Solution Architect, Charles River Development, Assistant Vice President
State Street Bank · London, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 20 Oct 2026.
Overview
As a Solution Architect at State Street in London, you partner with Sales, Product, and Delivery to translate client needs into scalable, secure end-to-end solutions. You will lead technical discovery, design architectures, and articulate value to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This role sits at the intersection of business goals and technical execution, driving win rates and ensuring smooth handoffs to delivery. You’ll influence roadmaps with client feedback and act as a trusted advisor across domains.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive compensation
- benefits
- career growth opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- vibrant employee networks
Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales to support the full sales lifecycle from discovery to deal close
- Lead technical discovery sessions to understand client goals and constraints
- Design and present solution architectures, demos, and proofs of concepts
- Articulate value propositions and trade-offs to diverse audiences
- Respond to RFPs, RFIs, and due diligence with compelling technical content
- Translate business requirements into end-to-end designs with integrations and deployments
- Ensure alignment with product capabilities, security, and scalability
- Identify gaps, risks, and dependencies and propose mitigations
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap priorities
- Collaborate with Sales Engineers, Product Managers, and Professional Services
- Support handoffs from Sales to Delivery with clear scope and intent
- Contribute to sales enablement materials and reference architectures
- Serve as SME for assigned domains, products, or industries
Key requirements
- 3+ years in a technical field
- Strong understanding of enterprise software architectures, APIs, integrations, and data models
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and geographies
- client-facing demeanor
- commercial awareness
- cross-functional collaboration
- enterprise software architectures, APIs, integrations, and data models
- SaaS platforms and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- security, compliance, and data privacy considerations
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Typical pay for ICT system architect in London: £82,000 – £102,500, from 88 adverts
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