Senior Manager – Solution Architect

Role Overview

• Portfolio & Engagement Leadership: Oversee architectural delivery across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Strategic & Solution Architecture Design: Develop and implement holistic technical and enterprise architectures that meet complex business needs, ensure interoperability, and adhere to TOGAF standards.
• Senior Leadership Advisory & Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with client executives, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate strategic business visions and requirements into robust, cost-effective technical roadmaps.
• Practice Building & Capability Development: Assist the Chief Enterprise Architect and Head of Digital in developing Squarcle’s digital capabilities and maturing the holistic architectural team (spanning EAs, SAs, BAs, and TAs).
• Governance, Standards & Security: Define and enforce technical governance.
• Business Development & Innovation: Actively participate in pre-sales, bid writing, and technical proposal development.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Line manage, mentor, and conduct performance reviews for manager level consultants and below.
• Risk Management & System Integration: Identify potential technical risks and design mitigation strategies across portfolios.
• Documentation & Communication: Produce clear, comprehensive technical documentation and communicate architecture decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• TOGAF Certification & Architecture Frameworks: Extensive proven experience applying architecture frameworks (Business, Data, Application, Security, and Technology) aligned to TOGAF's ADM phases to solve business problems and create scalable, efficient solutions.
• Senior Delivery Experience: A proven track record of operating at a Senior Manager/Lead Architect level, overseeing multiple project teams and managing multi-million-pound technology transformations.
• Supply Chain Acumen: Deep understanding and consultative experience designing resilient, modern supply chain architectures.
• Cloud Architecture: Extensive experience with cloud platforms (Azure primarily, AWS, GCP) and the design of scalable, secure, cloud-native architectures.
• Executive Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills (written and verbal) with the proven ability to translate complex technical paradigms to non-technical executives and influence strategic decision-making.
• Governance & Assurance: Strong understanding of architecture governance processes, design authorities, and compliance standards aligned with DDAT and GDS.
• Agile/DevOps Leadership: Experience embedding architectural governance within scaled Agile and DevOps delivery environments to align architecture with delivery roadmaps.
• Leadership & Mentoring: Demonstrable experience line-managing senior consultants, building multi-disciplinary inclusive teams, and conducting formal performance appraisals.
• Security & Risk Management: In-depth understanding of secure system design, encryption, authentication, and strong risk identification/mitigation skills utilising industry-standard risk management methodologies.
• Data & Analysis: Strong data modelling and analysis skills.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform

Benefits

• Generous leave package 26 days of annual leave (including your birthday!) plus UK bank holidays
• increasing to 27 days after three years, and 28 after seven years
• You’ll also get five extra days for your five and 10-year anniversaries
• Additional leave for members of the Reserve Forces and CFAV.
• Private medical insurance Provided once you’ve completed your probation.
• Recognition and rewards £1,000 referral bonus for successful hires
• Performance-related awards
• Milestone and life-event hampers to celebrate life’s big moments
• Development & learning Annual training week abroad
• Funding for qualifications that benefit both you and the business
• Travel & wellbeing Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted travel through funded railcards
• Pension Our pension provider is NOW Pensions, pension contributions are 3% employer and 5% employee