Hybrid Solution Architecture Manager

at Information Commissioner's Office

• Job title: Solution Architecture Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £80,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, ERP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Huntingdon, United Kingdom

About the role

• Solution Architecture Manager guiding Anglian Water’s solution architecture profession. Leading technical teams and shaping technology change 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