Lead Solution Architect Geospatial Services

• Own, define and continuously evolve the vision, strategy and roadmap for our geospatial services.
• Ensure the ArcGIS platform, including Enterprise and Online, is positioned to support current priorities and future transformation.
• Act as the design authority for the geospatial domain across the enterprise, providing architectural leadership, direction and assurance.
• Build trusted relationships with business stakeholders across asset management, operations, planning and customer teams.
• Translate business priorities into opportunities to exploit our geospatial platform.
• Drive platform exploitation by proactively identifying where existing geospatial investment can deliver new business value.
• Lead the continuous review of our geospatial landscape, identifying, managing and reducing technical debt.
• Shape the adoption of the GIS Utility Network data model and modern ArcGIS capabilities.
• Lead the design and assure seamless, API-driven integrations between ArcGIS, supporting geospatial applications and our wider enterprise landscape.
• Champion architectural excellence by embedding best-practice principles, standards and governance for the geospatial domain.
• Work closely with Enterprise and Solutions Architecture to ensure geospatial technology decisions align with our long-term strategy and business capability model.
• Create and maintain high-quality architectural artefacts, including architecture assessments, domain roadmaps, diagrams, high-level designs and decision records.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with external ESRI, system integrators and third-party providers.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure geospatial solutions are implemented in line with architectural principles, standards and agreed designs.
• Coach, mentor and develop geospatial capability across the organisation, supporting recruitment and growth of specialist GIS talent.
• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to the business and help shape the future of asset and geospatial services.

Technologies:

• API
• Architect
• Azure
• CRM
• ERP
• GIS
• Support
• Network
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP
• Office 365
• Cloud
• Security

• Strong architectural, functional and technical expertise in designing and implementing comprehensive GIS solutions, including Enterprise and Online, customisation, configuration, integration and analytical capabilities.
• Proven track record of delivering geospatial strategies and roadmaps, with a focus on ongoing platform exploitation rather than one-off implementations.
• Experience designing solutions that integrate ArcGIS with ERP, CRM and data platforms, ideally SAP S/4HANA and Microsoft Dynamics 365, using modern API-based integration technologies such as Microsoft Azure API Management.
• Strong understanding of the GIS Utility Network data model and the core processes required for implementation, ideally within the utilities sector.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate complex design concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and build credibility at all levels, including senior leaders and executives.
• Experience acting as design lead on complex implementations, working with large blended design and delivery teams to drive strong outcomes.
• Experience mapping end-to-end architectures within a complex system landscape, including data and integration design.
• Experience identifying, managing and reducing technical debt, ensuring solutions remain scalable, sustainable and aligned to long-term strategy.
• Practical experience applying architectural frameworks and methodologies, with the pragmatism to adapt approaches to different business needs.
• Experience as an active member of architecture governance forums.
• Ability to create clear, high-quality and visually engaging architectural artefacts, strategies and roadmaps.
• Strong utilities experience, particularly in customer and asset management, with experience delivering persona-based, GIS-centric applications and analytical dashboards.
• Relevant ArcGIS/ESRI certifications are desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a positive proactive attitude, and a passion for coaching, mentoring and developing others.

We are Yorkshire Water, a water utility company based in the Yorkshire region of England. We provide essential water and wastewater services to more than 5.4 million people, helping communities, protecting the environment and supporting the regions health, wellbeing and prosperity. This is a permanent Lead Solution Architect Geospatial Services role within our Technology team, initially based in Bradford and moving to Leeds Valley Park in summer 2026, with hybrid working of 2 to 3 days in the office each week. We offer a competitive salary of up to £95,000 depending on experience, a company car lease or allowance scheme, bonus opportunities, private health care, an attractive pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and wellness days, and a wide range of additional benefits. We also support flexible working patterns and job share options where possible, and we are committed to accessible recruitment and reasonable adjustments.