Head of Solution Architecture in Midlothian

In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol, London, or Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

As our Head of Solution Architecture for the Chief Technology Officer’s Architecture team, you will have management and leadership responsibility for a small team of Solution Architects providing support to technology delivery teams by providing architecture services and system design while driving innovation and technical strategy.

This role provides the perfect combination of technical influence, hands-on support, team leadership, and business impact. It's an exciting opportunity to drive meaningful change, develop architectural capability, and leave a lasting mark on a growing and evolving technology function.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact at both a strategic and operational level. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the technology direction of the organisation, leading solution architecture across some of the most complex and business-critical initiatives while influencing technology decisions at the highest levels.

You'll have the opportunity to work closely with engineering teams, enterprise and domain architects, security specialists, and business leaders, allowing you to shape solutions from concept through to successful delivery. The role also offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders, giving you the opportunity to influence strategic planning, technology investment decisions, and large-scale transformation programmes.

Other key responsibilities:

• Manages the resource pool and assignment of work from the demand pipeline.
• Manages senior stakeholders’ expectations and initiative timeframes.
• Ensures effective support of business and technical change through direct architecture support of the team’s project activity and early engagement in technical change.
• Supports the evolution of architectural designs through delivery.
• Formally identifies and acts as an escalation point for architecture issues and design blockers for key projects and programmes.
• Develops and mentors the Solution Architecture team to create a high performing and highly engaged team.
• Operates and designs the Solution Architecture governance processes and chairs technology design authorities and manages controls.
• Works with Domain Architecture to ensure the design supporting capabilities are in place (principles, patterns, methodology, standards and current state) and aligned to wider technology global standards.
• Actively participates in global governance and Architecture communities.
• Contributes to annual project delivery and technology planning across the technology department.

You will bring experience in solution architecture, with a strong track record of designing and delivering complex, scalable technology solutions within large organisations. You will be a confident communicator, capable of building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, engineering teams and business leaders, ensuring solutions are aligned with both technical standards and organisational objectives.

Your ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery support will be key to enabling successful business and technology transformation.

Some other key skills that you’ll have:

• Experience leading a Solution Architecture team and driving architectural capability development.
• Proven expertise in solution design, architecture governance, and design authority processes.
• Experience working in Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Infrastructure focused Architecture functions.
• Technology expertise in the following areas will be highly desirable: Azure, Artificial Intelligence platforms, DevOps Practices, Infrastructure as Code, Microsoft 365, Nutanix Compute, Dell Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Networking (Cisco / Juniper), Redhat Linux & Openshift and Wintel technology stacks.
• Experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale technology solutions and strategic transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate and justify architectural decisions at all levels.
• Demonstrated success working in high-performing teams within dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams, including engineering, development, security, and business functions.
• Experience operating within global organisations and engaging with stakeholders across multiple regions and cultures.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders and technology teams.

Experience within Financial Services, Markets, Share Registry, Transfer Agency, or Employee Share Plans would be advantageous.

Rewards designed for you:

• Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.
• Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.
• Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.
• Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get-togethers to helping you invest in your future.
• Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow.

Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We're a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all.