Lead Architect

Managed Services Lead Architect | Up to £115,000

Location: Salisbury, with hybrid working

Salary: Up to £115,000

Working pattern: Hybrid — typically 2–3 days per week onsite in Salisbury

We’re looking for a Managed Services Lead Architect to join an exciting account undergoing significant change, with digital transformation at the heart of its strategy.

This is a high-profile role where you’ll take ownership of the end-to-end architecture of contracted services, ensuring technical integrity, quality and alignment with both client objectives and contractual commitments.

What you’ll be doing

• Own and govern the end-to-end account architecture across a complex Managed Services environment.
• Define technology strategies, roadmaps and future-state architectures.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders.
• Lead architectural governance and ensure solutions meet agreed standards and practices.
• Work closely with Domain Architects, Engineers and wider technical teams, providing direction and inspiration.
• Build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Balance technical strategy with commercial and contractual considerations.
• Identify opportunities to introduce new technologies and innovation that deliver genuine value to the client.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be an established Lead Architect / Enterprise Architect / Solutions Architect with significant experience working within complex Managed Services or large-scale technology environments.

You should have:

• A strong track record of owning and governing end-to-end architecture.
• Experience operating as a Lead Architect within a large Managed Services account.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
• An understanding of contracts, commercials and service delivery.
• The ability to translate business requirements into clear technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the confidence to influence at senior level.
• A passion for technology, innovation and continuous improvement.

Security: This role requires SC clearance eligibility. Candidates must normally have resided continuously in the UK for the previous five years, subject to the full clearance requirements.

If you’re a Lead Architect looking for your next senior opportunity — where you can combine architecture, strategy, leadership and client engagement — we’d love to hear from you.