Thomson Reuters is currently implementing a number of large enterprise transformation programmes, to fundamentally transform our Lead to Support processes. As part of this, end to end solutions architect roles to enable different commercial services to be onboarded through both digital channels as well as through our enterprise Platforms are critical to our success.
As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter. Whether solving for today's challenges or tomorrow's aspirations, you will work with the industry's brightest thinkers on diverse projects, creating next-generation solutions that deliver powerful results. As the world's leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business-and your career.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be a Technical Leader: Research and recommend technical standards and best practices. Work with technology teams and beyond to realise their implementation
- Be an efficient Stakeholder Manager: collaborate and engage with external and internal stakeholders such as business teams, product owners, project management in defining roadmap for products and processes. Act as point of contact in resolving stakeholder issues
- Be a Decision Maker: make quick and effective date driven decisions, with good problem solving and analytical skills to infer qualitative and quantitative data, and roll out strategy that aligns with company goals
- Be a Team Player - ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented environment, share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross functional and remote teams
- Be Curious & Innovative - continuously update yourself with next generation technology, development tools, and contribute to process development practices
- Be an Agile Person - with strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines.
- Be an Effective Communicator - ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues, and share ideas, participate in peer-reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills. Work with the business owners to translate requirements into actionable architectures.
Required Qualifications:
- Architecture Strategy & Roadmap - define and update solution roadmaps for the architectures in which you are involved Architecture design for future and existing enterprise transformation programmes, ensure that technology components used fit with the overall technology strategy. Ensure also that the architecture is communicated, understood and adhered to.
- Architecture Governance - work as part of the Design Authority structure , work vendor partners and participate in the Solution Review board to ensure that solutions are governed appropriately.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Have a wide variety of Solutions Architecture experience - across multiple business contexts
- Have consulting experience with a strong track record at a leading IT consultancy or large corporate
- Have experience working with agile teams and methodologies and globally distributed teams.
- Have Solid experience techniques in the following areas: key features and capabilities provided by the market leading CRM and Self Service platforms, integration of CRM to Self Service platforms, integration of CRM to ERP, Middleware and Web Content Management Systems, and application security best practice.
- Have a solid track record of experience within Blue Chip clients
- Ideally have a Development/Systems background with experience across the full project lifecycle including integration of acquired companies systems and processes and/or divesting the same
- Have experience in developing solution architectures, preparing and maintaining Business process, Data Model, system, sequence and process flow diagrams
- Have experience in working with diverse teams, including multi country and company teams
- Have experience managing or directing work of others to contribute to a shared goal
- Have strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Have a self-motivated, proactive mindset
- Have an organized and methodical approach
- Experience in defining target architecture designs and roadmaps
- Experience in data migration between systems and be able to analyze and support in addressing the application performance issues
- Required degree level (BA/BSc/MSc/BEng/MEng) in a Technical/Business discipline
- Preferred - certification in TOGAF or other architecture framework to ensure compliance to standards.
What's in it For You?
- Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional resp