Glasgow, GBR, G1 1NQ
| London, GBR, W1A 1AA
| Salford, GBR, M50 2HQ

Job Package

Band: D

Contract type: Permanent

Location: London/Salford/Newcastle - Hybrid Role (1-2 days in the office)

• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• 26 days annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more.
• Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.
• We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on Reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject.

Job Introduction

Shape the Future of Digital Experiences at the BBC

At the BBC, we are building the next generation of digital experiences—putting our audiences first by delivering world-class video and audio streaming across TV, mobile and web. As the media landscape shifts from broadcast to digital, this role is central to our ambition: to offer a richer, more personalised and IP-delivered experience for everyone in the UK. We’re looking for a Senior Architect to join our team to help shape the strategy for how millions of people watch and listen to BBC content.

You’ll shape the evolution of flagship products like BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, guiding teams to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences to households across the UK. This is a chance to work at scale, to tackle complex architectural challenges, and to influence the journey from traditional broadcasting to a fully connected, on-demand future. You’ll join a supportive community of architects in the Experiences area of Product Group - working across disciplines to bring clarity, coherence, and innovation to everything we do.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams, product managers, and external partners to drive the delivery of resilient and scalable services aligned with our technical strategy.
• Shape the early stages of projects by defining their technical scope and architectural approach.
• Contribute to long-term strategy by identifying cross-platform requirements and shaping roadmaps to deliver sustainable, secure, and high-performing solutions.
• Provide consultancy to teams and leadership on architectural and infrastructure considerations, with a focus on feasibility and business value.
• Coach and mentor engineers to strengthen technical practices and improve delivery quality across the department.
• Clearly communicate the technical architecture of our systems to helps teams align and evolve together.
• Stay current with industry trends and new technologies—bringing insight into how we might apply them for strategic advantage.

Are you the right candidate?

Experience:

Designing and deploying scalable systems for high-traffic, public-facing services. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams in fast-paced delivery environments. Building alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders; bridging organisational boundaries. Leading and mentoring engineers, driving architectural clarity and raising standards. Using cloud platforms such as AWS in complex, real-world environments. Evaluating and adopting emerging technologies that unlock new value for users. Experience in developing and championing technology strategies that guide long-term delivery and change.

Attributes:

A strong influencer who can build trust and bring people together around a shared vision. Excellent communicator who can simplify complexity for different audiences (including non-technical staff). Strategic thinker who balances pragmatism with long-term direction. Empirical decision-maker who values evidence and iteration. Team player who builds positive relationships and leads through influence. Self-motivated with the ability to inspire others with energy, drive and desire to achieve goals. Passionate about learning, growing, and helping others do the same.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviourshere .

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please clickhere .

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

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