Lead Solutions Architect, Lloyds
£90.4-106.4k
+ Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance & share schemes including free shares
2 days a week in office
Retail and commercial bank
Open for applications
Retail and commercial bank
1001+ employees
Open for applications
£90.4-106.4k
+ Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance & share schemes including free shares
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To support families and businesses, helping them to take the next step, whatever that may be.
Role
Who you are
- Story-telling skills to describe our Solution Architecture and get agreement to achieve it
- Experience of architecting modern ecosystems to support the transformation of monolithic applications
- Relationship and collaborator skills to energise our product and engineering communities
- Practical, hands-on experience required for defining the patterns, standards and practices guiding our engineering community
- Knowledge to be able to talk to and understand our customers, reaching solutions that meet their needs
- Experience of leading small to medium size teams and the ability to coach
What the job involves
- As a Lead Solution Architect you will orchestrate complex solution architectures for key outcomes!
- They play a substantive role in enabling teams to deliver at pace by shaping the solution architecture forward look for a lab or platform, and partner with Product Owners engineering teams and Enterprise architect!
- Develop and deliver budget plans for own area with guidance from senior colleagues
- Identify shortcomings, suggests improvements, and implements approved revisions to current compliance processes, systems, and procedures within the assigned field
- Meet the needs of significant customers related to complex, often customised products and services and/or manages a customer advisor department over a significant area
- Take responsibility for implementing a team's formal development framework with guidance from senior colleagues, while informally coaching others throughout the organisation in area of expertise and pursuing and investing in opportunities for own personal development
- Initiate, formulates, and implements new business practices for own field, while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the organization's change management program
- Take responsibility for developing and delivering a key element of the organisation's knowledge management system
- Build complex frameworks to fully assess the scope and context of short-term and long-term business needs
- Manage the definition, development, and/or delivery of a significant product or service of the organisation's development/engineering programme and offers to ensure alignment with customer requirements, and/or manages a medium-size product development/specialist team
- Develop new methods, tools and programmes for quality assurance while leading developmental initiatives and/or programmes within an area of expertise
- Make a significant improvement on short-term or long-term business performance by recommending authoritative technical and/or professional solutions
- Monitor and manages a wide range of activities of a significant team ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements by liaising with all internal risk management functions while supporting the development and implementation of the organisation's compliance policy
- Manage the development and/or delivery of a component of the organization's long-term goals
- Develop tactical plans for optimisation of resources and assets being managed within a given area or department
- Develop and/or delivers a plan for a specific area of responsibility by managing others
Application process
- End Date: October 8, 2025
Our take
Lloyds Bank, part of Lloyds Banking Group, began operations back in 1765 and is nowadays one of the UK’s leading retail and commercial banks. As with many leading banks, the company has dealt with its share of controversy – including for its handling of PPI complaints in 2015, and the 2009 European Commission ruling that forced it to part ways with TSB – but it has nonetheless stood the test of time and worked to build back its public reputation in the wake of these setbacks.
Of the company’s 26 million customers, over 18 million of them are online, making it the largest UK digital bank. As part of its ongoing digital transformation, the company is seeking to put the cloud at the front of its services and systems, and has cited intentions to invest heavily in overhauling its current technology infrastructure. All this seeks to serve the modern banking customer, and to compete with the fast-increasing number of alternative banking options appearing on the market.
Recently, Lloyds Bank has shown great interest in facilitating innovation in the industry, joining as a partner on FinTech Action Labs (a FinTech accelerator programme) to bring its industry expertise to early-stage FinTechs. As well as investment in digital transformation and AI, the company is enhancing its wealth product and corporate banking offerings, as well as expanding its partnerships with digital banking companies.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
- A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
- A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
- Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
- Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
- Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
- Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
- Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
- Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our 'Your Tomorrow' scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Charlie Nunn
(Group Chief Executive, not founder)Spent nine years at HSBC, including as Group Head of Wealth Management and Digital, and as CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking.
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