Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Start date: Ideally Sunday, 17 May 2026. Latest start date is 31 May 2026.

Duration: 6 months

Client: Bank

Westbourne + Partners is looking for a Senior Solution Architect with strong banking technology expertise for a foreign banking client in Jeddah.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide senior solution architecture expertise across the banking technology landscape
• Support the setup of the architecture function for a new banking entity in Saudi Arabia
• Define solution architecture across core banking and surrounding banking platforms
• Work with business, technology, security, infrastructure, and vendor teams
• Support architecture decision making across applications, integrations, data, infrastructure, and security
• Review and guide technology choices and implementation approaches
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with banking requirements
• Support stakeholder discussions and architecture governance activities

Required experience:

• Strong solution architecture experience within banking or financial services
• Solid understanding of banking technology across core banking, channels, payments, integration, data, security, and infrastructure
• Experience working on banking transformation, new entity setup, or major technology implementation programmes
• Ability to operate across business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security domains
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills