This superb, full time Lead Solutions Designer opportunity is to support an increase in demand from high profile projects and business change initiatives across our leading financial services client''s business.An accomplished, Midlands based Solution Design Lead is required to fulfilling both a strategic and people management roles within the Solution Design team. You''ll contribute to and deliver the team''s strategy and direction whilst managing your direct reports effectively.This is a s a hands-on people manager role, managing a team of 4 people.As a Solution Design Lead, you''ll set out the design runway for significant change programmes, collaborating with a variety of senior stakeholders and business areas. You''ll work closely with colleagues in Business and IT Architecture to understand both high level business outcomes and the Architecture vision. You will be accountable for the design activity for a programme or set of projects and you will organise design workload and deadlines for your team.You''ll consult, challenge, and make recommendations to senior business stakeholders on new business initiatives requiring IT solutions, whilst encouraging the growth of the Solution Design capability to support customer and business needs.As a leader within the Solution Design team, you''ll play a key role in process design and strategy, streamlining procedures and ways of working to help the team deliver change quicker. Using your planning and organisation skills, you''ll m