Chief Solutions Architect
- Recruiter
- Anonymous
- Location
- Oxford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 28 Jan 2019
- Sectors
- Travel & Tourism
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
As Chief Solutions Architect for our Facilities Management, Defence and Justice (FMDJ) business you will work within our Bidding team to lead and manage the development of coherent, robust solutions to meet client requirements, as part of individual bids or a strategic market offering.
Reporting into the Business Development Director you will manage and develop the solution architecture process, ensuring adherence by all bid teams and effective governance, to ensure solutions are deliverable and mitigate business and operational risk. This is a high-profile role as the solutions you implement will drive the implementation and sharing of bidding best practice across Amey to deliver high value, high margin winning bids.
Why join us?
Now is an exciting time to become part of Amey, our FMDJ business is working on a large bid pipeline into next year and has more than doubled in size through acquisition this year. We are looking to further grow this area with contracts that we can add true value to. The team look after bids of all sizes and complexities and joining now will give you the chance to truly shape our offering.
What does a typical day look like?
Each day will be different, depending on what you are working on. You could be:
* Attending customer / bid events or site visits
* Reading client documentation or analysing data
* Identifying and tasking solution team members.
* Attending kick-off and progress meetings either in person or by conference call.
* Leading or facilitating workshops to develop elements of our technical solution.
* Overseeing bid progress against programme.
* Meeting with partners and supply chain to develop a coherent solution to meet client requirements.
* Writing or rewriting a section.
* Training and mentoring others on solution architecture process or best practice.
* Leading the handover of your winning bid to the delivery team.
* Leading a bid wash-up so lessons learnt can be brought forward to the next bid.
What are we looking for?
* Experience of the solution development/bid process in a fast paced environment, able to work across different sectors.
* Experience of leading and winning solution development for complex bids.
* Knowledge and understanding of public (and private) sector bid requirements.
* Understanding of commercial requirements including cost planning, estimating and managing risk.
* Good working knowledge of relevant legal, regulatory and commercial environments,
* Ability to keep track of and prioritise multiple, complex, time-phased activities.
* Strong project management and application of processes and knowledge to achieve objectives.
* Able to facilitate meetings/workshops to develop winning solutions.
* Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills at all levels.
* Excellent verbal and written communication.
* Creative, with an enquiring mind.
* Able to embrace change and drive continual improvement.
* Able to leverage Business Unit and Amey-wide strengths through networking.
* Team player, keen to help others to achieve.
* Flexible, agile, accountable, courageous, a leader, strategic thinker, hands-on, committed to good things, adaptable, has presence, wins respect and has a sense of fun.
There is some requirement to travel with this role, with regular travel to our Oxford and Birmingham offices essential, as well as ad hoc travel to additional locations.
About Amey
Everyone at Amey works together towards this common aim, which we call our 'Better Places' goal. We're a commercial business which focuses on helping our customers to serve Britain. Making things better every day for people and communities is at the heart of the way we work.
Today we are one of the most diverse companies in our sector. So at Amey you can grow in a specific sector or broaden your horizons by applying your skills to a new sector. You may be surprised where an Amey career can take you.
Amey is an equal opportunities employer
Reporting into the Business Development Director you will manage and develop the solution architecture process, ensuring adherence by all bid teams and effective governance, to ensure solutions are deliverable and mitigate business and operational risk. This is a high-profile role as the solutions you implement will drive the implementation and sharing of bidding best practice across Amey to deliver high value, high margin winning bids.
Why join us?
Now is an exciting time to become part of Amey, our FMDJ business is working on a large bid pipeline into next year and has more than doubled in size through acquisition this year. We are looking to further grow this area with contracts that we can add true value to. The team look after bids of all sizes and complexities and joining now will give you the chance to truly shape our offering.
What does a typical day look like?
Each day will be different, depending on what you are working on. You could be:
* Attending customer / bid events or site visits
* Reading client documentation or analysing data
* Identifying and tasking solution team members.
* Attending kick-off and progress meetings either in person or by conference call.
* Leading or facilitating workshops to develop elements of our technical solution.
* Overseeing bid progress against programme.
* Meeting with partners and supply chain to develop a coherent solution to meet client requirements.
* Writing or rewriting a section.
* Training and mentoring others on solution architecture process or best practice.
* Leading the handover of your winning bid to the delivery team.
* Leading a bid wash-up so lessons learnt can be brought forward to the next bid.
What are we looking for?
* Experience of the solution development/bid process in a fast paced environment, able to work across different sectors.
* Experience of leading and winning solution development for complex bids.
* Knowledge and understanding of public (and private) sector bid requirements.
* Understanding of commercial requirements including cost planning, estimating and managing risk.
* Good working knowledge of relevant legal, regulatory and commercial environments,
* Ability to keep track of and prioritise multiple, complex, time-phased activities.
* Strong project management and application of processes and knowledge to achieve objectives.
* Able to facilitate meetings/workshops to develop winning solutions.
* Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills at all levels.
* Excellent verbal and written communication.
* Creative, with an enquiring mind.
* Able to embrace change and drive continual improvement.
* Able to leverage Business Unit and Amey-wide strengths through networking.
* Team player, keen to help others to achieve.
* Flexible, agile, accountable, courageous, a leader, strategic thinker, hands-on, committed to good things, adaptable, has presence, wins respect and has a sense of fun.
There is some requirement to travel with this role, with regular travel to our Oxford and Birmingham offices essential, as well as ad hoc travel to additional locations.
About Amey
Everyone at Amey works together towards this common aim, which we call our 'Better Places' goal. We're a commercial business which focuses on helping our customers to serve Britain. Making things better every day for people and communities is at the heart of the way we work.
Today we are one of the most diverse companies in our sector. So at Amey you can grow in a specific sector or broaden your horizons by applying your skills to a new sector. You may be surprised where an Amey career can take you.
Amey is an equal opportunities employer