Principal architect

Kinaxis; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinaxis is seeking a Principal Architect for the Solution Assurance Team. This remote position involves addressing complex supply chain management challenges through Maestro deployments and leading engagements with partners and customers. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with supply chain software solutions and strong leadership skills.

Benefits

Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days

Flexible work options

Physical and mental well-being programs

Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes

Mentorship programs and training

Recognition programs and referral rewards

Hackathons

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in software implementation, consulting, or business experience in supply/demand planning.
• 4+ years as a solution architect for enterprise-level supply chain transformation projects.
• Expertise in business processes and technical requirements for software implementations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure seamless integration of solutions during Maestro deployments.
• Lead solution assurance engagements with customers and partners.
• Review complex data configurations to ensure expected results.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Project Management

Facilitation Skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, or Information Technology

Tools

Kinaxis Maestro

Supply Chain Software

Data Integration Tools

Job description

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa, Canada. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, and support 40,000+ users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in the US and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Kinaxis has a well-established team of Sales and Professional Services professionals across the US. Our newest office is based in Irving’s Las Colinas development and will serve as a centralized hub where employees and customers from across the US can come together to work towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains.

Location

T his is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in the USA

About The Role

As a senior and key member of the Solution Assurance Team, the Principal Architect, Solution understands our customers’ most pressing business challenges and drives their success by addressing complex supply chain management challenges through Kinaxis Maestro deployments. This role will work on Partner led Maestro deployment engagements and leverages deep Maestro expertise to guide partners and customers on best practices, ensuring seamless integration of our supply chain solutions for immediate value realization of Kinaxis solutions.

What you will do

• Serve as a supply chain and Maestro expert, articulating the value of Kinaxis’ solution throughout the customer journey.
• Lead solution assurance engagements with customers and partners, providing input into defining and implementation of supply chain software requirements.
• Evaluate the overall systems architecture and data flow for customers’ business needs, recommending standard and unique software functionalities to meet business needs.
• Identify and provide inputs to mitigate deployment risks, ensuring robust solutions are aligned with best practices.
• Review and provide expert advice on complex data and analytics configurations to ensure the solution produces the expected results based on best practices.
• Provide functional leadership during critical deployment escalations, providing recommendations to resolve complex supply chain challenges.
• Present actionable insights to business stakeholders up to executive level roles, synthesizing complex information clearly.
• Manage multiple engagements simultaneously and effectively, fostering strong collaboration with partners and customers.
  
  

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Information Technology or a related field.
• 7-10 years’ experience in software implementation, consulting or business experience in supply / demand planning, inventory management, or manufacturing.
• 4+ years as a solution architect for enterprise level supply chain transformation projects and deployment, deploying Kinaxis Maestro solutions and applications.
• Excellent facilitation skills, adept communicator skilled at managing customer and stakeholder interactions.
• Self-starter who shows initiative in their work and learning and can excel in a fast-paced, matrix work environment.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, able to synthesize a high volume of complex information to determine and lead teams towards best course of action.
• Proven leadership, interpersonal and coaching/mentoring capabilities within a dedicated, matrixed work team.
  
  

Role Specific Skills And Experience

• Expertise in supply chain concepts and best practices coupled with in-depth experience with Maestro supply chain solutions and applications
• Experience producing and reviewing complex blueprints on business processes and translating technical requirements during software implementations with Large/Enterprise customers with multiyear/multi geography deployments.
• Technical experience in data integration, data management, system configuration and deployment for supply chain software implementations.
• Ability to travel up to 50% and work effectively remotely from client sites.
  
  

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Ford, Unilever, Yamaha, P&G, Lockheed-Martin, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons
  
  

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com .

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.