Manager, Architecture

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a

Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. Our Technology practice are looking for an experienced Architecture Manager to join the team.

In Technology, we help clients define, drive and deliver technology-led change. We have deep experience in the strategy, design, delivery and assurance of large-scale transformation across financial services, energy, commodities, utilities, telecoms and government. Our people become trusted advisors, independent of any technology provider, and deliver real value for our clients. AI is changing how organisations work, compete and invest, and it’s changing architecture with it. Our clients need architects who can cut through the hype, turn ambition into practical action and create value without losing control of cost, risk or complexity. In our Architecture practice we bring the right balance of innovation, pace and control to technology-enabled change. We work on our clients’ most complex and highest-return challenges. Commodity or ivory-tower architecture isn’t where we play. As a Manager, you’ll lead architecture work, use AI to raise the pace and quality of what we deliver, and play an active part in growing our business. You’ll spot opportunities, shape compelling work and build relationships that last well beyond a single engagement.

What you will be doing

Lead architecture that delivers real value You’ll lead architecture work that turns strategy into practical change. That means owning architecture engagements and workstreams, shaping target architectures and roadmaps, and helping clients make better decisions about where to invest, what to simplify and how to manage risk. Lead engagements with clear ownership of scope, quality, outcomes and client relationships Help organisations improve their architecture functions, operating models and governance Communicate complex ideas clearly, from delivery teams through to CTOs and CIOs Help clients navigate AI-enabled change You’ll help clients move from interest in AI to safe, valuable adoption. We’ll look to you to cut through the noise, design for change and make sure AI-enabled solutions have the foundations they need: data, integration, security, identity, governance and clear ownership. Shape AI-ready architectures that balance innovation, pace and control Help clients move beyond disconnected pilots to reusable services, governed delivery and measurable value Use AI tools to speed up research, analysis, option development and architecture artefacts, with strong quality assurance throughout Create and convert commercial opportunities You’ll play an active part in growing our business. That means spotting where we can help, shaping work that clients value and building the confidence to convert good conversations into deliverable opportunities. Qualify opportunities through delivery, market insight and trusted relationships Shape proposals, statements of work, team shapes and commercial models with discipline Build architecture propositions that match our growth priorities and the challenges our clients face Lead people and build our capability You’ll help build the kind of team people want to work in and clients want to work with. You’ll coach others, share what works and help us turn individual expertise into reusable capability across the practice. Lead mixed Baringa and client teams with clear expectations and a strong coaching mindset Coach colleagues on effective and responsible use of AI Help grow the practice through training, thought leadership, reusable assets and recruitment

Your skills and experience

Experience leading architecture work within complex technology-enabled change, with a strong delivery focus Experience in both enterprise and solution architecture, translating strategy into deliverable target architectures and roadmaps, and designing and assuring solutions to achieve it Broad experience across architecture domains (business, application, integration, data, infrastructure and security), with deep expertise in at least one Cloud experience across XaaS offerings, with knowledge of cloud-native services and how to use them in cloud and hybrid solutions A practical understanding of AI and the architecture considerations needed to adopt it safely and at scale. Hands-on AI design experience is a bonus, not a must Experience contributing to proposals, bids or account growth, and the commercial awareness to shape work that is valuable and deliverable The ability to take ownership of projects a