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Are you passionate about defining modern technology solutions which help an organisation realise its strategic business objectives? At William Grant and Sons, we’re looking for a Solution Architect (Fixed Term)who will play a pivotal role in ensuring the continued evolution of our business and brands. This is your chance to join a team where innovation meets heritage, and where your expertise will help define the technology landscape underpinning our iconic portfolio.

Main Responsibility

As a Solution Architect, you will:

• Lead the design, implementation, and governance of technology solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of internal and external SME’s to deliver solution architecture artefacts which underpin business change.
• Support the improvement of technology led change across the business to help promote a strong innovation culture.
• Remain informed of industry changes and technology evolution looking for opportunity to bring those changes to life at WG&S.
• Provide expert architectural and technical guidance to technology change initiatives ensuring compliance with Enterprise Architecture guidance and direction.
• Define technology architecture and solutions in line with our technology vision and roadmap.
• Lead architectural engagement with third-party vendors, ensuring proposed solutions align with architecture direction and industry best practice.

Play an integral role in project delivery by providing expert architectural and technical guidance, while ensuring design thinking is embedded from the outset and throughout.

Our Ideal Candidate

You are a proactive professional with a strong analytical mind and a passion for information security.

To excel in this role, you should have:

• Strong, proven technical skills in defining and implementing technology solutions that align with organisational objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to create clear, high-quality solution architecture documentation for complex technologies.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with the capability to translate technical concepts, designs and thinking into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• Skilled at fostering collaboration within teams, inspiring colleagues, and contributing to shared objectives, plans, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proactive in supporting team development, driving continuous improvement, and aligning solution architecture with organisational goals.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills capable of delivering insight and technical guidance to both peers and business colleagues.
• Experience operating within an Architecture lead environment governed by a Technical Design Authority.
• Display a natural curiosity and passion for technology and technology led innovation.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1, per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.