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As a Solution Designer, you'll play a central role in shaping how ideas become scalable, reliable solutions that power products used by businesses around the world.\nWorking at the intersection of Product, Engineering and Architecture, you'll take agreed product outcomes and transform them into clear, coherent, traceable solutions that teams can build with confidence. You'll lead discovery, model complex business and technical processes, maintain living specifications and ensure solutions remain aligned from concept through to delivery.\nThis is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team at an early stage, helping define new ways of working, influence best practice and shape the future of solution design at Sage.\n*** Please note that this role is hybrid and will require you to work 3 days a week from our Newcastle office. ***\nResponsibilities\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nLead detailed discovery activities to build a deep understanding of customer needs, business processes, constraints, dependencies and outcomes.\nTranslate product intent into clear, end-to-end logical solutions covering journeys, workflows, services, business rules, integrations, APIs, data flows and operational considerations.\nFacilitate collaboration across Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, Compliance, Support and other specialist teams.\nCreate and maintain detailed, versioned specifications, acceptance criteria and decision records that provide a trusted source of truth throughout delivery.\nIdentify risks, assumptions, dependencies and impacts early, helping teams make informed decisions.\nEnsure accessibility, operational readiness, support requirements, audit needs and failure scenarios are considered from the outset.\nWork closely with engineering teams throughout development, evolving specifications as new learning emerges.\nUse AI-powered tools to accelerate discovery, analysis, modelling and documentation while maintaining accountability for accuracy, quality and decision-making.\nContribute reusable patterns, knowledge assets and best practices that strengthen the wider Solution Design community.\nWhat We're Looking For\nWe're open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds. You may have worked as a Business Analyst, Solution Designer, Product Owner, Service Designer or in a similar role where you've been responsible for turning complex requirements into clear, deliverable solutions.\nYou'll likely bring:\nExperience leading analysis and discovery activities from initial concept through to successful delivery.\nStrong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bring diverse viewpoints together and create shared understanding.\nExperience creating detailed specifications, requirements, workflows, process models and acceptance criteria.\nThe ability to model end-to-end solutions across processes, services, integrations, data flows and operational considerations.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to navigate ambiguity and make evidence-based recommendations.\nExperience working closely with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers and other cross-functional stakeholders.\nUnderstanding of APIs, integrations, logical data design and service-oriented solutions.\nThe ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nAn appreciation for accessibility, operational readiness, supportability, compliance and risk management.\nA collaborative mindset and a willingness to challenge constructively, ask questions and continuously improve ways of working.\nNice to Have\nExperience working in fintech, banking, payments, financial services, tax, compliance or related domains.\nExperience working on platform capabilities, shared services or backend-focused products and services.\nExposure to migration programmes, large-scale integrations or data-intensive initiatives.\nExperience using AI-assisted tools to support discovery, analysis, modelling or documentation activities.\nKnowledge of SaaS, cloud-based platforms or enterprise software environments.\nWhy Join Us\nThis is a chance to join a growing team at a pivotal moment.\nYou'll help shape an evolving profession, influence how solution design is practised in an AI-first environment and work on complex platform capabilities that support products across Sage. You'll collaborate with experienced product, engineering and architecture teams while helping establish standards, approaches and reusable patterns that will scale across the organisation.\nIf you enjoy solving complex problems, turning ambiguity into clarity and building solutions that make a meaningful impact, you'll find plenty of opportunity here.\nAt Sage, we believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and experiences, and we're more interested in the evidence of what you've achieved than the title you've held previously.\nBenefits? 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