Head of Product & Technical Consultancy at Sopra Steria

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Jun, 26

Salary

100000.0

Posted On

05 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Consultancy, Technical Consultancy, Solutions Architecture, Team Leadership, Product Design, Technical Governance, Solution Design, Integration Patterns, Stakeholder Management, Client Engagement, Rfps, Scoping, Continuous Improvement, API Management, Data Migration, Architecture

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Description

Company Description 74Software is home for leading brands (Axway, SBS Software) with mission-critical enterprise applications and infrastructure software serving a growing range of markets and geographies – each with their own identities and value propositions. SBS Software helps financial institutions navigate challenging and changing times. With our technology and strong commitment to being a trusted partner, we build software products for banks and enterprises. Now part of 74Software, a major global software player, SBS brings decades of expertise to the finance industry, supporting banks and financial institutions on their digital transformation journey. SBS is a trusted partner of more than 1,500 financial institutions and large-scale lenders in 80 countries worldwide, including Santander, Societé Generale, KCB Bank, Kensington Mortgages, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota FS. Its cloud platform offers clients a composable architecture to digitize operations, ranging from banking, lending, compliance, to payments, and consumer and asset finance. With 3,400 employees in 50 offices, SBS is recognized as a Top 10 European Fintech company by IDC and as a leader in Omdia’s Universe: Digital Banking Platforms. SBS is headquartered in Paris, France. Axway is a global software company specializing in API management, MFT, and B2B integration. Trusted by thousands of enterprises worldwide, Axway delivers proven solutions that enable secure, scalable, and reliable AI-ready ecosystems. Job Description Role Purpose The Head of Product & Technical Consultancy leads a specialist team that bridges product capability, technology, and client needs. Shaping scalable solutions, guiding complex design decisions, and ensuring consultancy outputs accelerate successful delivery and adoption. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Product & Technical Consultancy function. Set clear priorities, ways of working, quality standards, and performance expectations. Build capability across product knowledge, architecture, integration patterns, and delivery methods. Product & Technical Advisory Responsible for the consultancy approach for product and technical design across all client engagements. Provide technical governance and oversight across solution design, integration, configuration, and customisation. Translate business requirements into product-led, technically feasible designs and roadmaps. Ensure designs align to platform strategy, baseline configuration, and long-term maintainability. Stakeholder & Client Engagement Act as a senior client-facing leader, supporting technical credibility, influencing decisions, and de-risking delivery. Partner with Business Consulting, PS Delivery, QA/Testing, Support/Service, Engineering, and Product Management. Support commercial efforts where needed (RFPs, bids, shaping, scoping, estimates). Standards, Governance & Continuous Improvement Implement repeatable consulting assets, templates, patterns, accelerators, and reusable approaches. Drive continuous improvement based on delivery outcomes, defects, and client feedback. Ensure adherence to governance, documentation discipline, and technical best practice. Success Measures (KPIs) Reduced delivery risk and improved quality through stronger design assurance. Increased baseline adoption / reduced unnecessary customisation. Improved client satisfaction for design and technical decision making. Stronger cross-team alignment between Product, Engineering, and PS Delivery. Improved team capability and utilisation. Qualifications Proven leadership experience in Product Consultancy / Technical Consultancy / Solutions Architecture within a software organisation. Strong understanding of enterprise solution delivery including integrations, APIs, data migration, environments, and release processes. Track record of leading discovery and design phases for complex client implementations. Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior internal and client leadership. Comfortable operating across strategy and detail, able to dive deep when needed. Desirable Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services). Familiarity with core banking / lending / savings platforms (where relevant). Experience shaping consulting “packages” or repeatable propositions. Personal Attributes Commercially aware, outcome-driven, and pragmatic. Clear communicator who can simplify complexity and lead decisions. High standards, structured thinker, strong accountability. Collaborative leader who builds trust and capability. #LI-SV1 Additional Information Salary Range: 90,000£ - 100,000£/year Hybrid work : Need to be in the office 2-3 days a week in either London or Sheffield. At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences. All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Responsibilities

This role involves leading a specialist team to bridge product capability, technology, and client needs by shaping scalable solutions and guiding complex design decisions. Key duties include providing technical governance across solution design, integration, and configuration, while acting as a senior client-facing leader to influence decisions and de-risk delivery.