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A fantastic opportunity is available to join the bank as a Senior Solution Architect in Santander CTO.
Here youll work closely with other architecture teams e.g. Enterprise Technical Data & Security Architecture and will collaborate with Business and IT colleagues in Santander UK as well as Santander Global Architecture.
Here youll provide functional and technical guidance and leadership on an ongoing basis to colleagues across the architecture community and lead a team of Solution Architects supporting their professional development as well as day to day management support.
The difference youll make:
Providing Architectural leadership during the initiation phases of programmes.
Managing a team of Solution Architects aligned to your portfolio.
Taking ownership for the resolution of issues within programmes and ensure alignment to strategy and policy.
Identifying and mitigating risks associated with solution architecture decisions including performance bottleneck and integration challenges.
Supporting talent development across the architecture community.
Providing mentorship coaching and training to less experienced architects to enhance technical skills foster professional growth and promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
What youll bring:
Experience of leading solution architecture and design for large programmes in the Corporate banking journeys of channels.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with experience and understanding of platform best practices.
The ability to anticipate obstacles and make plans accordingly to ensure that stakeholder requirements are fully reflected in data architecture outcomes.
A passion for driving change by creating practical workable architectures aligned to IT principles and following appropriate governance.
It would also be nice for you to have:
Experience of Corporate Banking area Online and Mobile Banking Virtual Accounts Customer Liquidity Management Customer FX Booking Supplier Finance Trade Finance multi-factor authentication for Corp customers and security angle.
Team Leadership Experience.
Knowledge of adjacent architectural areas (e.g. Data Infrastructure Security architecture).
What else you need to know:
This role is a permanent position based in Milton Keynes.
We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).
If you apply for this role in this location its important you consider your travelling distance time and cost from your home to the office location.
Were happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.
Inclusion
At Santander were creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple Personal and Fair.
How well reward you.
As well as a competitive salary youll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
We put 8% of salary into your pension even if you dont contribute yourself. Well pay in up to 12.5% of salary if you contribute as well and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
30 days holiday plus bank holidays which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
6000 car allowance per year.
Company funded individual private medical insurance.
Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family dental insurance and health assessments.
Protection for you and your family with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
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What to do next:
If this sounds like a role youre interested in then please apply.
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Senior IC
Full-Time