Solution Architect (Remote)

Capita Ireland is experiencing dynamic growth, and we are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a talented Solution Architect to join our senior management team. This pivotal role is at the heart of our growth strategy, playing a crucial part in developing and expanding our business with both new and existing clients.

Job Title

Solution Architect

Job Description

About Capita Experience:

The purpose of Capita Experience (CE) is to consistently drive outstanding value to our clients by delivering exceptional customer service, competitive pricing, and positive outcomes. Our vision is to be the global customer services partner of choice, led by data, enabled by technology, powered by people.

The Solution Architect role is instrumental in helping us pivot from a primarily transactional BPO service provider to a transformational partner for our clients.

You will be responsible for producing business cases, solution overviews and high-level designs, and providing guidance and support for the delivery on a variety of initiatives. You will apply functional knowledge and technical expertise to design solutions to support our customer CX needs.

Solution Architect Priorities

• Drive revenue and margin growth for the Ireland business.
• Understand customer requirements and business challenges
• Design solutions that meet customers operational and commercial requirements
• Bring the best of Capita’s capabilities together to deliver for our clients
• Build the business case and clearly articulate any proposed solution (ROI, cost value)
• Partner with business development to progress opportunities to successful conclusion

Key Responsibilities Include

• Understand sector-specific dynamics, customer and market trends to create value-add client engagements based on your subject matter expertise.
• Work with business development to help uncover opportunities to assist clients with CX challenges through consultative engagements.
• Undertake discovery work to ensure the client objectives and pain points are elicited, captured and understood to allow you develop the right solution.
• Drive solution definition (inclusive of resource, process design, operational excellence, data, automation and AI), that supports the win strategy for new business deals.
• Ensure solutions can be fully costed and contribute to or build operating models and resource plans that seek to quantify the ROI, total cost of ownership or business value.
• Ensure the risks, dependencies and issues that exist are uncovered at due-diligence phase and the impact that these may have on the project/program at implementation stage is understood
• Contribute to client presentations and bid documents, illustrating solutions in pictorial and descriptive manners, and where required clearly articulate solution responses to specific bid questions.
• Contribute to deal negotiation by changing various solution parameters to deliver the most economically viable option for the customer.

Our ideal candidate will have the following experience & skills:

• Previous experience in a similar role within a BPO environment
• Experience of driving revenue & margin growth
• Strong commercial acumen
• Ability to identify clients needs & how they can be best matched against business capabilities & assets.
• Strategic decision maker
• Experience of managing enterprise risk, ensuring adherence to corporate policies and legislation

This role is offered on a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will be working 37.5 hours per week, with flexibility towards business requirements as needed. The role is based remotely, but travel to our offices and client sites will be required as needed, therefore willingness to travel is essential.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• 22 days annual leave, plus the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• access to our discount App – giving you access to lifestyle savings, & discounts
• access to Capita pension scheme
• access to Employee Assistance Programme
• life Assurance Benefit
• private healthcare
• cycle2work scheme….and plenty more

What We Hope You’ll Do Next

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application and complete our assessment process so that we can find out more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.

Location:

Home-Based – Ireland – 37.5

,

Ireland

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent