Job Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Institutional Retirement looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer.

Our Institutional Retirement business is the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider.

Who we are

Institutional Retirement is the only insurer to have been operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987 to the present day. Our UK retirement annuity book stands at an estimated £86.1 billion at 31 December 2023.

Across our retail and institutional retirement businesses, we look after more than 1 million customers, around c.700,000 of whom are institutional customers who have had their retirement benefits secured with us.

We’re looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to join Legal & General’s Institutional Retirement division. This is a key role shaping end-to-end technology solutions across a high-profile portfolio of change, including investment and finance transformation programmes.

You’ll work at the intersection of business and technology, helping modernise legacy platforms, enable cloud adoption, and support data-led decision-making. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll engage with a broad range of stakeholders across L&G, contributing to strategic initiatives and driving meaningful outcomes for customers.

What you'll be doing:

• Defining end-to-end solution architectures across the LGIR portfolio, aligning with strategy and enterprise standards
• Ensuring solutions are fit for purpose, meet business requirements, and deliver value within cost constraints
• Leading analysis of technology options, including cost, risk, and gap analysis, and producing proof of concepts where required
• Communicating solution designs and key decisions to stakeholders and governance forums including Design Authority
• Overseeing and driving solution development and implementation in partnership with delivery teams
• Assessing and selecting technology solutions with business, procurement and service partners, ensuring robust due diligence
• Collaborating across technology and business teams to align architectures, reduce risk and support strategic outcomes
• Identifying and championing innovation and continuous improvement, particularly in cloud, data and modern technology capabilities

Who we're looking for:

• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification is desirable, alongside a relevant degree or equivalent professional experience, with ITIL certification considered advantageous
• Strong knowledge of architectural design patterns, IT industry standards and governance frameworks
• Broad understanding of cloud and integration technologies including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, APIs, SOA, microservices, open data and event-driven architectures
• Experience with cloud data platforms, ideally Snowflake or similar technologies
• Knowledge of financial services domains such as investments and finance systems, actuarial systems or pensions
• Experience working within regulated environments, with awareness of FCA and PRA requirements, alongside exposure to analytics, business intelligence or AI
• Proven experience leading solution architecture across medium to large-scale programmes, including cloud-based delivery and collaboration with development and infrastructure teams
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to influence stakeholders, build effective networks and articulate a clear and compelling vision for future technology direction

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

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Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.