Technical Transformation Lead / Program Architect (Based in Newcastle)

At Bilue, we set a high bar for quality, craft, and client impact. As a Technical Transformation Lead, you’ll play a critical role in supporting senior technology leaders to shape and deliver a large-scale banking platform transformation, consolidating systems, migrating data and integrating platforms across Azure in a regulated environment.

Working closely with the Head of Engineering and Head of Transformation, you’ll help define the technical approach, structure delivery workstreams and sequence change across domains like core banking, digital channels, payments and reporting. This is a hands-on, technical role, you are the doer who takes future-state architecture and helps make it real by identifying and working through the change required in each platform and function.

You’ll collaborate with SME platform teams to break down what needs to change, in what order and how to deliver it safely. This role sits at the intersection of architecture, delivery and programme planning, ideal for someone with strong systems knowledge and experience executing transformation in complex, regulated environments.

Given the close collaboration required, regular on-site presence is essential. The successful candidate must be able to travel and work closely with the client’s local teams,  typically 2 days per fortnight in Newcastle, with flexibility around arrangements. Relocation full time is also an option for the right candidate. 

Responsibilities

• Support the definition and coordination of technical workstreams across a major banking transformation, working closely with senior leadership to determine how and in what order to consolidate and migrate systems.
• Translate enterprise architecture and future-state designs into practical delivery plans, working through the detailed changes required at the platform level.
• Collaborate with platform SMEs (e.g. channels, lending, core, payments, data) to identify technical dependencies, scope, risks, and migration steps.
• Help shape the technical approach and delivery model for migrating from legacy systems to a modern Azure-based environment, ensuring performance, compliance, and operational continuity.
• Support the design of test, cutover, and validation strategies to ensure secure and auditable migration execution.
• Provide input into integration and architectural decisions, focusing on execution detail and delivery impact.
• Identify and help resolve blockers across technical streams, coordinating with business, risk, and operations stakeholders as needed.