Corporate IT Lead Architect

Corporate IT Lead Architect

A bit about us 🏢

Gamma is a leading supplier of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS): we provide voice, data and mobile products and services to the UK, German, Spanish and Benelux business markets.

Gamma is expanding its UCaaS presence in Europe with a family of businesses focusing on digital automation, delivering Gamma-powered services to SME customers via a network of channel partners in Germany, Spain, and the Benelux region.

What will you be doing day-to-day? 📞

Lead the design, assessment and consolidation of IT solutions across complex European and UK companies into a unified M365 tenant. The role serves as the technical authority within the IT Architecture team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Gamma Group Corporate IT Migration, consolidation and transformation activities in line with the wider business objectives.
• Develop and maintain rationale for the consolidation and rationalisation of the Gamma Group's corporate IT application portfolio with the aim to harness economies of scale and improve operational efficiency.
• Serve as the interface to the broader Gamma Architecture team to ensure alignment with broader frameworks and standards.
• Maintain a current and forward-looking knowledge of current technological trends to enable rapid adoption of new products and capabilities.
• Provide effective communication to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, conveying technical concepts in a clear and understandable manner.
• Function as IT stakeholder for technology projects across all internally facing departments (HR, finance, IT, facilities, sales).
• Develop and maintain comprehensive catalogue of technical documentation to support the migration processes, system configuration and troubleshooting procedures.
• Lead by example by delegating tasks to lower-level staff through training, documentation and workshops ensuring effective knowledge transfer within the team.
• Financial acumen to support key design decisions.
• Design and maintain scalable architectural framework for the corporate IT estate.
• Drive long-term and short-term strategies for corporate IT in a changing technology landscape.
• Post-design development support and direction for cloud implementation team.

What you’ll need 🚀

• Strategic mindset, ability to rationalise application portfolios across the organization, considering efficiency and economies of scale.
• Strong understanding of business processes and functions.
• Large scale and complex migration and consolidation experience in Active Directory and Office 365 environments.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert desirable.
• Comprehensive understanding of IT solutions across all four architectural domains.
• Thorough understanding of enterprise architecture principles, frameworks and best practices, i.e. TOGAF, EAP, PRISM

What do we offer? 💰

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Private Medical Insurance
• Electric Vehicle (EV) scheme
• Pension plan
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Share-save scheme

A few things to note ✨

• This role will require travel to one of our office locations (Manchester) once or twice a week.
• Unfortunately, we can't offer visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role
• If you feel you could be a good fit for Gamma but do not think that you meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply as you could be the person that we are looking for! Gamma is an equal-opportunity employer. We care about inclusion and believe in having diverse teams where everyone can be their true authentic selves.
• We value each person and their range of backgrounds and actively encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
• We don't discriminate based on any protected characteristics e.g., race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability, or age.
• We are a family-friendly employer with a culture based on trust, autonomy, and flexibility so that you to create a work-life balance and enjoy working here at Gamma.

Please note we only use recruitment agencies registered on our preferred suppliers list and as such, any speculative CVs received will not be considered. Agencies cannot work on this role unless approved by Gamma's recruitment team.