About the role

  • Solution Architecture Manager at Anglian Water leading the solution architecture profession and shaping technology initiatives. Influencing architecture standards and fostering a high-performing team across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Anglian Water’s solution architecture profession, ensuring it operates as a cohesive, high-performing capability.
  • Define the vision, guardrails, standards, and architectural patterns that guide solution delivery across the organisation, embedding consistency, technical excellence, and alignment with enterprise architecture and business strategy.
  • Oversee governance, providing expert input on investment proposals, business cases, and design decisions, while identifying opportunities for reuse, simplification, and risk reduction.
  • Champion modern solution design, integration patterns, and security-by-design principles, ensuring architectures are robust, scalable, and fit-for-purpose.
  • Foster a collaborative culture, working closely with peers, mentoring and developing architects, defining career pathways, and building a resilient, skilled team.
  • Manage recruitment, succession planning, and professional development to ensure the long-term strength and effectiveness of the solution architecture profession.

Requirements

  • Degree in a technology, computing discipline and/or Business discipline – desirable
  • Track record of defining and/or leading a solution architecture practice in a complex, multi-technology enterprise
  • Experience in designing and governing solutions across multiple technology domains (e.g. ERP, SaaS, integration, cloud).
  • Experience in developing and embedding architectural standards, guardrails, and reference architectures
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing senior business and technology leaders to align investment and delivery with strategic goals.
  • Track record of technology rationalisation and reuse initiatives that improved cost efficiency and reduced complexity.
  • Experience in agile and product-based delivery environments
  • Experience in architectural governance and review processes, ensuring quality without impeding delivery.
  • Experience in transition planning, shaping roadmaps from current state to target state while managing technical debt.

Benefits

  • Full private healthcare with no excess
  • 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
  • A flexible working culture
  • Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%
  • Life Assurance at eight times your salary
  • Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
  • Bonus Scheme

Job title

Solution Architecture Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£80,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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