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A leading telecommunications company in the UK is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to define and lead their enterprise architecture strategy. This role involves designing integration patterns across cloud platforms and serving as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders. Candidates should possess extensive experience, particularly in product-centric environments, along with deep expertise in enterprise integration and hybrid architectures. The position requires strong leadership and mentorship skills, along with proficiency in AWS or Azure.
Architectural Vision & Strategy Define and lead the enterprise architecture strategy to enable the shift from stack-centric IT to a product-led, outcome-driven model. Establish a clear architectural vision aligned with business objectives, customer experience goals, and operational scalability.
Integration Leadership Design and govern integration patterns across modern cloud platforms, distributed retail/wholesale sites, and IBM i-series (AS/400) systems. Drive legacy modernisation by exposing core enterprise capabilities (pricing, inventory, fulfilment) through APIs and event-driven interfaces.
Strategic Influence & Leadership Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology and business leaders, shaping product strategy through architecture. Align multiple teams and stakeholders across business units, ensuring consistency while enabling innovation. Define and embed architecture principles, standards, and guardrails to support autonomous product teams.
Transformation Enablement Lead initiatives to transition delivery teams from project-based, technology stack-focused approaches to product-aligned operating models. Develop scalable architectural patterns and platforms that accelerate delivery, reduce technical friction, and support evolving business needs.
Operational & Technical Excellence Ensure non-functional requirements – security, observability, resilience, and performance – are integral to product and platform design. Oversee architectural governance that facilitates delivery rather than constrains it.
Mentorship & Community Building Mentor solution architects and senior engineers, raising organisational architectural maturity. Play a key role in architecture forums, communities of practice, and design reviews.
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