Head of Client Engineering / Solution Architecture

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Head of Solution Architecture / Head of Engineering - Manchester

As Head of Solution Architecture / Head of Engineering, you will own the design quality, architectural consistency, and governance of all client delivery across a SaaS fintech environment. You will define how products are implemented and integrated, ensuring solutions are scalable, repeatable, and aligned to modern engineering standards.
You will act as the senior technical authority across client engagements, owning architecture, challenging requirements, and ensuring solutions are robust, supportable, and built for long-term evolution. This role requires a strong communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for both engineering teams and senior client stakeholders.
Working closely with Product, Engineering, and Delivery, you will ensure alignment to platform strategy while maintaining architectural integrity across all implementations.
You will also lead the Client Engineering capability, owning standards, hiring, and development across distributed teams (UK and India), while building a high-performing, engineering-led culture.
A key part of the role is governance: setting architectural standards, approving exceptions, and reducing design-related delivery risk. Your impact will be measured through solution quality, delivery stability, and consistency across all client implementations.

What you'll be doing

Define and enforce architecture standards, patterns, and engineering best practices

Act as senior technical lead with clients, shaping solutions and owning end-to-end design integrity

Drive scalable, supportable solutions with a focus on long-term maintainability

Lead architectural governance, including design reviews and exception management

Reduce delivery risk by improving design quality and minimising defects and rework

Build and develop the Client Engineering function (hiring, frameworks, capability)

Establish reusable assets, reference architectures, and engineering standards

Support strategic planning including workforce and capability forecasting

About you

Proven experience leading architecture and engineering in complex, enterprise-scale environments (ideally fintech or regulated sectors)

Strong expertise in modern architectures (cloud-native, APIs, integration patterns, security-by-design)

Technically credible with the ability to engage engineers and influence senior stakeholders

Clear communicator - ie able to simplify complexity and drive alignment across technical and non-technical audiences

Experience building and scaling engineering teams, frameworks, and standards

Strong governance mindset with experience in architectural review and risk management

Focused on scalability, resilience, and long-term system ownership

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Location:
Manchester
Salary:
£100,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT;Construction;Management

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