Solution Architect (Part Time) UK Contractor - PSC/Umbrella

Job Title: Solution Architect – part time

Location: Remote with an expectation to attend meetings in Luton when necessary

Duration: 5 months

At Pace, our consultants genuinely care about the impact our work has on our customers and their customers alike. We are ‘problem solvers’ who call on our collective experience, knowledge and skills to support customers to access benefits early.

Our mission is to create environments that thrive for our customers; we enable this by providing transformation, process optimisation, and automation services, all with the aim of enabling our customers to harness human autonomy.

We’re a boutique management consultancy with a difference. We’re values-driven and passionate about creating a supportive, open culture. Our team is tight-knit, diverse, and committed to delivering outcomes without losing sight of the human touch. We believe in being open, thinking differently, taking ownership, and having fun, and we want these values to shine through in everything we do.

We are reimagining how transformation services are delivered, taking a human-centred approach, and our work is having a material impact on people’s lives. If this resonates with you, we would love to hear from you.

Role:

We’re looking for an experienced Solution Architect to lead and define a robust application integration strategy for a major HR transformation programme. This pivotal part-time role spans 87 days over 5 months.

You will be responsible for enabling seamless integration across a newly implemented HR Information System and its dependent systems. The role combines technical depth, architecture leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver a scalable and future-ready integration framework.

As a Solution Architect, you will:

• Define and lead the overall integration architecture and strategy
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to shape integration requirements into viable architectural designs
• Develop high- and low-level integration designs in partnership with system vendors
• Establish and promote integration standards, governance models, and lifecycle management practices
• Recommend and select appropriate technologies (e.g., API-based integrations, iPaaS platforms) aligned to cloud and hybrid environments
• Ensure compliance with security policies, regulatory requirements, and performance benchmarks
• Oversee test builds, environments, and validations in collaboration with project and testing teams
• Manage support arrangements to ensure smooth operation of integration components
• Guide user acceptance testing for end-to-end integration scenarios

Qualifications:

• Proven experience leading integration architecture for complex enterprise systems
• Familiarity with HR or workforce management systems is a strong plus
• Expertise in API-led integrations, cloud platforms, and hybrid infrastructure models
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong grasp of governance, compliance, and architecture best practices
• Ability to work effectively within a part-time, time-boxed engagement
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong relationship building skills, necessary to working in a complex multi-vendor environment

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to join a high-growth, scale-up consulting firm; we see an opportunity to make a material difference to how clients are served, and are on a mission to create environments that thrive for our clients.
• A dedicated focus on your individual personal development: managed through annual performance appraisals, individual personal development plans, and our bi-weekly ‘continuous conversations’ programme.
• Additional professional development is available through a personal training budget (subject to approval of a relevant business case)

A competitive day rate of £600per day Outside IR35.

Availability to start immediately is strongly preferred.

Your Pace team:

Harnessing Human Autonomy is putting the needs of humans above all in process and system design.

We are a consultancy that helps organisations become aware of the human needs and behaviours within their operations, so that systems and processes can be designed and implemented to match. We automate the basics and empower the human to achieve more in the beckoning age of AI and automation. The results are a more engaged, agile and motivated workforce capable of greater efficiency and innovation.

Imagine If… you worked for a business that has integrity at its core, one that truly cares about its People, Corporate Social Responsibility and delivering real value to its customers.

At Pace, we recognise that we are only as good as our people. Apply today to find out about the great things we’re achieving together and the fun we have as a team.

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