At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive business transformation and design scalable tech solutions for operational excellence.
- Company: Join ScottishPower, a leader in renewable energy and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy 36 days annual leave, competitive salary, and unique perks like electric vehicle schemes.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Shape the future of technology while making a real impact on sustainability.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in solutions architecture and strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Location: Glasgow – hybrid working (2-3 days in the office)
Salary: £70-88K (plus up to 20% bonus, car allowance and private healthcare cover)
Permanent, Full Time
Help us create a better future, quicker
We are looking for an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to play a key role in driving business transformation and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and commercially focused professional who can bridge the gap between business objectives and technology solutions, ensuring that investments in systems, processes and digital transformation deliver measurable value for the organisation and its customers.
What you’ll be doing
- Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will translate business objectives into scalable technology and process solutions, using data-driven insights to identify opportunities for improvement across the customer journey.
- You will lead solution design activities, analyse operational performance, and ensure that systems, processes and technology align with strategic goals, regulatory requirements and customer expectations.
- As a trusted advisor to the business, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape and deliver transformation initiatives, influence key decision-making, and build strong relationships with both internal stakeholders and external partners.
- You will play a key role in improving operational efficiency, enhancing service delivery, and identifying opportunities to leverage digital and AI-enabled solutions to support business growth.
What you’ll bring
The successful candidate will bring significant experience within solutions architecture, alongside strong stakeholder management, analytical and problem-solving skills. You will have a proven ability to influence at a senior level, manage complex partner relationships, and deliver innovative solutions that improve business performance and customer outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity for a strategic thinker who enjoys solving complex business challenges, driving meaningful change, and shaping the future of technology and service delivery in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
- Payroll giving and charity matched funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
- Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
- Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
Senior Solutions Architect in Glasgow employer: Iberdrola SA
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