Solution Architect (Bloomreach SME)

Contract Length: Initial 6-month contract
Location: Home-based with occasional UK travel (approximately once per month) for workshops, stakeholder meetings and client engagements
Security Clearance: BPSS required. SC eligibility desirable.

Rate: £580 per day inside IR35

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Bloomreach Consultant to support a significant website consolidation programme for a large UK healthcare organisation.

The successful candidate will bring proven expertise in implementing and configuring Bloomreach as a Headless CMS, enabling content delivery via APIs across multiple digital channels and user interfaces. This role will play a key part in consolidating multiple websites into a unified digital estate while establishing scalable content models, governance standards and publishing processes.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-profile digital transformation programme within a complex and regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, implement and optimise Bloomreach CMS as a headless content management platform.
• Support the migration and consolidation of multiple websites and content repositories into a single digital ecosystem.
• Design and implement content models, taxonomies, metadata structures and information architectures.
• Establish and support content governance frameworks, publishing workflows and approval processes.
• Provide expertise in API-driven content delivery, integration patterns and headless architecture best practices.
• Work closely with architects, developers, content teams, product owners and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
• Support agile ways of working through backlog refinement, sprint planning, workshops and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve content management efficiency, scalability and user experience across the organisation's digital estate.

Essential Experience

• Proven hands-on experience delivering solutions using Bloomreach CMS.
• Demonstrable experience implementing and managing Headless CMS architectures.
• Strong understanding of API-based content delivery and integration approaches.
• Experience migrating content from multiple websites, digital estates or legacy CMS platforms.
• Solid knowledge of content governance, publishing workflows and content lifecycle management.
• Experience operating within agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting large-scale website transformation or consolidation initiatives.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within healthcare, public sector or other highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of content migration tools and methodologies.
• Understanding of search optimisation, content discovery and digital governance practices.
• Experience defining enterprise-level content architecture and taxonomy strategies.
• Exposure to complex digital transformation programmes involving multiple stakeholder groups.