Business Solution Architect - Senior Manager
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
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Salary
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£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 (75% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS LLP is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
In 2025, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS LLP assigned 72 or more Certificates of Sponsorship for SOC 2133 jobs, according to the Home Office.
This could also be SOC 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts, Focus on bid strategy and business advisory rather than IT systems design) or SOC 2440 (Business and financial project management professionals, Strong project management and bid leadership elements). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 | £43,900 | £49,400 | £54,900 |
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Also possible | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
2440 Business and financial project management professionals Also possible | £39,500 | £45,200 | £50,800 | £56,500 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
PwC’s Managed Services delivers trusted expertise, rapid execution, and enduring outcomes by blending cutting-edge technology with deep operational insight. As part of the Solutioning Team within the Managed Service Catalyst—a specialist group driving PwC’s managed services growth—this role plays a pivotal part in designing and scaling high-impact solutions. Collaborating across Sales Directors, Solution Architects, and enabling functions, the role leads the development and execution of robust solutioning methodologies. It ensures our offerings address complex client challenges and position PwC to win and deliver transformative managed services engagements that create lasting strategic, regulatory, and commercial advantage.
What your days will look like:
- Lead qualification and shaping of public sector managed service opportunities, aligning client objectives, procurement context, and PwC risk appetite.
- Define and own bid strategy and win themes, creating a clear narrative that links client needs, policy drivers, and PwC differentiation.
- Act as lead author and quality reviewer for core bid content, ensuring responses are compliant, compelling, evaluable, and aligned to public sector scoring methodologies.
- Design end-to-end managed service solutions, including operating and governance models, service delivery, workforce planning, transition, mobilisation, and transformation roadmaps.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, commercially viable, and compliant with public sector requirements such as transparency, auditability, and value for money.
- Embed credible, measurable social value propositions into service design, aligned to public sector priorities and contractually deliverable.
- Collaborate with commercial and finance teams to shape pricing, commercial models, and contractual risk mitigation.
- Orchestrate cross‑firm and partner inputs, lead governance sign‑off, mentor colleagues, and own handover from bid to delivery to enable successful mobilisation.
This role is for you if you have:
- Extensive experience designing and solutioning public sector managed services or outsourced services, ideally across complex, regulated environments.
- Proven track record of leading solution design and bid writing for public sector procurements, including major competitive tenders.
- Strong understanding of public sector procurement, evaluation, and commercial models.
- Experience embedding social value and transformation outcomes into service design in a credible, measurable way.
- Ability to translate complex service models into clear, persuasive written narratives for bid evaluation.
- Confident senior stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence partners, clients, and internal governance forums.
- Experience coaching and developing others in solutioning and bid disciplines.
What you’ll receive from us:
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS LLP, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sample- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS LLP holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. In 2025, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS LLP assigned 72 or more Certificates of Sponsorship for SOC 2133 jobs, according to the Home Office. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.