Company Description
Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm. We provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering: our superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1500 employees located across twelve offices. Product and Technology Overview The Technology function is led by our Chief Information Officer (CIO), and our Product function is led by our Chief Product Officer (CPO) and founder. We are investing heavily in product, data and technology capabilities, enabling us to deliver innovative products and solutions, and deep insight market intelligence to our clients. The P&T group is a talented team of product managers, designers, engineers, technologists, business analysts, and change specialists with entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets. P&T is a growing team of people who are on a mission to provide industry-leading products and services to our clients in a highly competitive and hyper-growth market. Job Description
What will you do? Principal Solution Architects are senior members of the Technology team, and are critical to the successful delivery of technology solutions to support the various Third Bridge customer-facing business units. They will work collaboratively with product owners, business analysts, engineers and other team members and will be ultimately accountable for defining and designing high-quality technology solutions - built and bought - to support the commercial objectives of those businesses. Working directly to the Chief Architect, they are jointly responsible for the definition and evolution of the Third Bridge End State Architecture. On a day to day basis and in conjunction with other technical stakeholders they will make decisions on solution architecture and technology approach at platform, system and component level, ensuring that the delivery teams they work with take into account the full lifecycle from selection to support, and work within the framework of the End State Architecture. As seasoned experts in system design and delivery, they have deep experience in successfully designing and delivering systems in complex business domains and are by nature problem solvers and think deeply about getting things done in the right way. Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to: Working with the Chief Architect, product owners, business analysts and others to ensure that the Third Bridge Solution Architecture is continually developed and refined. Working with stakeholders such as Product Owners, Business Analysts and Technical Product Managers to understand business requirements. Transforming those requirements into technical solutions, working within the frameworks of the Third Bridge End State Architecture and architecture principles and guidelines. Documenting and communicating these solutions to stakeholders both verbally and in written form as necessary to obtain buy-in. Supporting the selection and implementation of third-party packages or components as part of the solutions that you have designed. Working with the engineering team to deliver the solutions as defined. Investigating new technologies, tools and processes that might bring advantages to Third Bridge. Providing mentoring to team members as requested and required. Working with peer Principal Solution Architects and the Chief Architect to coordinate cross-team dependencies. Qualifications
What will you bring? Demonstrate familiarity with developing, rolling out, enhancing and communicating solution architectures. Proven experience of requirements analysis and solution design in complex environments. Demonstrate experience in technical architecture and solution delivery leadership. Demonstrable ability to write documentation and other artefacts necessary to deliver solutions. Provide evidence of ability to understand complex business environments and processes. Demonstrable ability to manage, mentor, build and get the best from small teams. Demonstrable ability to build trust and relationships at all levels. Proven experience of working in a transformational, rapidly changing setting. Experience in a mixed language, AWS-based environment. Proven experience of data strategy and architecture. Demonstrate evidence of ability to manage a team and multiple workloads. Very good written and verbal communication skills in English. Additional Information
How will you be rewarded? Vacation:
25 days (which increases to 28 days after 2 years of service) plus UK Bank Holidays. Learning:
personal development allowance of £750 per year. Health and wellbeing:
private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan. Future and family:
pension contributions of 4% (increases with tenure) and life insurance of 4x of your base salary. Flexibility:
work from anywhere for one month per year, 2 annual volunteer days, 2 personal days, and 'Summer Fridays'. Rewards:
get points through our colleague-to-colleague recognition programme. Social:
optional social gatherings, daily breakfast and snacks. ESG:
CSR, Environment and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. Frontline Innovation:
your chance to share your ideas for improvement through Hackathons and other events. The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying. We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm. We provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering: our superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1500 employees located across twelve offices. Product and Technology Overview The Technology function is led by our Chief Information Officer (CIO), and our Product function is led by our Chief Product Officer (CPO) and founder. We are investing heavily in product, data and technology capabilities, enabling us to deliver innovative products and solutions, and deep insight market intelligence to our clients. The P&T group is a talented team of product managers, designers, engineers, technologists, business analysts, and change specialists with entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets. P&T is a growing team of people who are on a mission to provide industry-leading products and services to our clients in a highly competitive and hyper-growth market. Job Description
What will you do? Principal Solution Architects are senior members of the Technology team, and are critical to the successful delivery of technology solutions to support the various Third Bridge customer-facing business units. They will work collaboratively with product owners, business analysts, engineers and other team members and will be ultimately accountable for defining and designing high-quality technology solutions - built and bought - to support the commercial objectives of those businesses. Working directly to the Chief Architect, they are jointly responsible for the definition and evolution of the Third Bridge End State Architecture. On a day to day basis and in conjunction with other technical stakeholders they will make decisions on solution architecture and technology approach at platform, system and component level, ensuring that the delivery teams they work with take into account the full lifecycle from selection to support, and work within the framework of the End State Architecture. As seasoned experts in system design and delivery, they have deep experience in successfully designing and delivering systems in complex business domains and are by nature problem solvers and think deeply about getting things done in the right way. Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to: Working with the Chief Architect, product owners, business analysts and others to ensure that the Third Bridge Solution Architecture is continually developed and refined. Working with stakeholders such as Product Owners, Business Analysts and Technical Product Managers to understand business requirements. Transforming those requirements into technical solutions, working within the frameworks of the Third Bridge End State Architecture and architecture principles and guidelines. Documenting and communicating these solutions to stakeholders both verbally and in written form as necessary to obtain buy-in. Supporting the selection and implementation of third-party packages or components as part of the solutions that you have designed. Working with the engineering team to deliver the solutions as defined. Investigating new technologies, tools and processes that might bring advantages to Third Bridge. Providing mentoring to team members as requested and required. Working with peer Principal Solution Architects and the Chief Architect to coordinate cross-team dependencies. Qualifications
What will you bring? Demonstrate familiarity with developing, rolling out, enhancing and communicating solution architectures. Proven experience of requirements analysis and solution design in complex environments. Demonstrate experience in technical architecture and solution delivery leadership. Demonstrable ability to write documentation and other artefacts necessary to deliver solutions. Provide evidence of ability to understand complex business environments and processes. Demonstrable ability to manage, mentor, build and get the best from small teams. Demonstrable ability to build trust and relationships at all levels. Proven experience of working in a transformational, rapidly changing setting. Experience in a mixed language, AWS-based environment. Proven experience of data strategy and architecture. Demonstrate evidence of ability to manage a team and multiple workloads. Very good written and verbal communication skills in English. Additional Information
How will you be rewarded? Vacation:
25 days (which increases to 28 days after 2 years of service) plus UK Bank Holidays. Learning:
personal development allowance of £750 per year. Health and wellbeing:
private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan. Future and family:
pension contributions of 4% (increases with tenure) and life insurance of 4x of your base salary. Flexibility:
work from anywhere for one month per year, 2 annual volunteer days, 2 personal days, and 'Summer Fridays'. Rewards:
get points through our colleague-to-colleague recognition programme. Social:
optional social gatherings, daily breakfast and snacks. ESG:
CSR, Environment and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. Frontline Innovation:
your chance to share your ideas for improvement through Hackathons and other events. The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying. We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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