Manager, Solution Architect, GPS, ServiceNow

Senior Manager, Solution Architect, GPS, ServiceNow Basic information

Location Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester Business Line Technology & Transformation Job Type Permanent / FTC Date published 18-Sep-2026 Req # 24618

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At Deloitte we help clients around the world help resolve their most critical information and technology challenges, across the breadth of IT & Digital, from strategy through to implementation and managed services. With a team of more than 1700 people working in Technology in the UK, we bring our passion, experience, and technology skills to bear on our clients most high-profile technology projects.

Our ServiceNow capability is a rapidly growing part of our business. As a 'Global ServiceNow Partner' we provide services across all four Partner capacities to our global clients. We transform businesses through the design and implementation of ServiceNow, developing innovative solutions on the platform to tackle our clients most pressing needs. We focus on delivering high value sustainable change and business outcomes and work closely with ServiceNow leadership and product teams to address the future challenges faced by our clients.

As part of our ServiceNow team, you will benefit from a role that gives you the opportunity to build, shape and innovate transformative solutions; leading client relationships and solution delivery as soon as you join. You will broaden your skills by working on complex, transformational solutions across a range of clients and gain valuable experience in developing and building businesses across our industries and our consulting network.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

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As a Senior Manager in our Government & Public Services (G&PS) ServiceNow practice, you will lead the technical architecture and delivery of complex transformation programmes and major workstreams. You will translate public-service priorities, user needs and non-functional requirements into secure, scalable and upgrade-safe platform solutions, while supporting clients to develop pragmatic roadmaps and governance. Working across business, technology and delivery teams, you will provide hands-on architectural leadership, guide key design decisions and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. You will also manage and coach architects and engineers, contribute to reusable assets and standards, and support propositions, bids and account development.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical architecture of complex ServiceNow programmes or major workstreams, translating business outcomes and non-functional requirements into coherent solution designs.
• Support clients to shape platform roadmaps, architectural principles and key technical decisions aligned with public-service outcomes, government security and technology standards.
• Design scalable, resilient and upgrade-safe solutions across ServiceNow workflows, data models, CMDB, integrations and the wider technology landscape.
• Apply and improve architecture governance, design standards, quality gates and technical acceptance criteria across Deloitte, client and third-party delivery teams.
• Evaluate solution options and technical trade-offs, balancing public value, accessibility, user experience, performance, scalability, maintainability, cost and risk.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture and design reviews, development guidance, code assurance and resolution of complex delivery issues.
• Build trusted relationships with business and technology stakeholders, clearly explaining technical options, implications, decisions and expected transformation value.
• Manage and coach architects and engineers, promoting consistent delivery standards, knowledge sharing and effective use of reusable assets.
• Support client propositions, bids, estimations and account development by contributing technical insight and relevant G&PS experience.

Essential skills:

• Substantial experience designing and delivering enterprise ServiceNow solutions, including several years in technical or solution architecture leadership roles.
• Deep knowledge of the ServiceNow platform and relevant product areas, with the ability to shape solutions across multiple workflows and modules.
• Strong technical expertise in JavaScript, platform APIs, REST/SOAP web services, integration patterns, data modelling and enterprise integration technologies.
• Experience designing CMDB, configuration management and service-management solutions, supported by a sound understanding of ITIL and ITSM principles.
• Proven ability to contribute to architecture roadmaps and governance, make evidence-based technical decisions and assure secure, scalable, maintainable, accessible and upgrade-safe solutions.
• Track record of leading architecture and design reviews, influencing senior stakeholders and aligning multidisciplinary teams around agreed technical outcomes.
• Strong consulting, communication and analytical skills, with the ability to explain complex technical choices to business and technology audiences.
• Experience managing and coaching architects, developers and administrators within Agile, product-centric or modern engineering environments.
• Experience in government, public sector or similarly regulated environments.

Desirable skills:

• ServiceNow architecture or implementation certifications (Certified ServiceNow Implementation Certified Technology Architect or Master Architect)
• ITIL or relevant programme-management certification
• Experience in operating-model transformation, business change, service transition or managed services.
• Experience developing propositions, thought leadership, bids,...