Solutions Architect (Board Assortment Planning)

Reading, UK Opus Recruitment Solutions Solutions Architect (Board Assortment Planning) / Reading (Hybrid) / 6 months / £500 - £545pd (Inside IR35)   I am currently looking for an Solutions Architect skilled working with Board Assortment Planning to join a consultancy client of ours on an initial 6 month contract with hybrid working in Reading 1-2 days per week. This has been determined inside IR35.   Skills & experience needed: Strong Solution Architecture experience, ideally TOGAF aligned. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. End-to-end ownership of Board Assortment Planning (Board AP) architecture. Integration and data architecture expertise across enterprise platforms. Experience defining solution blueprints, architecture standards and governance. Strong understanding of master data, data flows and integration patterns. Ability to challenge vendors and provide technical architecture leadership. Experience designing for performance, scalability, resilience and operational readiness. Proven risk management, technical debt assessment and incident investigation skills. Experience coordinating architecture across large-scale transformation programmes and multiple workstreams.  For this position we are able to wait up to 2 weeks for the right candidate. So if interested, please share your latest CV and I will be in touch to discuss in more detail.   Best, Connor