Lead Technical Architect in Manchester

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with client teams to align technical solutions with organisational strategies and user needs.
• Define and communicate end‑to‑end solution architectures for programmes and services, translating business and user needs into scalable, ethical, and maintainable technical designs.
• Conduct thorough technical assessments and provide actionable recommendations for decision‑makers, explaining the potential impact, costs, benefits and risks of recommendations.
• Support client architecture governance, ensuring alignment with enterprise, data and security standards.
• Contribute to delivery planning to support agile product development.
• Facilitate architecture decision‑making with clients, balancing strategic and tactical needs.
• Produce high‑quality artefacts: roadmaps, diagrams, architecture models and written briefs.
• Communicate complex technical information to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across design, data and delivery.
• Provide input to bids and proposals with a focus on technology content.
• Provide thought leadership and contribute to business development and marketing activities.
• Contribute to the continual development of our technology and data practice.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, building trust with senior stakeholders.

About You

• Strong experience designing architectures for complex solutions, ensuring consistency with agreed requirements and standards.
• Proven ability to work with stakeholders at multiple levels across organisations.
• Experience working with agile product delivery teams in complex organisational settings.
• Experience throughout the product lifecycle.
• Committed to personal and professional development, staying abreast of industry trends.
• A technology‑ and platform‑agnostic perspective.
• Experience working with public sector architecture standards and platforms (e.g. gov.uk PaaS, NHS Spine).
• Experience working in diverse, remote, and multi‑disciplinary teams.

Skills

• Requirements definition and management – ability to advise on requirements management approaches and coordinate requirements prioritisation.
• Strategic thinking – ability to contribute to the development of strategies and policies.
• User focus – ability to champion user research and define approaches to understanding user needs.
• Lifecycle perspective – ability to manage the delivery of products and services at different phases through the product lifecycle.
• Sourcing technology assets and solutions – ability to lead supplier discussions as part of procurement processes.
• Solution architecture – ability to lead development of solution architecture inline with standards.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• 2 volunteer days for causes you are passionate about
• Maternity/paternity – 6 months maternity leave, 3 months paternity leave
• Life assurance
• Employer pension contribution of 5%
• Health cash plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to equity in the business through a Share Incentive Plan
• Green incentive programmes including Electric Vehicle Leasing and the Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health assessments

We are committed to having a positive impact on the clients and the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from women, disabled people, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and historically under‑represented groups. If you do not meet 100% of the criteria, we still want to hear from you. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.