Solutions Architect Public Sector, Gateshead

Solutions Architect Public Sector

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Job Title: Solutions Architect Department: Public Sector Services Management Responsibility for: No Travel Required: Yes Reports to: SVP Business Development Location: Home Based / On-site as required Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £60K to £80K per year

Job Summary / Overview Solution Architect – Public Sector Grow th This is an exciting opportunity to join TP at a pivotal stage of growth as a Solution Architect within the Public Sector Growth team. You will be responsible for shaping and articulating innovative digital business solutions for public sector opportunities, developing a clear solution vision—translating client requirements into practical, compelling, and commercially viable propositions and be instrumental in bringing together the right components—people, processes, and technology—to create winning solutions that meet client needs and support TP’s growth ambitions.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Visioning and crafting digital business solutions for Public Sector opportunities – this isn’t about the technical architecture but more about being able to develop & design a solution vision to meet a client’s requirements and then developing a practical and compelling means to knit a winning solution together. Writing detailed and compliant s olution content in response to the relevant stage of the procurement process Participation on pre-tender market engagement activity Presenting solutions to clients both formally as part of a bid process and informally in discovery/consultative conversations and as part of market engagement activities Working with and advising our finance team to ensure solutions are properly costed/priced and costs are correctly captured in client financial models and templates. Working closely with our WFM teams to ensure they accurately size and forecast /model the levels of resource required. Focus to include optimal productivity of service solution and ensuring maximum efficiency of solution. Working with the SVP of Business Development to secure executive sign off for proposed solutions /prices as part of the formal bid process

Communication: Ability to put complex ideas across simply in written, visual (slides) and verbal forms Ensuring that current Government policy and compliance requirements are understood and are reflected in all solutions created Responsibility for actively supporting Public Sector growth strategy in the development and identification of potential new market opportunities and solutions / product design as a ‘go to market’ approach

Influencing and networking: Ability to operate effectively within a B2B client/service provider environment Ability to deliver through others within a project/virtual team environment Ability to build and maintain effective networks – internally and externally

Solutions design: Ability to identify client needs and requirements and design solutions that address them Ability to identify opportunities for transformation through innovation, analytics and technology and to incorporate these into client proposals Ability to capture and document solution requirements and specifications for the purposes of pricing and delivery planning aligned to client requirements and evaluation criterion Demonstrable k nowledge and success o f how to structure a s olution for customer management services and operations Demonstrable k nowledge of formal bid procurement processes and vendor responses e.g. RFI /ITT /ITN /RFP/BAFO) Understanding of how AI can be utilised to shape commercially attractive solutions Knowledge of project management principles and how these apply to delivery of solution design Ensuring that all aspects of the solution influencing cost, price and margin are fully understood and incorporated into tender responses

Experience: Experience of working on solution design and bids in a BPO /BPS environment , specifically with experience of working on Public Sector bid responses Experience of working with data and customer insight Experience of undertaking due diligence analysis of customer provided data and insights to deliver a compliant solution to meet customer needs and to assess level of risk in solution design Excellent written and verbal communications skills with evidence of having authored and presented detailed proposals to clients A creative problem solver, able to look at a situation and generate imaginative but realistic and compliant solutions .

Competencies and Specific Skills

Takes ownership and accountability Commercially minded People focused Achievement driven Superior analytical a bility Superior communication s kill s Flexibility Excellent reasoning & j udg e ment Robust and commercially balanced d ecision-making L eadership s kills

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Location:: Gateshead
Job Type:: FullTime
Category:: Solutions Architect

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