Solution Architect: Retail & Supply Chain Transformation

Women in Data®; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boots Retirement Savings Plan (6%)

Employee discounts for you and family

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Job summary

Boots in Nottingham is seeking a Solution Architect for Retail & Supply Chain to shape architecture designs across projects, collaborating with business, technology and delivery teams to deliver practical solutions that meet enterprise standards.

You will translate requirements into actionable designs, engage with Product Owners and delivery streams, and guide early shaping and estimation activities while balancing cost, risk, and complexity.

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of architecture methods and governance practices
• TOGAF-aligned approaches
• Able to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Able to prioritise work across project demands
• Delivery-focused with ownership of outcomes

Responsibilities

• Shape end-to-end solution designs for Retail and Supply Chain initiatives
• Create architecture outputs that support governance and decision-making
• Ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards
• Collaborate with delivery teams and partners through build, test, and transition to service
• Support architectural integrity while balancing pace, risk, cost and complexity
• Translate business needs into actionable solutions with stakeholders
• Support early-stage shaping and estimating activity with high-level input
• Apply reusable patterns and practical building blocks to solutions

Job description

Boots in Nottingham is seeking a Solution Architect for Retail & Supply Chain to shape architecture designs across projects, collaborating with business, technology and delivery teams to deliver practical solutions that meet enterprise standards.

You will translate requirements into actionable designs, engage with Product Owners and delivery streams, and guide early shaping and estimation activities while balancing cost, risk, and complexity.