Work with us

Three ways to engage.

We name the people doing the work before anything is signed.

Associates or Advisory?

Both are billed on time.

Associates do the architecture on a project. Delivery, alongside your team, on a programme with a deadline.

Advisory is about the practice rather than the project. More senior, shorter, and pointed at how the function is set up, whether the decisions being made are sound, and what to do about it.

If you are not sure which you need, that is usually an advisory conversation.

Search

Permanent and fixed-term leadership hires. We know who is good, who is ready to move, and what they will cost.

Engagement
Billed
Who it is for
Executive search
Per placement
Head of Architecture, Chief Architect
Leadership search
Per placement
Principals, enterprise architects, discipline leads

Associates

Delivery. Independent architects doing the architecture on your projects and programmes. Named before you sign, assessed against the industry frameworks, engaged as a vendor.

Engagement
Billed
Who it is for
Assignment
Per day
One architect on a programme
Squad
Monthly
A lead plus two to four, scales month to month
Part-time assignment
Days per month
The architect you cannot justify full time

Advisory

Practice-level work. How your architecture function is set up, whether it is working, and assurance on the decisions being made. Senior, time and materials, against an estimate.

Engagement
Billed
Who it is for
Practice review
Est. 2 to 3 weeks
Is our architecture function fit for purpose
Interim architecture leader
Monthly retainer
We hold the seat while you hire
Capability assessment
Per person or team
Assessed against recognised industry frameworks
Design assurance
Days per month
A senior second opinion on decisions as they are made

How we price

Full ratecard on request, usually the same day.

Search
A percentage of the first-year package, agreed up front, invoiced on start. No retainer for most roles.
Associates
A day rate, banded by seniority and discipline. Our margin is thin and fixed, and we will tell you what it is.
Advisory
Time and materials at a senior day rate, against an estimate. Practice work changes as we learn what is actually going on, so a fixed price would either cost you too much or stop us early.

Rates depend on the person, so we will not pretend otherwise. To quote accurately we need three things: what the work is, how senior it needs to be, and when it starts. One conversation is usually enough.

How an engagement runs

01

We scope it before we sell it

A conversation about the problem, not the role. If an assignment is the wrong answer we will say so.

02

You see the person

Named, with references, and assessed against recognised industry frameworks. No substitution later.

03

Terms in plain English

Monthly, cancellable, no lock-in on a squad.

04

We stay close

A check-in at two weeks and every month after, with the architect and with you separately.