Ecommerce Solutions Architect — Hybrid, OMS & Integrations

IVC Evidensia; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Cycle to Work scheme

Green Cars salary sacrifice scheme

Discounted staff pet care

Access to discounts/cashback withHund

Voluntary benefits: choose from arange

Job summary

Pet Drugs Online, part of IVC Evidensia, is seeking a hands-on Head of Architecture to own the architecture strategy across our ecommerce and enterprise systems. You’ll partner with engineers, product and suppliers to turn a technology vision into a practical plan that supports daily trading.

Key responsibilities include modernising the Khaos order management, supporting Adobe Commerce, designing scalable integrations, and establishing design governance.

Qualifications

• Solutions architecture experience in ecommerce, ideally in retail or logistics, in a business that trades every day.
• Experience with Adobe Commerce, Magento, SAP Hybris or a similar ecommerce platform.
• Strong integration and middleware experience, including how systems share data and what happens when it fails.
• Experience with ERP or order management systems, and with modernising legacy platforms gradually rather than replacing them in one go.
• The commercial sense to balance cost, speed and risk, and prioritise accordingly.
• A clear way of explaining technical choices to people who aren’t technical.
• Desirable: TOGAF or a similar architecture certification.
• A commitment to supporting our purpose and values.

Responsibilities

• Turn technology strategy into a phased roadmap tied to commercial priorities.
• Review solution proposals from internal teams and suppliers, and challenge them where they fall short.
• Weigh up build, buy and hybrid options on cost, supplier risk and time to value, then give senior leaders a clear recommendation.
• Support the PMO on feasibility, sizing complexity, risk and sequencing for new work.
• Agree with our Data Lead which system owns pet, prescription, customer, product, order and stock data.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Ecommerce architecture

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Adobe Commerce

Magento

SAP Hybris

ERP systems

APIs / middleware

Job description

Pet Drugs Online, part of IVC Evidensia, is seeking a hands-on Head of Architecture to own the architecture strategy across our ecommerce and enterprise systems. You’ll partner with engineers, product and suppliers to turn a technology vision into a practical plan that supports daily trading.

Key responsibilities include modernising the Khaos order management, supporting Adobe Commerce, designing scalable integrations, and establishing design governance.