Enterprise Solution Architect

• Role: Enterprise Solution Architect
• Location: London
• Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
• Career Level: Associate Director (CL5)

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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• In this role :
• You’ll lead the development of complex, multi-tower and multi-service transformation opportunities within the Solution Architecture & Planning team. These span UKI Digital Core offerings including Managed Service Reinvention, Intelligent Infrastructure Services, and Custom and Platform Software Development augmented with AI. You’ll architect end-to-end integrated solutions using the best mix of offerings, assets and capabilities to maximise value for the client and Accenture, and ensure they align with the client’s organisational goals. You act as the subject matter expert and decision-maker on solutions that span multiple teams, and present them to senior leadership through the approval process.

What you’ll do

• •Lead the development of complex, multi-tower, multi-service transformational solutions.
• •Give advanced guidance and shape architectural approaches so quality delivery holds across multiple service areas.
• •Work with stakeholders to influence strategic decisions and align technology solutions with business objectives.
• •Lead cross-functional teams in resolving complex challenges and fostering a collaborative environment.
• •Drive innovation by finding ways to improve solution design and project outcomes.
• •Present solutions to senior leadership, articulating complex decisions so risks can be properly assessed and mitigated.
• •Raise quality standards by mentoring peers and promoting best practice in the architecture community.

What you’ll need

• •Expert Solution Architecture (required).
• •Enterprise Architecture Framework: expert proficiency (recommended).
• •Transformational Outsourcing Planning and Strategy: advanced proficiency (desirable).
• •Technology Solution Estimating: expert proficiency (desirable).
• •Client stakeholder management: excellent, with an understanding of the issues, opportunities, choices and desired impact a CIO, CDO or CTO seeks from a technology partner.
• •Background in Health and Public Service (desirable).

Practicalities

• •You may work in sensitive environments, so you need to be security clearable, which requires at least 5 years’ continuous UK residence.
• •Expected Years of Experience: 15-20+ years.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications: 28/02/2027

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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