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Solutions Architect

Barclays

England

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

Join a leading company as a Solutions Architect in the Climate and Sustainability team. Drive change projects aligning with strategic objectives while utilizing your expertise in AI and Machine Learning. You will lead diverse teams and ensure successful implementation of innovative solutions while fostering strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

  • Proven AI and Machine Learning experience.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with various technologies, including systems architecture and cloud computing.

Responsibilities

  • Manage change projects ensuring timely delivery and compliance.
  • Develop project plans outlining scope, objectives, timelines, and resources.
  • Communicate progress and stakeholder needs regularly.

Skills

Leadership
Business Acumen
Continuous Learning
Communication Skills
Collaboration

Tools

AWS
Azure
GCP

Job description

Join Barclays as a Solutions Architect, where you'll be part of the Climate and Sustainability team, we are looking for a Solution Architect with proven AI and Machine Learning experience. You’ll also benefit from being part of a vast professional network, collaborating with industry leaders and experts.

To be successful as a Solutions Architect, you should have experience with:

  • Various technologies, including systems architecture, cloud computing, machine learning and deep learning algorithms and can help tailor solutions to the unique data and technology challenges and opportunities
  • Cloud computing and platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, collaborate with diverse teams, and build strong relationships with stakeholders.

Some other highly valued skills may include

  • Leadership - Influence decision-making and guide the overall direction of technology projects
  • Business Acumen - Understanding business processes, industry trends, and market needs to develop solutions that align with organisational goals and provide a tangible return on investment
  • Continuous Learning - Ability to stay current with new technologies, methodologies, and best practices and driving innovation.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role will be based in our Northampton office

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Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.

Accountabilities

  • Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
  • Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
  • Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
  • Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
  • Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
  • Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
  • Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
  • Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Vice President Expectations

  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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