Solution Architect, VP

NatWest Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in Bengaluru is seeking a Solution Designer at VP level to own the end-to-end high-level business design for a project, programme or initiative. You’ll work with a range of stakeholders to identify investment priorities, define opportunities and shape journeys to meet our strategic goals.

As the design lead, you’ll represent the function at governance forums, translate requirements into coherent end-to-end designs, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, standards and

Qualifications

• Background in solution design with experience using industry-standard models and tools.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead with internal and external teams.
• Experience translating requirements into end-to-end designs aligned with business goals.
• Ability to engage with governance forums and enterprise architects.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end high-level business design for projects, programmes or initiatives.
• Translate requirements into transition-state designs and executable roadmaps.
• Deliver cost-effective designs aligned to business and IT architecture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify investment priorities and shape journeys.

Skills

Solution design

Stakeholder management

Architectural design

Team leadership

Tools

ADR (Architecture Decision Records)

Architecture modelling

Job description

Join us as a Solution Designer

• Take on a varied role, where you’ll own the end-to-end high-level business design for a project, programme or initiative
• You’ll be working with a range of stakeholders to identify investment priorities, define opportunities and shape journeys to meet our strategic goals
• This is a chance to shape the future of our business and gain great exposure across the bank in the process
• We're offering this role at vice president level

• Take on a varied role, where you’ll own the end-to-end high-level business design for a project, programme or initiative
• You’ll be working with a range of stakeholders to identify investment priorities, define opportunities and shape journeys to meet our strategic goals
• This is a chance to shape the future of our business and gain great exposure across the bank in the process
• We're offering this role at vice president level

What you'll do

As a Solution Designer, you’ll engage with relevant stakeholders as a single point of contact for design aspects. You’ll be representing the design function at governance forums and working with enterprise architects to make sure standards and principles are adhered to. You’ll also analyse requirements into coherent end-to-end designs, taking the business architecture into account.

Other Duties Include

• Translating requirements into a series of transition state designs and an executable roadmap
• Delivering cost-effective designs for the business and aligning solutions with the corresponding business or IT architecture
• Documenting the relevant design in accordance with standard methods
• Making sure the solution design is aligned to the portfolio or enterprise architecture target state

The skills you'll need

You’ll already have a background in solution design and experience of using industry standard models and tools. Alongside good communication skills, you’ll also need the ability to lead and collaborate with both internal and external teams.

We’ll Also Want To See

• Lead the end-to-end design of AI, data, cloud and technology solutions, translating business requirements into target-state architectures, technology roadmaps and making sure designs are secure, resilient, scalable and cost-effective
• Create and maintain high-quality architectural deliverables, including solution designs, architecture decision records (ADRs), transition-state architectures, reusable design patterns and reference architectures
• Partner with business, engineering and enterprise architecture teams to evaluate solution options, drive architectural alignment and ensure designs are practical, implementable and aligned to strategic objective