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# Lead Architect - Managed Services

- **Company:** 83zero Ltd
- **Location:** Hounslow, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £115,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Industry Standard Architecture
- **Published:** August 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/lead-architect/83zero-limited-job107830699

## About the Role

* Proven experience as a Lead / Account / Enterprise Architect within Managed Services.
 * Broad, cross-domain architecture experience rather than a single technology specialism.
 * Experience governing large and complex technology estates.
 * Strong senior stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
 * Proven technical leadership and influencing capability.
 * Commercial awareness and experience working within Managed Services contracts and delivery environments.

If you're an experienced Managed Services Architect looking to take ownership of account-wide technology strategy and architecture, we'd like to hear from you.

## Description

We're looking for a senior Lead Architect to join the Account Leadership Team of a large and complex Managed Services environment.

This is a genuine architecture leadership role, responsible for the overall technical direction, governance and architectural integrity of the account.

You'll act as a trusted technical adviser to senior stakeholders, providing strategic direction across a broad technology landscape and leading a community of Domain Architects and Engineers.

What You'll Do

 * Own the end-to-end account architecture across a complex technology estate.
 * Provide architectural leadership across Cloud, Infrastructure, Networks, Security, Workplace and other technology domains.
 * Define technology roadmaps and future-state architectures.
 * Govern technical change and ensure alignment with standards and contractual commitments.
 * Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
 * Provide technical direction and leadership across architecture and engineering teams.
 * Balance technical, commercial and business requirements within a Managed Services environment.


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