Strategic Solution Architect: Sales, PLM & Enterprise Systems

First Quality King of Prussia PA; King of Prussia (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Quality Enterprises, LLC in King of Prussia, PA is seeking a Solution Architect to lead architecture across Sales & Marketing, PLM, and related IT services. You will define 3-year functional roadmaps, craft technical roadmaps, and ensure alignment with EA standards while partnering with the Enterprise Architect.

The role requires strong experience designing enterprise solutions, managing teams, and delivering high‑level designs, reference architectures, and implementation guidelines to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT experience supporting assigned business processes.
• 7+ years of Solution Architecture experience designing enterprise level solutions.
• 5+ years of solution engineering experience building solutions under direction of established high level and architectural designs.
• 5+ years of Project Management experience or exposure.
• 5+ years of CPG Manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years of Business Process Design experience.
• 5+ years of respective technology stack experience.
• 5+ years of Enterprise Level Integration capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Establishment of 3-year strategic functional roadmaps for Sales & Marketing and PLM processes and aligned to business strategy and respective business requirements.
• Development of a supporting 3-year strategic technical roadmap to support the functional roadmap for Sales & Marketing and PLM.
• Development of solution architecture by aligning and complying with Enterprise Architecture Standards.
• Partner closely with the Enterprise Architect.
• Development of Reference Architecture Documents for the Sales & Marketing and PLM business processes and respective supporting systems.
• Establishment of High-Level Design for New Business Processes and Projects and hand over to IT Build/Engineering for Detailed Low-Level Design.
• High Level Designs include: Architectural diagrams Data Flow (logical) diagrams Reference wireframes Security architecture (in partnership with IS) Infrastructure architecture (in partnership with IT Infra).
• Direct Management of the Sales & Marketing Plan and Build teams including recruiting, team management and team growth and development.
• Develop yearly demand plans, budget and resource plans for assigned areas.
• Provide direction in terms of execution strategy including sequencing based on functional and technical dependencies.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to develop program and project plans in a proactive manner.
• Ensure all solutions are architected with BCP and DR objectives built-in.
• Development of Implementation Guidelines as well as Build/Development Standards.
• Ensuring all proposed projects have properly vetted business cases and are aligned with the 3-Year Strategic Roadmap.
• Development of Functional Specifications to hand over to the IT Build/Engineering team.
• Development of Testing Plans at the Use-Case level to ensure the solution ultimately meets business requirements.
• Create user training strategy to hand over to the IT Build/Engineering team for detailed training planning and execution.
• Provide hypercare support as needed.
• Collaborate with and support Sourcing and Vendor Management for assigned business processes.
• Develop Service Strategy and Service Design plans for newly created IT services.
• Provide L4 support as required (escalation based).
• Collaborating with business leaders and COE teams throughout the enterprise organization

Skills

Solution Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Project Management

CPG Manufacturing

Business Process Design

Stakeholder Collaboration

Team Leadership

IT Service Design

Job description

First Quality Enterprises, LLC in King of Prussia, PA is seeking a Solution Architect to lead architecture across Sales & Marketing, PLM, and related IT services. You will define 3-year functional roadmaps, craft technical roadmaps, and ensure alignment with EA standards while partnering with the Enterprise Architect.

The role requires strong experience designing enterprise solutions, managing teams, and delivering high‑level designs, reference architectures, and implementation guidelines to