Head of Solutions Architecture

Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Leadership

• Own Libeara's product vision, strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer needs and engineering capacity

• Establish product prioritisation, planning processes and governance to drive execution across Product, Engineering and Business Development

• Drive product innovation through market insights, customer feedback and emerging technologies

Solution Architecture & Client Solutioning

• Lead the design of scalable, secure and compliant solutions for clients, partners and strategic initiatives

• Act as the primary technical partner to the Business Development team, leading solution workshops, technical presentations and client engagements

• Define architecture standards and provide technical oversight across platform capabilities, APIs and integrations

Engineering & Technology Leadership

• Provide architectural direction and technical leadership across the engineering organisation, setting engineering priorities, standards and reliability objectives

• Mentor Product Managers and engineers, support technical hiring, and work closely with external engineering partners to ensure high-quality delivery

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Business Development, Compliance and Operations to translate business opportunities into scalable technical solutions

• Standardise product documentation, solution frameworks and delivery processes while supporting regulatory, security and operational requirements

Strategic Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team on product, technology and architecture strategy, balancing commercial priorities with long-term platform scalability and innovation

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline

• Extensive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, product management or technology leadership

• Proven track record leading cross-functional product and engineering initiatives, preferably within fintech, digital assets, blockchain, enterprise SaaS or financial services

• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, distributed systems, APIs and cloud-native technologies

• Experience designing scalable, secure and resilient platforms, ideally within regulated environments

• Demonstrated ability to balance technical excellence with commercial objectives and customer needs

• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct line management