Example job roles: Senior Solution Architecture, Senior Technical Leadership, Technical Services Management, Design Principal, Head of functional area
Level: SeniorÌý
Experiences
Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level
- Managing a team
- Validating designs
- Setting standards
- Setting goals and strategies
- Collaborative working with other technologies and areas
- Horizon scanning
- A good level of sector experience
- Working with others outsideÌýof the organisation
- Managing budgetary responsibilities
- Working on complex/high impact activities
- Influencing senior stakeholders whether in ISD or in other areas of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
- Contributing to the strategic direction of ISD as a department
- Participating as a member of architectural working groupsÌý
Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Designing and introducing a new service
- Project technical leadership
- Taking on a service operations manager role
- Looking for secondment opportunities
- Developing service improvement plans.
- Technical leadership of a project
Learning from othersÌýÌý
- Leading a Community of Practice (CoP)
- Membership of the architecture sub-groups
- Conference attendance and presentations
- Maintaining networks
Formal learning
- Appropriate technical accreditation e.g. Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, VM Ware
- Methodological e.g. PRINCE2, Scrum, Agile, ITIL
- TOGAF, Archimate.
Transferable skills and competencies
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.
Relating and Networking
- Building rapport
- Networking
- Relating across levels
- Managing conflict
- Using humour
Formulating strategies and concepts
- Thinking broadly
- Approaching work strategically
- Setting and developing strategy
- Visioning
Leading and supervising
- Providing direction and co-ordinating action
- Supervising and monitoring behaviour
- Coaching
- Delegating
- Empowering staff
- Motivating others
- Developing staff
- Identifying and recruiting talent
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Ways of Working
These describe expected behaviours in line with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.