Solutions Architect - Retail - MACH

Sanderson; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Solution Architect with a strong retail background. The ideal candidate will design and deliver solutions across various domains, focusing on product selection and pricing re-architecture. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills are essential for engaging with diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in retail businesses on projects across multiple domains.
• Strong skills in solution design and architecture governance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for producing high-level designs and product selection.
• Engage with diverse teams and ensure understanding of proposed designs.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Solution Design

Systems Integration

Data Governance

Job description

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Base pay range

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Senior Solution Architect / Lead Solution Architect / Senior Digital Architect / Technical Solution Architect

We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect with a strong background in the retail sector across all channels. The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in designing and delivering solutions that focus on retail domains such as Applications, Platforms, master data, pricing, store operations and customer personalisation. Primary focus will be on product selection and re-architecture of the pricing domain for the organisation with multiple other projects across all channels. You will be working very closely

As a Senior solution architect you will be responsible producing high-level designs, making product selection recommendations and gaining approval from our architecture governance team for your proposals.

Requirements

The role requires an excellent communicator who can analyse complex requirements and explain in simple terms the proposed solutions. Your communication skills will help you engage with teams from a diverse range of countries and cultures. You will require strong stakeholder management skills and will work alongside everyone from senior business stakeholders to developers and you will be responsible for ensuring they understand and accept your proposed design.

Key Requirements:

- Proven experience in retail businesses on projects which cross multiple domains and channels

- Experienced in representing technology functions in procurement processes including executing Proof of Concept challenges with vendors.

- Understanding of MACH principles, with a focus on AWS platforms and patterns.

- Strong skills in solution design, systems integration and architecture governance.

- Solid understanding of data governance, privacy standards, and compliance in customer data handling

- Proven stakeholder management skills in a company operating in multiple countries.

- Proven ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty in business requirements and solution landscape.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Retail, Technology, Information and Media, and Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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