Senior Solution Architect

We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect to set direction and design solutions for our most complex IT systems and platforms. You will use industry-leading approaches to respond to challenging functional and non-functional requirements.

Accountabilities

• Set the strategic architecture direction for a specialist technology area, such as developing trading platforms.
• Provide deep technical expertise in designing and evaluating complex technology architectures for stakeholders.
• Manage innovative design, engineering initiatives, and complex technology projects with technical experts across the bank.
• Develop and promote architectural standards, guidelines, and governance policies to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance.
• Identify emerging technology trends and implement potential solutions that align with the bank's strategic objectives.
• Develop and maintain advisor relationships with business partners, architects, and engineering teams.
• Advocate for optimal solutions that address the bank's technological needs.
• Support engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members and share knowledge.

Director Expectations

• Manage a business function and contribute to strategic initiatives.
• Lead a large team or sub-function and embed a performance culture.
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees.
• Manage resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalate breaches of policies and procedures.
• Foster compliance and ensure regulations are observed.
• Focus on the external environment and regulators.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of the function's integration with the business division.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems.
• Exercise management authority and make significant decisions.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Significant experience operating as a senior Solution Architect or equivalent.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale integration fabrics.
• Experience defining architecture patterns for APIs, event streaming, and messaging.
• Experience establishing channel decoupling strategies.
• Deep understanding of orchestration versus choreography patterns.
• Experience translating strategic architecture direction into practical solutions.
• Passion for designing solutions that deliver simplification, reuse, consistency, scalability, security, and performance.
• Robust stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience operating within large, complex, and regulated financial services environments.

Team and Business Structure

• The successful candidate will be a senior member of the PBWM Architecture team.
• There will be some architecture team responsibilities, supporting the PBWM Architecture function.
• This role will have some accountabilities and responsibilities to support operational processes outside of the Architecture team.
• This role will be a senior attendee and key decision maker of the PBWM Architecture Review Board.