Manager, Solution Architect

• Support delivery programmes by leading the creation of modern Solution Architectures and Technical Designs, collaborating with multi capability teams, senior business and IT stakeholders, and taking accountability for the quality and timely delivery of your team's deliverables.
• Support and lead clients in creating or providing perspective on their technology strategies, roadmaps, or delivery programmes; ensuring investment in the right technology and delivering in the right order; building effective client relationships with senior and peer-level stakeholders across all business and technical domains including IT and Operations.
• Perform a tech lead role in guiding the client throughout the project/programme lifecycle from shaping the technology solution during the up-front Discovery phase to helping deliver it during the Implementation phase
• Provide technical design governance, solution quality assurance and design reviews to keep complex technology programmes on track against industry good practice and standards.
• Lead the generation of thought leadership and continuous capability development of the Solution Architecture practice to ensure we stay at the cutting edge of the technology developments applicable to the Wealth Management industry.
• Strengthen our architecture capability by coaching junior team members and leading the definition and implementation of Deloitte accelerators and standards.
• Lead and contribute to business development work, bringing an entrepreneurial mindset, leading the development of our key propositions to market through pre-sales, bid preparation and client presentations.
• Help drive the continued growth of the Wealth Management practice including supporting the firm's commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive culture.

You must have an aptitude and ambition to be a successful member of our technology & transformation team working in digital transformation, application design and implementation, or process design and implementation. We seek independent thinkers who also thrive as part of a team, with excellent communication and presentation skills and who are enthusiastic and passionate for driving change and real impact in the Wealth Management industry. As a solution architect, you will be technically minded and relish analysing the detail of complex problems to identify and deliver technical solutions but also enjoy challenging yourself to work in new Wealth Management fields contributing to market facing propositions, client engagements and internal initiatives. Essential Experience:

• Deep technology knowledge, and experience in designing and implementing end-to-end solution architectures and delivering innovative solutions as part of a digital transformation programme, including cross platform integration of emerging technology solutions with existing core platforms.
• Experience in operating within an architectural design or technology delivery function within a leading firm within the Wealth Management industry, consulting firms, Wealthtech or leading firm outside of Financial Services.
• Experience or good understanding in at least one Wealth Management sector (i.e., Investment Management or Pensions & Savings), the underlying Wealth Management business processes across the value chain (i.e. Asset Management, Reporting etc.) and the key technology vendors for the sector (e.g. FNZ, Bravura, Intelliflo, Avaloq, Diligenta).
• Demonstrated technology delivery experience including an understanding of all stages of the delivery lifecycle (e.g., discovery, design, delivery, and transition).
• Demonstrated knowledge or in-depth understanding of at least one key architectural domain - including data, integration, business, application, and operational architecture (including infrastructure, security, and networking).
• Experience in assessing IT landscapes, business drivers and understanding impact of emerging technologies to define target and transition state architectures.
• Providing technical design governance, solution quality assurance and design reviews to keep complex technology programmes on track against industry good practice and standards.
• Experience in leading teams or workstreams within a wider complex digital transformation programme.
• Understanding and experience in delivering through various ways of working, including waterfall and various agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience of owning or developing architectural artefacts, such as high-level design documents, reference architectures, functional or technical design specifications and integration designs etc.
• Understanding of Cloud capability and solutions including application, business case and benefits.
• Strong stakeholder management skills: proven track record in independently engaging and managing a range of client and internal stakeholders, including senior client representatives.
• Ability to analyse and define solution options and broker buy-in, gather consensus and drive decision making from business and IT stakeholders.

Desirable Experience:

• Familiarity with modern software delivery tooling, for example, Jira, Confluence, QA and CI/CD tools.
• A proven adaptability and ability to shift focus and work with varied subject matters across different projects.
• Knowledge of a typical end-to-end IT architecture, key systems, and key challenges for at least one Wealth Management sector.
• Appreciation of emerging technology and trends in the Wealth Management industry
• Demonstrable knowledge, delivery experience or certification with one or more core Wealth Management applications (e.g. FNZ One, Avaloq, Bravura Sonata, SS&C Hubwise among others).
• Certification or demonstrated knowledge of one of the major Cloud Service Providers - Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure Platform.
• Awareness, appreciation and experience in leveraging emerging technologies (e.g. GenAI, Blockchain) and their application to the Wealth Management industry;
• Industry certifications such as BCS, Agile/Scrum, SAFe, among others.
• Enterprise or solution architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).

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