Senior Solutions Architect - Long Term Savings

Royal London Group; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK offers an exciting opportunity for a Senior Solutions Architect based in Alderley Edge. This role involves leading the technology landscape while collaborating with senior stakeholders to innovate and shape solutions that drive business outcomes. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in cloud computing, architecture modeling, and technical strategy to enhance organizational capabilities and achieve strategic goals.

Benefits

Generous leave

Pension schemes

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of business goals and architectural practices.
• Experience in migration technologies and policy platforms.
• Hands-on with modeling languages and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead simplification and integration of Pensions Platforms.
• Translate business needs into architectural blueprints.
• Evaluate technologies and identify improvements.

Skills

Design leadership

Analysis

Development of technology solutions

Technical breadth

Interpersonal Excellence

Critical Thinking

Digital Enablement

Education

Engineering background preferred

Tools

CI/CD

Java

Cloud Migration

Databases

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Senior Solutions Architect - Long Term Savings, Alderley Edge

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Posted: 22.06.2025

Expiry Date: 06.08.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Solution Architect

Business Value Stream / Platform: Long-Term Savings

Contract Type: Permanent

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 23rd June 2025

Context

At Royal London Group, our Senior Solutions Architects play a pivotal role in leading and shaping our technology landscape. Your primary objective is to enable our organisation to safely exploit the potential of technology capabilities to serve our society better. Your contribution directly impacts the value to our customers and members, and business growth across Domains / Business Value Streams of Protection/Assurance, Equity Release, Long-term Savings/Pensions, Long Standing Customers, Annuities.

Our Senior Solutions Architects regularly work with senior stakeholders to guide the development of technology products and drive solutions for our core propositions. You will have the opportunity to bring your experience in modern architectural practices to innovate, refresh our estate and experiment across a complex range of organisational capabilities. Projects involve cloud computing, AI, consolidation, migration, integrations, and simplification. Solutions typically involve changes to business processes, operating models, applications, data flows, infrastructure, and third-party integrations.

You should have a solid understanding of business goals, objectives, and outcomes, as well as business capabilities, value streams, and processes, and their importance in solution architecture.

We offer continuous learning, mentorship, and a clear path for professional growth. Join a supportive, inclusive team that values collaboration, trust, empowerment, and collective success.

We seek passionate and experienced Senior Solutions Architects with a strong technical background who are enthusiastic about leveraging their expertise to drive innovation and impact.

About the role

• Reports to the Principal Architect (Lead Domain Architect) and is aligned to the Business Value Stream to deliver solutions meeting strategic outcomes.
• Leads large-scale simplification, integration, refactoring, and rehosting of Pensions Platforms, challenging the status quo with modern architecture solutions.
• Works in a fast-paced, regulated environment within a Pensions/Savings industry context.
• Develops own and team capabilities, willing to coach and mentor other architects.
• Provides enterprise guidance, exploring emerging technologies to influence business and operating models.
• Uses architecture modeling languages like ArchiMate, C4, and tools like Ardoq, BizzDesign, LeanIX, Orbus Infinity, and frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, adapting Visio as needed.

Responsibilities

Interpret Business Needs

• Translates requirements into architectural blueprints supporting business objectives.
• Collaborates with product owners and managers to ensure a robust architectural foundation.
• Understands business drivers and capabilities to align enterprise solutions with transition and change requirements.

Assess Technology

• Monitors current solutions for deficiencies and aging technologies.
• Supports decisions on retiring or refreshing systems and applications.
• Identifies opportunities for technical debt reduction and strategic improvements.
• Evaluates software products, platforms, and vendor options.
• Ensures solutions are evaluated across all architecture layers, including security and infrastructure.

Apply Technology

• Leads evaluation, design, and analysis of technologies aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Manages executable architecture for projects or initiatives, ensuring integration with enterprise capabilities.
• Acts as a consultant on various technologies to drive business outcomes.
• Coordinates with project teams to align execution with design plans.

Core Competencies

• Interpersonal Excellence: Effectively articulates concepts to engage stakeholders.
• Business and Technology Strategy: Aligns technology with strategic goals.
• Critical Thinking: Challenges legacy assumptions and adopts modern methods.
• Digital Enablement: Ensures end-user needs are addressed and promotes best practices.
• Architecture Foundations: Designs transition states and roadmaps aligned with organizational frameworks.

Skills

Technical breadth in design leadership, analysis, and development of technology solutions. Hands-on experience with modeling languages, migration technologies, policy platforms, and modern architectural practices. Knowledge of SDLC methodologies, DDD principles, and cloud technologies. Proven analytical, influencing, and communication skills.

Engineering background preferred in areas such as CI/CD, integration, cloud migration, Java, databases, observability platforms, etc.

About Royal London

UK’s largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, offering protection, savings, and asset management. Committed to an inclusive, responsible, and fulfilling workplace, with benefits including generous leave, pension schemes, and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer, valuing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, which enhance our skills and culture.