Global Solution Architect

Dassault Systèmes; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 132,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, seeks a Global Solution Architect for the North American region. The role leads strategic consulting efforts, drafts and validates architectures, and aligns business value with DS solutions to achieve customer objectives.

You’ll operate across Sales, R&D and Services, guiding roadmaps and ensuring value delivery. The ideal candidate has extensive PLM and enterprise-architecture experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and is able to

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with 12–15 years in global solution architecture for PLM or similar.
• Experience with 3DEXPERIENCE or large enterprise PLM software.
• Familiarity with TOGAF and architecture capture tools like Cameo, Rhapsody.
• Experience in business transformation engagements with customers.
• Knowledge of multiple industry domains (auto, high-tech, life sciences, aerospace).
• Experience delivering software projects on premise and SaaS/cloud.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Define integrated Global Solution architectures to enable customers’ business strategy.
• Collaborate with Customer accounts and internal DS ecosystem to develop strategic roadmaps.
• Educate DS sales teams on new strategies and technologies; support road map development.
• Define and manage architectural models and data models for enterprise solutions.
• Assess feasibility, value and risks; articulate business value and ROI to customers and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with DS R&D, Services, and other groups to ensure delivery from strategy to execution.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering Degree

Tools

TOGAF

CAMEO

Rhapsody

3DEXPERIENCE platform

Job description

DASSAULT SYSTEMES, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides businesses and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Serving over 250,000 clients in 11 industries, from high-tech to life sciences, fashion to transportation, we help businesses and people around the world to create sustainable innovations for today and tomorrow .

The mission for theGlobal Solution Architect (GSA)is to act as chief architect for the strategic consulting efforts within the North American (NAM) GEO by collaborating with Customer accounts as well as Dassault Systemes’ (DS) internal eco system to develop strategic roadmaps of DS solution and process experiences (3DEXPERIENCE platform) enabling Customers to achieve their business objectives. Working with expert Business Consultants, the GSA will draft, validate and propose account solution architectures and align and articulate the business value to DS’s strategic customer.

The Industry Process Consultant (IPC) organization with in DS is searching for a NAM GSA for their strategic consulting team to support and represent our GEOs customers’ needs through defining, aligning and validating proposed system processes and solutions that demonstrate and deliver value through DS’ Value Engagement (VE) processes. To accomplish this mission the strategic consulting team have a need for a collaborative leader that can utilize relationships with strategic Customers and Industry partners to articulate what Customer business solutions are needed and how they might evolve to support current business in today’s environment. The GSA will also be responsible to educate the DS sales teams on new strategies and technologies, support strategic road map development and provide key communications enabling them to strategize with information that supports the growth of our business and evolves our customer interaction. A successful GSA should have in-depth knowledge of the current and up-and-coming trends in the target business industries with DS solutions, while collaborating with rest of the DS organizations to ensure continuity through the Value Engagement process from strategy to delivery.

• Define integrated Global Solution enabling the customer to execute its business strategy by providing:
• Coverage of its whole business processes with the expected business value while maintaining the final workability and relevancy of the solution
• Contribution to the customer’s Business Objectives achievement leveraging 3DEXPERIENCE platform according the Industry Business Challenge of the customer.
• The solution engineering by promoting SaaS Cloud solution first from Dassault Systèmes, considering the market trends.
• Expertise on the VE process to operate and orchestrate the solution engineering from the solution vision to the solution delivery
• Build the bridge between Customer’s business processes and Dassault Systemes’ solution/technology using the VE process
• Direct involvement with our Customers to develop a TO-BE architectural vision (including business capabilities and processes, use cases, storyboards, enterprise application landscape etc.) and roadmaps
• Direct involvement with our Customers to define, collaborate, and manage the architectural model and data model for an enterprise solution
• Assess Customer opportunity in regards of feasibility, value and risks
• Assist Business Consultant to identify and capture customer business values
• Challenge customer’s business processes in regard of value creation and business transformation
• Manage the relationship with extended DS’ organizations (R&D, Services etc.) in the context of strategic Customer relationship
• Define or review global solution architecture leveraging 3DS know-how to support customer business objectives, highlighting committed value, and taking extra care of feasibility and delivery effort
• Define best practices in context of solution architecture for re-use across multiple customers engagements

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree (or equivalent) with 12-15 years of experience of global solution architecture for PLM or similar enterprise solutions with emphasis on system architecture and system design
• Knowledge and experience of 3DEXPERIENCE platform or any large enterprise PLM software
• Experience in popular Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (like TOGAF) and architecture capture tools like CAMEO, Rhapsody.
• Business transformation engagement experience with Customers
• Business Process knowledge in multiple domains like system engineering, design/engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, program management, after market etc.
• Deep knowledge in Industry standards & Business processes across multiple industry sectors (e.g. automotive, high-tech, life sciences, aerospace etc.)
• Experience working within a software project delivery lifecycle, including both on premise and SaaS Cloud solutions
• Outstanding leadership, communication and presentation skills.
• Strategic and analytical mindset with high consultative and problem-solving skills.
• Rapid adoption of new knowledge, practices, tools and processes
• Able and available to travel up to 50%

Inclusion statement

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at 3DS are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. 3DS is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and above), disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 3DS will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state laws and local ordinances. We are committed to fair employment practices and will evaluate all candidates based on their qualifications, regardless of past arrest or conviction history.

Dassault Systèmes offers an excellent salary with potential for bonus, commensurate with experience. Benefits include a choice of plans providing comprehensive coverage for medical, dental, vision care for employee & dependents as well as employee life, short & long term disability, tuition reimbursement, immediate 401K enrollment, 401K match (50 cents on the dollar, up to the first 8% of your eligible compensation that you contribute based on match eligibility criteria), flexible time off policy, and 10 paid holidays.

Salary Pay Transparency

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $132000 and $173000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.

Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, we bring value to more than 350,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries. Join our global community of more than 23,800 passionate individuals!

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