working in Agile, hybrid or squad-based delivery models is preferred.
• Experience with one or more core enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, integrationmiddleware or cloud platforms is preferred.