Head of Technical; Solutions Architecture Lead - Corporate

Head of Technical (Solutions Architecture Lead - Corporate)

Scottish Power HQ, Glasgow

Salary starting from £72,400 + bonus, car allowance & other excellent benefits

Closing Date:2nd of March 2026

Help us create a better future, quicker

The position provides the management of the Solution Architecture team within Corporate UK, working as part of the global organisation to support and implement a clearly defined strategic roadmap to support the Corporate business vision.

Scottishpower has a variety of technologies, technology platforms, bespoke software applications and packaged applications across all businesses covering traditional Infrastructure and Software IT, emerging Digital IT and Operational Technologies all of which require to be selected, implemented, managed, evolved and retired in a defined and approved manner.

The fundamental objective of this role is to ensure that Scottishpower has a defined Corporate Architecture Model covering all technology platforms and applications which is aligned to the Iberdrola group strategy and at the same time assists all Scottishpower Corporate businesses to deliver on its strategic objectives and business plans.

The role promotes the group Architecture Model through regular technology awareness communications and ensures compliance through solution designs for Corporate business IT projects. Knowledge of Physical Security Architecture would be advantageous to drive ambitious modernisation plans in this area.

• Line Management of the UK Corporate Solution Architecture team and third-party technical consultants working as part of the UK Corporate IT Architecture team
• Support the definition and implementation of a single integrated function of Management of the Corporate IT Architecture in the Iberdrola Group, to make available the current portfolio of technologies with the most suitable and efficient information
• Implement, operate and manage the Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) Process to maintain the Corporate IT Architecture Model and ensure its applicability to Corporate business needs and IT strategy
• Participate in the definition, implementation and evolution of the Corporate Architecture IT strategic model and operation of the Iberdrola Group including IT standards, design patterns and communication plans to assure its adoption and buy-in within Corporate UK
• Realise the technical design and architecture of the business IT solutions within the UK
• Contribute to the Iberdrola Corporate Group, a global vision of the state-of-the-art and best practice Corporate architecture, and technological solutions in the Group
• Coordination of Annual Systems Planning of technology requirements (including high level designs, hardware, software and infrastructure services budget estimates) across all UK Corporate Businesses for input to Group PDS Planning process
• Alignment with Iberdrola Group technologies and the maintenance of the UK Corporate Technology Blueprint
• Technology Evangelism - ensuring that technology standards and emerging changes are understood across the Corporate teams
• Perform IT Governance process to align Corporate Business IT Solutions with approved and compliant standards
• Support digital transformation across Scottish Power Corporate businesses through the adoption of agile methodologies, management, identification and delivery of Disciplines inline with Digital Transformation programme
• Ensure IT architectures and associated roadmaps are defined and communicated to all key stakeholders

• Computer Science or relevant University degree / or equivalent industry experience
• Good knowledge across a range of IT domains with an in-depth knowledge of certain technologies under his/her responsibility
• Deep understanding of emerging Technologies, Industry Trends and IT Frameworks
• Continuous improvement oriented
• Budget management experience
• Project Management experience
• Stakeholder Management experience
• Purchasing processes, supplier management and service contracting experience
• 5 years' experience in infrastructure life cycle management
• 3 years' experience in Innovation management
• 3 years' experience people management as a team leader
• Ability to promote key change at departmental or business level
• Effectively participate in matrix management structures
• An effective communicator, the role holder will have multiple years of consulting experience across varied customers and industries with deep understanding of business applications and competencies and should be able to get involved in setting strategic direction to establish near term goals for area of responsibility
• Given the breadth of technologies and applications used across Scottish Power, it is expected that the role holder will have worked in a variety of IT disciplines and will have gained knowledge across most aspects of infrastructure, application and operational disciplines with strong supporting knowledge of (vertical and horizontal) industry applications. Knowledge of Physical Security Architecture…