# Lead Solutions Architect

**Company**: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
**Location**: Minneapolis, Minnesota
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $100,000-$170,000
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As a Lead Solutions Architect, you will collaborate with IT, Operations, and business stakeholders to lead the development of comprehensive technical solution architectures for highly complex and high-risk IT initiatives (valued between $1 million and $20 million). You will own the full lifecycle of solution delivery, from initial architecture capability assessment and strategic planning through solution design, stakeholder communication, and implementation guidance for delivery teams.

Responsibilities:

- Develop end-to-end technical solutions that integrate enterprise architecture strategies, account for environmental constraints, and assess solution viability against program timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

- Conduct comprehensive capability assessments of the current architectural state, and evaluate business strategy, requirements, and technology options to identify optimal solution alternatives aligned with business sponsor objectives.

- Serve as the primary technical authority on programs, directing all activities related to solution architecture development and capability management.

- Collaborate across functional teams (data, security, infrastructure, development, etc.) to ensure complete capture, definition, and communication of all solution architecture components.

- Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and partner groups through diverse engagement and collaboration approaches from initiation through closure.

- Lead group sessions ranging from small workshops to large forums for technical architecture reviews, strategic decision-making, and collaborative problem solving.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (computer science, mathematics, engineering, etc.) or equivalent professional experience in solution architecture.

- Minimum 10 years of IT experience, including at least 5 years leading solution architecture on large-scale projects.

- Extensive background across diverse technologies and architectural approaches (e.g., J2EE, .NET, cloud, mid-range systems, vendor packaged solutions, multi-technology platforms, workflow systems, SOA, data analytics, security, etc.).

- Proven leadership capabilities demonstrated through experience managing complex technology integration initiatives and directing large cross-functional technical teams.

- Outstanding communication abilities to translate, visualize, and explain sophisticated concepts to varied audiences spanning technical and business stakeholders.

Nice-to-have:

- Background in the financial services industry, specifically securities brokerage operations, or consulting experience.

- Advanced degrees, active involvement in IT industry organizations, or exceptionally diverse technical background.

- Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing cloud-based architectural solutions.

- Background in mobile technology architecture, big data analytics design, or transactional systems development.

Benefits:

- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.

- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.

- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.

- Flexible work/life balance options.

- Opportunities to do challenging work.

- Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.

- Access to a variety of job opportunities across the business

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## Skills

### Required
- Applications Architecture
- Architectural Consulting
- Architectural Modeling
- Critical Thinking
- Design
- Enterprise IT Architecture
- Information Technology Consulting
- IT Architecture
- Leadership
- Multi-Level Communication
- Platform Architecture
- Software Product Design
- Solution Architecture
- System Applications
- Transitional Architecture

### Nice to have
- cloud-based architectural solutions
- mobile technology architecture
- big data analytics design
- transactional systems development

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