Take on a high-profile role, where you\xe2\x80\x99ll own the end-to-end high-level business design for a project, programme or initiative
You\xe2\x80\x99ll be working with a range of stakeholders to identify investment priorities, define opportunities and shape journeys to meet our strategic goals
This is a chance to shape the future of our business and gain great exposure across the bank in the process
This role is being offered at director level
What you\'ll doAs a Solution Design Lead, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be responsible for end to end Solution Design for the CDD Strategic In Life platform and will engage with relevant stakeholders as a single point of contact for design aspects. You\xe2\x80\x99ll be representing the design function at governance forums and working with enterprise architects to make sure standards and principles are adhered to. You\'ll also be accountable for 2 solution design leads who are responsible for sub-component solution designs in the end to end CDD platform.Other duties include:
Translating requirements into a series of transition state designs and an executable roadmap
Driving and delivering cost-effective designs for the business and aligning solutions with the corresponding business or IT architecture
Documenting the relevant design in accordance with standard methods
Making sure the solution design is aligned to the portfolio or enterprise architecture target state
Analyzing requirements into coherent end-to-end designs, taking the business architecture into account
The skills you\'ll needYou\xe2\x80\x99ll already have a background in solution design and significant experience of using industry standard models and tools. Alongside good communication skills, you\xe2\x80\x99ll also need the ability to lead and collaborate with both internal and external teams.We\xe2\x80\x99ll also want to see:
Experience with leading application solution design across complex loosely coupled architectures.
Experience in Java/Python programming (for the design corpus tooling and APIs) and microservices architectures
Knowledge of the technical domain with an understanding of key elements
A broad understanding of the financial services environment and regulatory frameworks
An expert understanding of external influences and advances that impact design