Head of Solutions Architecture

2 weeks ago

Knutsford, Cheshire East, United Kingdom Barclays UK Full time

Head of Solution Architecture

Location: Knutsford

What will you be doing

You will be the Lead Architect within a business area that has true customer and colleague impacts. You will build and lead a practice driving multi year solutions to drive digitisation of the Life Moments journeys.

You will create an architectural vision in keeping with the business providing a technical solution for customer and colleagues. In owning the technical solution, you will provide an end to end assurance that satisfies business needs.

You will bring diverse experiences and a change mind-set to drive quality technical outcomes

You will own the architectural future of multiple technology platforms.Being the platform custodian, you will ensure that any developments align to the overall Barclays UK technology strategy.

Champion our workforce strategy as we look to continue to recruit world class architecture capability across our strategic campus locations (across the UK and India).

Leverage group-wide capabilities, technologies, patterns and practices. Creating capacity for the business by delivering with maximum efficiency.

Person Specification

Technologist role model – retention and attractor of top technology talent

Ability to lead solutions in depth at all levels including architecture, interface specification, code structure, network protocols, operations and troubleshooting

Demonstrable experience of keeping abreast of new and emerging technologies

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Excellent written and verbal reasoning and communication skills

Operate with a sense of purpose whilst displaying high levels of empathy and professionalism, with ability to work in and lead teams

Action-focused, results-oriented and customer-obsessed

Freely shares information and experiences, and seeks knowledge from others

Able to demonstrate experience in driving a long term vision whilst continuously delivering value

What we're looking for

Experience of leading and managing technical teams (solution architects, solution designers, etc.)

Significant experience integrating disparate systems and exploiting effective APIs and most appropriate technologies

Strong experience of Agile and DevOps principles, tools and practices

Experience with automation and cloud technologies

Strong analytical skills and proven ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex analytical outcomes, linkages and messages to both technical and non-technical audiences

A broad and deep knowledge of technologies (including API, Cloud, Core banking, Lending technologies) that are used by financial service providers.

Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.

Experience in working on environments adopting agile methodologies

Qualified and/or experiences in architectural standards/methodologies/techniques

Skills that will help you in your role

The role holder will have strong people management and leadership skills and have had specific experience working in a matrix management model where influencing, challenging and negotiating skills have been highly leveraged

The role holder will have proven ability to effectively build capability in virtual teams with the ability to negotiate in a sphere of influence at a senior level

Provide clear and effective leadership, in line with Barclays values, in defining the strategy and shaping it into an executable plan across the business and functions

Agree appropriately stretching performance and development objectives for all direct reports, providing regular feedback, and coaching to ensure their maximum potential is achieved

Decision-making and Problem Solving

Responsible for making priority decisions about the scope of deliverables when faced with technical constraints

Data-driven approach to root cause analysis and proactively understanding what gets in the way and unblocking

The role holder will be required to make swift, well-reasoned decisions

Experienced in acting as the design authority for a mutli year program of work

Experienced in working with the design authority architecture sign-off for component deliverables

Able to estimate budgets for small to medium and projects;

Can identify high-impact, sensitive situations or issues and escalate appropriately;

Ensures governance, risk and control procedures are followed.

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