Solutions Architect, Studios
IMGWho We Are:
IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 250 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euroleague Basketball, CONMEBOL, World Rugby, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and PBR. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.Working Conditions
Permanent Position, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
This role is based at our facilities in Stockley Park, Uxbridge, with hybrid working options where applicable.
You may be required to work unsociable hours, including occasional weekends or on-call rotations, to support live operations and critical systems.
Occasional travel may be required depending on project and client needs
IMG is seeking a commercially aware and technically strong Solutions Architect to support the wider business in shaping, defining, and progressing technology solutions across current client contracts, new business opportunities, strategic transformation initiatives, and formal procurement activity, with particular emphasis on pre sales engagement, proof of concept activity, and technical validation.
This role will work across commercial, technical, operational, engineering, procurement, and transformation teams to translate business opportunities into clear solution options, technical direction, and delivery-ready architecture. A core part of the role is partnering with commercial teams during early-stage opportunity development, helping qualify requirements, shaping solution narratives, supporting customer and vendor conversations, and leading or coordinating proof of concepts that demonstrate feasibility, value, and operational fit. The role will also work closely with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering teams to ensure proposed solutions are automatable, observable, supportable, resilient, and aligned to modern operational practices.
The role will play a key part in supporting responses to Requests for Information and Requests for Proposal, assessing market capability, engaging with vendors and partners, and helping ensure IMG pursues solutions that are strategically aligned, operationally fit, commercially sound, and scalable for the future.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Work closely with commercial teams to support current contracts, renewals, growth opportunities, and new business pursuits by shaping solution options that are technically credible and commercially relevant.
Engage with stakeholders across engineering, operations, projects, procurement, and transformation to gather requirements and convert business needs into clear architectural direction and solution proposals.
Support and lead technical input into RFI and RFP processes, including market engagement, requirements definition, response structure, vendor evaluation, solution comparison, and clarification management.
Help define solutions for both internal operational workflows and client-facing services, ensuring alignment with IMG’s wider business model and service proposition.
Produce high-quality architectural artefacts, technical narratives, opt