Lead Solutions Architect

  • Vitality
  • Bournemouth, Dorset
  • 14/10/2025
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Java Software Engineer Testing

Job Description

About The RoleTeam - Vitality AsiaWorking Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in any Vitality Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week. We are happy to discuss flexible working!Top 3 skills needed for this role:
  • Enterprise Architecture & Technical Leadership
  • Cross-Geography Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
  • Health Insurance & Health-Tech Domain Expertise
What this role is all about:This newly created position will connect Vitality Asia (VA) and Amplify Health (AH) with the technology expertise and innovation of Discovery (DSY) and Vitality UK (VUK). Acting as a bridge between business and technical teams across geographies, you'll ensure that intellectual property, platforms, and new developments are effectively transferred, adopted, and co-developed in a way that is structured, value-driven, and strategically aligned with AIA/AH objectives. While the role spans both health insurance and Vitality wellness systems, the primary focus will be on advancing health insurance systems to deliver meaningful impact at scale.Key ActionsTechnology Transfer & Governance
  • Manage targeted, structured transfer of code, services, and assets from DSY/VUK to AH
  • Maintain authoritative documentation covering functional scope, NFRs, design, architecture, code status, and alignment with AIA standards
  • Ensure remediation backlogs are tracked and closed, with accountability clearly allocated
Innovation Scouting & Sharing
  • Actively monitor new features, R&D, and platform developments in VUK and DSY
  • Provide early visibility to AH, evaluate applicability for Asian markets, and guide prioritization discussions
  • Curate an Innovation Radar for AH leadership: upcoming platform releases, pilots, and opportunities for early adoption
Joint Development & Collaboration Facilitation
  • Lead the technical framing, design, and planning of joint development initiatives between AH and DSY/VUK
  • Define architectural blueprints, integration designs, delivery models, and cost/pricing estimates
  • Coordinate multi-party technical teams across VA, AH, VUK and DSY to deliver agreed outcomes, ensuring clarity of ownership and accountability
Platform Evangelism & Adoption
  • Champion the Vitality Technical Platform (VTP) for health assets: ensure AH/AIA fully understand its architecture, design principles, development methodologies, and benefits
  • Promote adoption of VTP as the foundation for wellness and health solutions in Asia
  • Translate the platform's value into tangible business benefits for AH and AIA markets (faster delivery, lower cost, reusability, consistency)
What do you need to thrive?
  • Significant experience in enterprise software engineering/architecture
  • Proven track record leading multi-geography, multi-vendor technical collaborations
  • Deep understanding of cloud SaaS architectures and insurance/health-tech domains
  • Hands-on technical credibility (Java, Kafka, AWS) combined with executive presence and negotiation skills
  • Demonstrable expertise in the use of appropriate tools/technologies for the design, development, build, testing & deployment of a wide range of applications
  • Health insurance systems experience
So, what's in it for you?
  • Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
  • A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
  • Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
  • Life Assurance - Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:
  • Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been.
  • Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
  • Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
  • Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
  • Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
  • Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
  • Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
  • Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
  • Be there for you when you need us.
  • Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.About The CompanyWe're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.Diversity & InclusionAt Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.Vitality's approach to sustainabilityVitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early.