Solution Architect Senior Manager

TN United Kingdom; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Solution Architect Senior Manager to lead a dynamic team in Belfast. This role involves engaging with clients to understand their complex business needs and designing innovative, scalable solutions that drive operational efficiency. You will collaborate with a dedicated team to leverage the latest market trends and best practices, ensuring that proposed solutions are not only feasible but also cost-effective. With a focus on delivering high-quality managed service solutions, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive and flexible work environment.

Benefits

Private medical cover

24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP

Six volunteering days a year

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in leading large and complex multi-service solutions.
• Knowledge of commercial and contractual constructs.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to understand their business needs and challenges.
• Design comprehensive solutions addressing client needs.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses to demonstrate value.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Client Engagement

Risk Management

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Market Trends Knowledge

Job description

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Solution Architect Senior Manager, Belfast

Client:

PwC

Location:

Belfast, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

4

Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

Job Description:

The role

Execution Managed Services: Expertise you can trust. Speed you can count on. Outcomes that last. Bringing together the best of technology and operational know-how. EMS provides clients with a skilled delivery partner able to define, transform and run even the most complex of business functions. We are professional problem solvers, curating available services and technology to build lasting solutions to client’s regulatory, commercial and strategic challenges. Together, we help ease client’s pain today, deliver results quickly, and stay by our client’s side to create an advantage that lasts.

The EMS vBU is PwC’s dedicated team of managed services specialists who work together to find and win EMS work for the firm. It consists of a group of EMS Go-To-Market partners supported by a breadth of enabling capabilities, including strategy, communications, governance, digital, and our industry-leading Sales & Solution team. We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to sit within this Sales & Solutioning Team, to lead the execution of a robust EMS-solutioning methodology, monitoring its performance along with our ability to find and win managed service-led work.

A robust solutioning function is essential to drive growth in managed services by leveraging our firm’s capabilities to shape differentiated solutions. The Solutioning Team is responsible for designing, scaling and contracting competitive and high quality managed service solutions that address our client’s biggest challenges.

What your days will look like:

• Engage with potential clients to understand their business needs, operational challenges, and requirements.
• Ensure all opportunities, before they are solutioned, are appropriately qualified, this includes preparation of qualification papers for review meetings.
• Design and propose comprehensive solutions that address the client's needs, whether they are technological, operational, or a combination of both.
• Create high-level designs, including operating and delivery models, transition and implementation plans. Ensure the proposed solutions are feasible, scalable, and cost-effective, ensure robust documentation of solution assumptions and dependencies.
• Identify potential risks and challenges associated with the proposed solutions and develop mitigation strategies to address these risks.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses to demonstrate the value and ROI of the proposed solutions.

This role is for you if you have:

• Experience in leading solutions that are multi-service, new and are large and complex
• Knowledge of the latest market trends, industry best practices, and innovations.
• The ability to incorporate innovative solutions and approaches into proposals.
• An understanding of solution levers, commercial and contractual constructs (T&M, Fixed Price, Risk/Reward, etc) and the solution and cost aspects relating to these to provide a layer of protection to the underlying solution.

What you’ll receive from us:

• No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
• We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.