Role: Lead Service ArchitectLocation: Birmingham - 3 days per week on-siteDuration: 6 monthsSalary range: £54,878 - £64,562 + 20% benefits fundAs a Lead Service Architect, you will be accountable for IT Service Architecture and Service Transition capabilities, planning and leading activity to ensure services are designed to deliver high-quality, cost-efficient outcomes that meet business objectives.You will establish and manage service architecture practices, lead service design activities, and ensure effective transition of services across their life cycle.What You''ll Do:Accountable for IT Service Architecture and Service Transition capabilities, ensuring services are designed to meet business objectives.Develop and implement enterprise-wide service architecture policies, patterns, processes and guardrails.Establish and manage the Service Architecture practice, driving consistency, knowledge sharing and skills development.Lead definition and maturity of service architecture frameworks aligned to enterprise architecture.Plan and drive scoping, requirements definition, and prioritisation for service architecture activities.Lead the design of IT services working with senior stakeholders.Accountable for IT service transition activities, ensuring effective life cycle transition of services.Lead development and maintenance of an IT service catalogue.Oversee interfaces between sub-capabilities and manage dependencies within service architecture.What We''re Looking For:Enterprise a