Capgemini

Digital Architect - Senior Manager

Capgemini
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2 months ago
Manchester, United Kingdom +2 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Guide clients through technology-enabled transformation and translate business strategy into digital solutions.
  • Design and lead AI-enabled architectures using RAG, multi-agent orchestration, vector search, prompt chaining, fine-tuning, grounding, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and system prompts.
  • Build rapid prototypes, MVPs, and technical feasibility demonstrations using cloud-native AI services and open-source models.
  • Design and deliver cost-effective end-to-end solutions that support business KPIs, user satisfaction, transaction completion, and user-centric design.
  • Lead managed architecture services and work with UX, service designers, and developers through rapid iterative delivery.
  • Lead proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitches, and client events, with responsibility for £1m of annual new bookings.
  • Develop the architecture practice through campaigns, think tanks, whitepapers, offering development, recruitment, and internal activities.
  • Provide formal line management, mentoring, coaching, and learning development for digital architects.

Requirements

  • Experience delivering digital solutions on one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Experience building and testing applications, trying cloud-native services, and working with UX/UI or front-end developers on prototypes.
  • Understanding of PaaS, SaaS, serverless computing, microservice-based solutions, cloud services, and solution components.
  • Experience with AI tools for architecture or architecture for AI, including cloud-native AI services such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or Google Gemini.
  • Ability to communicate complex AI concepts, risks, limitations, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to design end-to-end solutions that connect technology decisions with business value, user needs, KPIs, cost effectiveness, and user satisfaction.
  • Ability to define, mobilise, and lead managed architecture services.
  • Understanding of current and future technology trends, with experience delivering digital applications or services in DevOps and waterfall environments.
  • Ability to lead, coach, mentor, and develop architects through formal and informal learning and development.
  • Ability to collaborate with clients, UX and service designers, developers, technology consultants, and business experts.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working and flexible working arrangements are embedded in the role, with UK office bases in London, Manchester, or Glasgow.
  • The role may require full flexibility regarding assignment location and periods away from home at short notice.
  • Flexible benefits options are available, along with a variable element dependent on grade and company and personal performance.
  • Employee wellbeing support includes Mental Health Champions and wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

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Solutions Engineering
Capgemini

About Capgemini

10,000+ employees

Capgemini is a global IT services and consulting firm that delivers strategy, cloud, AI, software engineering, and managed services to large enterprises and public-sector clients. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Paris, it is publicly traded on Euronext Paris and operates in 50+ countries. The group expanded its engineering capabilities by acquiring Altran in 2020, now operating as Capgemini Engineering.

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