Lead Solution Architect, Director

Role Overview: Join the digital revolution at NatWest Digital X where the aim is to create effortless and secure digital experiences. The team is organized around the principles of engineering simple solutions, protecting customers, and operating smarter. Embrace flexibility with hybrid working options and flexible hours to thrive in your role. Key Responsibilities: - Define high-level technical architecture and design to deliver business outcomes and align with the long-term strategy - Influence and communicate a shared technical vision for end-to-end designs across multiple platforms and domains - Collaborate with platform and domain teams to architect and deliver solutions, validate technology assumptions, and develop a pipeline of features for incremental customer value delivery - Own technical design issues and drive resolution, lead activities to shape requirements, validate designs, and promote adaptive design practices - Make recommendations on the latest technology impacts and customer trends Qualifications Required: - Expert knowledge of application architecture, business data, or infrastructure architecture with familiarity in industry architecture frameworks like TOGAF or ArchiMate - Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile teams - Experience in defining application architectures and roadmaps for complex solutions across technical layers - Knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering - Background in delivering secure solutions across complex infrastructure domains, understanding of systems development change lifecycles, and ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to peers and leadership colleagues (Note: No additional details of the company were mentioned in the job description),