Senior Solution Architect: Enterprise, Pre-Sales & Delivery

Rowden Technologies Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Disability Confident Committed

Flexible working options

Job summary

Rowden Technologies Ltd. is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across complex programmes and pre-sales engagements.

You will shape end-to-end solutions, engage with customers and partners, and own architectural coherence while guiding delivery across multiple stakeholders. The role is hybrid, based in London with travel to Bristol, and requires able handling of ambiguity with strong communication and governance skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience operating as a Senior Solution Architect, Chief Engineer, or equivalent in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Broad technical understanding across systems architecture, hosting, integration, networking, and service design, with ability to integrate specialist input without losing ownership.
• Proven ability to engage externally with customers, partners, or programme stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Experience shaping viable technical and delivery approaches that can be costed, planned, and delivered.
• Eligibility for SC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Shape credible technical and delivery solutions for major bids and pre-sales opportunities.
• Provide senior architectural oversight and assurance of solution designs, holding delivery partners to account.
• Engage with customers, partners, and senior stakeholders, providing clear technical direction.
• Produce high-quality technical content for bids, proposals, white papers, and presentations.
• Interpret user requirements and translate them into architectural solutions balancing performance, risk, and delivery constraints.
• Investigate hosting, integration, and platform options and understand constraints and trade-offs.
• Identify and manage technical risks across the solution and programme lifecycle.
• Collaborate with SMEs and principal engineers to maintain overall solution coherence.
• Support early contract mobilisation and translation of bid-stage intent into executable plans.
• Develop governance frameworks, standards, and assurance artefacts for repeatable delivery.

Skills

Senior Solution Architect

Chief Engineer

External engagement

AI/ML knowledge

Job description

Rowden Technologies Ltd. is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across complex programmes and pre-sales engagements.

You will shape end-to-end solutions, engage with customers and partners, and own architectural coherence while guiding delivery across multiple stakeholders. The role is hybrid, based in London with travel to Bristol, and requires able handling of ambiguity with strong communication and governance skills.