Service Architect

Job Description

Overview

Leading the edge of transformation.

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects How about joining our talented team where everyone has a voice and together we face our clients problems head-on. Its a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions.

We know that different people have different priorities which is why were here to support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. So talk to us about whats ideal for you from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. And if youre returning from a career break ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.

Our clients need our help to move into the future whilst keeping business as usual and wider change programmes running efficiently. To succeed our customers require expert delivery and this role soft-skills strong stakeholder communication and influencing ability along with proven service and solution delivery skills will pay equal measure.

Your role

• Contribute to win work: understand requirements lead and support proposal development in relation to both internal and external customer demand. Deliver increased awareness of engagement with and adoption of Service Management capabilities across AtkinsRéalis and our customers.
• Manage client relationships: maintain positive relationships with both internal and external customers understanding their needs and ensure they are met. Provide regular updates on task and service performance and respond to customer enquiries and concerns.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Responsible for providing advisory services across the whole range of Service Management Service Architecture and Service Design both internally and to our customers.
• Service Assurance: Responsible for providing assurance to new service architectures and designs. Able to undertake assurance of existing service practices processes and capabilities.
• Technical and Team Leadership: Able to lead team with mixed responsibilities including members from our customers and partner organisations; providing coaching mentoring pastoral care and technical leadership in a service management / architecture environment.

About you

• Specialisation in assessing design needs across the service portfolio providing guidance across all services and ensuring service standards are designed and delivered in alignment with business needs.
• Expertise in creating high quality roadmaps and plans in relation to the full-service portfolio tracking and reporting to stakeholders on changes and progress.
• Evidence of producing service case studies and having published some relevant papers/articles or delivered talks.
• Background in ownership of service performance and health data identification of performance issues completion of root cause analyses driving identification of remediations and implementation of fixes.
• Proficiency in monitoring service performance identifying underlying trends and working at a mid-organisational level to identify & implement creative solutions to remediate issues.
• Comprehensive understanding of the ITIL framework ideally ITIL4 Practice Manager qualified.

With a good mix of the following:

• Articulate with a passion for supporting and driving digital change.
• Persuasive and politically astute; able to collaborate with and positively influence stakeholders.
• Strategic enterprise and business awareness; able to identify a clients strategic intent and create enabling service architectures.
• Ability to analyse collate structure and organise data to find the best service solution to ensure manageability and maintainability.
• Good general consulting skills (structured thinking effective report writing and presentations and strong stakeholder engagement).
• Highly developed soft skills; leadership collaboration inclusion diversity equality and a people first attitude.
• Familiarity with additional frameworks or standards related to subject matter area (i.e. ISO 2000 VeriSM COBIT TOGAF IT4IT & SIAM models with complex support infrastructure and supply chain).

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health wellbeing financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So we offer a range of family friendly inclusive employment policies flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer we value applications from all backgrounds cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.