Head of Application Solutions Guild Job at Axa (LONDON)

Job Description

As Head of Application Solutions Guild, you'll lead the strategy and execution for application solutions across AXA UKI. You’ll own the standards, patterns, and delivery approaches for core business applications, oversee modernisation initiatives, and partner with product, engineering, and enterprise architecture to ensure cross-functional alignment and maximum business value. You’ll also build and mentor a community of solution architects and technical leads to raise capability and consistency across domains.

Job Responsibility

Define and evolve the application engineering, design standards, and delivery patterns for core business applications
Guide solution design across change programmes and product teams to ensure technical alignment and business value
Own the modernisation roadmap for legacy applications, promoting re-platforming, integration, or retirement where appropriate
Ensure applications are secure, scalable, and support interoperability across platforms and services
Collaborate with engineering, product, and enterprise architecture to ensure application decisions align with AXA’s broader technology strategy
Provide oversight for application lifecycle management, from selection and configuration through to support and optimisation
Drive continuous improvement in delivery quality, technical debt reduction, and performance management across the application portfolio
Lead and develop a team of solution architects and technical leads, fostering collaboration and capability-building across domains

Requirements

Extensive experience in application engineering, solution design, or technical leadership across complex enterprise environments
Deep experience in designing and integrating enterprise-scale applications across multiple business domains
Strong understanding of modern application architectures including APIs, microservices, event-driven design, and cloud-native patterns
Experience working across packaged solutions (e.g., ERP, CRM, policy admin systems) and custom-built applications
Skilled in managing technical risk, vendor solutions, and delivery trade-offs
Knowledge of secure application development, data privacy, and compliance best practices
Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and application monitoring tools
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to align technical delivery to business outcomes

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