Senior Solution Architect
Location: UK (Hybrid)
Sector: Specialty Insurance & Reinsurance
Type: Permanent | Senior Leadership

Are you a future-focused Solution Architect who thrives on tackling complex challenges, modernising legacy ecosystems, and influencing enterprise-wide technology strategy?
A global, financially rock-solid specialty insurer is expanding its Architecture function and is looking for a Senior Solution Architect to drive major transformation across underwriting, claims, policy administration, and digital customer platforms.

This is a role for someone who wants to own the blueprint, champion best practice, and set the direction for a multi-year modernisation journey.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

Enterprise influence – You’ll shape the roadmap for multiple business domains and play a key role in retiring legacy systems and designing modern, modular, cloud-ready platforms.
True architecture ownership – From concept to approval, you are the accountable design authority for critical initiatives.
Innovation-driven – The organisation actively invests in emerging tech, Agile, DevSecOps, and architectural excellence.
Global exposure – Work closely with a mature enterprise architecture community, sharing patterns, frameworks, and innovation across regions.
Impact at scale – Your designs will directly influence underwriting efficiency, customer experience, and strategic growth.

What You’ll Lead As Senior Solution Architect, you will:
*Build system & application roadmaps that transform current-state platforms into cloud-enabled, future-proof solutions
*Create flexible, modular, reusable designs aligned to enterprise standards
*Provide architecture governance, design assurance and technology oversight
*Mentor engineering teams, review designs & code, and champion best practice
*Align tech direction with business outcomes, security standards and global governance
*Support Agile delivery teams and embed DevSecOps principles into solution design
*Evaluate new technologies and drive innovation through the organisation
*Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, engineering & security teams
*Own all non-functional requirements and ensure solutions meet operational expectations
What You Bring This role will suit an architect with:
*Deep experience in insurance (Underwriting, Claims, Policy Admin, PAS, portals)
*Architectural leadership across transformation and modernisation programmes
*Expertise in Cloud, APIs, Microservices, Integration Patterns, Eventing & DevSecOps
*Experience with custom-built + COTS/MOTS application landscapes
*Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF is a plus)
*Strong analytical thinking, communication excellence, and technical authority
*Ability to mentor teams, challenge assumptions and guide delivery at pace
*A hands-on mindset paired with strategic architectural thinking
Guidewire or large-scale policy administration experience is a significant advantage, but not essential.

Who This Role Is Perfect For Architects who enjoy:

Owning big design problems
Influencing senior stakeholders
Working across multiple teams & streams
Bringing structure, governance & clarity to complex landscapes
Balancing legacy modernisation with new tech innovation

If you’re energised by building the future rather than maintaining the past — this will feel like home.

Please apply now for immediate consideration