Solution Architect

Job Description

Role Title: Solution Architect

Location: Wiltshire area - 2 to 3 days on site per week

Length: Initial 3 months with strong potential for an extension

Rate: £600 to £700 per day via umbrella company

***Candidates MUST hold Active SC Clearance and MUST have experience within MOD Environments to be considered for the position ***

The post holder will work collaboratively with key stakeholders, senior contract managers and individuals within the business winning team, the Through Life Equipment Support (TLES), the Land Sector and broader business capabilities - to successfully deliver our win strategy activities by planning, designing and delivering the future operating model to meet centralised UK and Overseas White Fleet Management Services. The Solution lead shall be:

• Accountable for the development and design of opportunity Target Operating Model and supporting capability integrations for identified opportunities
• Lead the solution team, managing work stream activity and inputs, against the overall business winning strategy
• Creation of a compliant, innovative, comprehensive technical solution that adheres to key business targets
• Lead solution integration into the contract negotiation and pricing activities
• Establish and maintain relationships between key internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful development of the solution.
• Develop close working relationships with broader business capabilities, to ensure sharing of knowledge, good practice and innovation.

• Provide timely reporting and provision of management information for review purposes in line with Company corporate governance

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead solution development and stimulate creativity from the team and wider business
• Own the development of the future operating model, including subsequent process mapping and functional organisational design
• Ensure the solution is compliant to the clients requirements
• Lead internal reviews of technical solution with SMEs
• Challenge operational financial estimates and inputs
• Be responsible for collection, analysis and presentation of operational data
• Challenge existing practises and procedures
• Qualify the technical solution with the customer and customer SMEs to ensure needs are met
• Identify SMEs, both internally and externally required to enable a winning proposition
• Work closely with the Business Winning Lead to ensure alignment between the proposed solution and overall deal proposition
• Organise technical elements of the written submission with the Proposal Manager
• Work with Finance to develop effective costings in line with the proposed solution
• Work with the Commercial team to understand associated risks and integrate the solution into the commercial deal
• Own the assessment of technical risk and development of suitable solutions to mitigate
• Work with SME's to explore improved/alternative delivery models
• Drive towards the best value solution to enable the organisation to submit a winning proposal with an approved margin
• Ensure the proposed solution is innovative and endorsed as deliverable by the business
• Identify assumptions, dependencies and risks to achieving the solution
• Focus on quantifying the value and benefits of the solution over the existing model (ie, competitive enhancement)
• Any other reasonable duties from time to time which, in the Company's opinion are within the job holder's capability
• Ensure full compliance with Company governance procedures for health, safety and environment, security, , integrity, ABC and Trade Controls.

Experience

• Knowledge and deep understanding of solution development methodologies and processes
• Experience of developing solutions through a systems engineering approach in a bidding environment
• Understanding of operating model design and associated supporting infrastructure (eg, systems, property, supply chains)
• Experience of developing enterprise architecture approach
• Demonstrable experience in an equivalent role
• Demonstrable experience of operating in the same or similar markets
• Demonstrable experience of working with the target customer