We are working with a leading global consulting firm looking to appoint a Senior Manager – Solution Architect to join its growing Technology and AI practice.
This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape and oversee the architecture of innovative, AI-enabled digital products and platforms, helping clients deliver secure, scalable and business-critical technology solutions.
The Role
You will take ownership of solution architecture across complex programmes, leading from initial discovery and design through to engineering delivery and live deployment.
Working with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams across engineering, product, data, security and cloud, you will provide architectural direction, influence technical strategy and ensure solutions are robust, scalable and production-ready.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end architecture across AI-enabled products, platforms and digital services.
- Provide senior technical leadership across engineering teams and complex programmes.
- Oversee architectural decisions, managing technical risks, dependencies and trade-offs.
- Design production-ready AI solutions, including AI models, RAG, agents and orchestration.
- Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards and reference architectures.
- Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data and Platform teams.
- Support client engagements, proposals and RFP/RFI activity.
- Mentor and develop Solution Architects, Engineers and wider technical teams.
What We're Looking For
- Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise solutions from discovery through to production.
- Strong cloud-native architecture experience across Azure, AWS or GCP.
- Knowledge of APIs, integration, security, identity, DevSecOps, observability and resilience.
- Experience designing and delivering AI solutions, including RAG, AI models, agents and orchestration.
- Background in AI platforms, software engineering, cloud modernisation or distributed technologies.
- Strong architectural judgement and experience leading complex technical programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders.
- Proven experience mentoring technical teams and contributing to proposals and solution shaping.
- Flexible hybrid working.
- Private medical cover and 24/7 virtual GP access.
- Six volunteering days per year.
- Additional financial, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
AI Solutions Architect – Senior Manager in Manchester employer: Anson McCade Pty
Join a dynamic and innovative consulting powerhouse in London, where your expertise as a Consulting Partner will be valued and rewarded. With a competitive salary and performance-related bonuses, you'll thrive in a collaborative culture that prioritises employee growth and development, while working on high-impact projects that drive real change in the insurance sector. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape strategic direction and build lasting relationships at the C-suite level within a rapidly expanding organisation.
