Principal Engineer, Commercial Architect

Advantage-Solutions; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage-Solutions is seeking a Commercial Architect to lead the architectural direction for the commercial application portfolio across business units. This role will define architecture patterns, ensure information security, and collaborate with product owners and engineering teams as an embedded partner in delivery.

The ideal candidate brings deep retail/CPG domain knowledge and extensive experience in designing end-to-end data flows, AI-enabled analytics, and integration with enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10–12 years experience in relevant field.
• No travel requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the architectural direction for the commercial application portfolio across business units.
• Define architecture patterns and ensure information security requirements.
• Design end-to-end data flows between commercial systems and the data and analytics / AI platform.
• Plan and shape integrations between commercial and corporate systems.
• Collaborate with peer architects and governance bodies to keep architecture coherent.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Data architecture

Integration patterns

Security architecture

Product team partnership

AI readiness/data flows

Cloud/data platforms

Software selection

Governance

CRM/ERP integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TOGAF / Architecture frameworks

Job description

Summary

Commercial Architect

Responsibilities

• Commercial application architecture: Own the architectural direction for the commercial application portfolio across business units. This includes:
  • Architecture for both custom-built applications and technology platforms
  • Support software selection decisions
  • Define architecture patterns
  • Ensure architecture achieves information security requirements
  • Work alongside product owners and engineering teams as an active, embedded partner in delivery
• Business domain expertise: Bring working knowledge of retail and consumer packaged goods business processes. This includes:
  • Have experience in technology and processes such as sales/customer relationship management, category management, retail execution, and field workforce management
  • Build credibility as a technology advisor to business stakeholders based on industry operational reality
  • Advise on building shared capability, reusability, and user experience within commercial applications
• Commercial-to-data platform and AI architecture: Design the end-to-end data flows between commercial systems and the data and analytics / AI platform. This includes:
  • Define flows of commercial operational data for analytics and management reporting and surfacing analytics data into commercial applications for field team use
  • Ensure commercial systems are designed to support emerging AI use cases
  • Define data architecture patterns that keep client and company data secure
  • Architect the integration of external industry data sources into commercial applications
• Integration of commercial applications with enterprise systems: Plan and shape integrations between commercial and corporate systems. This includes:
  • Collaborate as peer with enterprise application teams
  • Jointly design patterns and delivery approaches
  • Ensure coherent data and integration plans
  • Shape plans for phases of application change between parallel implementation programs
• Architecture practice participation: Operate as an active member of the enterprise architecture practice. This includes:
  • Collaborate with peer architects across commercial systems, enterprise systems, data/AI, and infrastructure/security
  • Build, advocate, and participate in shared governance, architecture standards, and ways of working
  • Contribute to keeping the practice coherent and relevant as the organization's technology agenda grows in complexity

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
• Experience Requirements: 10-12 years experience in relevant field
• Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Enterprise and / or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
• Software selection, pattern definition, and product team partnership
• Integration architecture between custom / technology platform applications and enterprise resource planning systems
• Data design: Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
• Business domain expertise, such as retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, services company service delivery, and revenue management

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Responsibilities

• Commercial application architecture: Own the architectural direction for the commercial application portfolio across business units. This includes:
  • Architecture for both custom-built applications and technology platforms
  • Support software selection decisions
  • Define architecture patterns
  • Ensure architecture achieves information security requirements
  • Work alongside product owners and engineering teams as an active, embedded partner in delivery
• Business domain expertise: Bring working knowledge of retail and consumer packaged goods business processes. This includes:
  • Have experience in technology and processes such as sales/customer relationship management, category management, retail execution, and field workforce management
  • Build credibility as a technology advisor to business stakeholders based on industry operational reality
  • Advise on building shared capability, reusability, and user experience within commercial applications
• Commercial-to-data platform and AI architecture: Design the end-to-end data flows between commercial systems and the data and analytics / AI platform. This includes:
  • Define flows of commercial operational data for analytics and management reporting and surfacing analytics data into commercial applications for field team use
  • Ensure commercial systems are designed to support emerging AI use cases
  • Define data architecture patterns that keep client and company data secure
  • Architect the integration of external industry data sources into commercial applications
• Integration of commercial applications with enterprise systems: Plan and shape integrations between commercial and corporate systems. This includes:
  • Collaborate as peer with enterprise application teams
  • Jointly design patterns and delivery approaches
  • Ensure coherent data and integration plans
  • Shape plans for phases of application change between parallel implementation programs
• Architecture practice participation: Operate as an active member of the enterprise architecture practice. This includes:
  • Collaborate with peer architects across commercial systems, enterprise systems, data/AI, and infrastructure/security
  • Build, advocate, and participate in shared governance, architecture standards, and ways of working
  • Contribute to keeping the practice coherent and relevant as the organization's technology agenda grows in complexity

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
• Experience Requirements: 10-12 years experience in relevant field
• Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Enterprise and / or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
• Software selection, pattern definition, and product team partnership
• Integration architecture between custom / technology platform applications and enterprise resource planning systems
• Data design: Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
• Business domain expertise, such as retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, services company service delivery, and revenue management

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Additional Information Regarding Job Duties

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.

Important Information

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified. The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.