Product Solution Architect

The Product Solution Architect is primarily responsible for the following:

• Designing technical solutions that best meets the need of the Customer and Adapt IT, while considering the available technology frameworks, skills, and resources.
• Performing technical assessments of new business opportunities, including RFPs and RFIs.
• Meet with existing and potential customers to understand their requirements and to design and document an appropriate solution.
• Support Business Development & Marketing by providing technical input to enable the generation of technical marketing material.
• Research, identify , select and test technology products required for solutions delivery.

Primary Responsibilities for the Role

Design software solutions / systems

• Ability to design, document, and communicate complex systems.
• Assess outputs from Adapt IT delivery teams to assure deliverables satisfy quality standards.
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and technical architects to devise client solutions.
• Determine technical risk and issues and suggest mitigation options.
• Outline the components required in building or enhancing a new module or system.
• Document and record designs and design decisions taken.
• Reviewing existing system architecture and recommending improvements and participating in engineering reviews to determine any ambiguities.
• Understand and can lead cloud native architectures projects.

Build solutions / systems

• Liaise with software development engineers to develop and implement design concepts that are following fundamental user requirements.
• Explain the architecture of a system and assist developers in building the proposed module or system.
• Ensuring that architectural solutions met technical and functional requirements.
• Provide supervision and guidance to development teams.
• Diagnosing issues and resolving them on demand.

Research, identify, select and test technology

• Continually researching the current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed.

Commercial feasibility

• Create solutions leveraging Adapt IT capabilities to address client needs.
• Draw up technical and commercial proposals and pricing models for innovative solutions.
• Develop ROI and economic models to justify investments in Adapt IT proposed solutions stacks.
• Prepare cost & effort estimates for a system design.
• Assess the impact of technical choices on profitability.
• Update management on product development processes, costs, and budgets.
• Lean start-up approaches to product development

Support Business Development & Marketing

• Prepare technical sales presentations including service offerings and case studies.
• Create solutions leveraging Adapt IT capabilities to address client needs
• Coordinate with Business Development to support sales objectives.
• Assist in responding to RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs.

Client engagement

• Engage with new and existing customers to collect requirements.

Key Competencies

Technical / Technology Skills

• Engineering and software architecture design.
• Project management experience.
• In-depth understanding of coding languages (Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, C#,.Net Core).
• Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases.
• IT infrastructure and cloud development.
• DevOps
• Project and Product Management
• Familiarity with Design Thinking
• Cloud native architectures

Interpersonal skills

• Uses effective interpersonal and communication skills to gain acceptance of and commitment to plans, ideas and initiatives.
• Shares important and relevant information.
• Gains the cooperation, trust and support of others.
• Seeks a win/win solution with the minimization of a compromise.
• Communicates in a positive manner resulting in action.
• Focuses energy on finding solutions rather than blaming others.
• Acknowledges others’ contributions.

Skills development

• Actively develop individual skills and abilities to fulfill a job role more effectively
• Make use of opportunities for the development of skills provided.

Strategic Effectiveness

• Views situations from multiple perspectives
• Brainstorms and evaluates multiple solutions/ approaches.
• Open-mindedness, unconstrained in thought and approach not accepting the existing status quo, views and assumptions.
• Explore multiple and diverse resources to find solutions.

Living the Values

• Ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, standards and governance requirements
• Treating all people fairly and consistently, and with dignity and respect
• Being ethical, honest and sensitive in all dealings
• Taking corrective action to address inappropriate decisions or actions

Leading Self

• Taking ownership for own performance and decisions and their impact on the business
• Demonstrating tenacity and resilience even when faced with obstacles
• Seeking opportunities for personal feedback, learning and development
• Acting decisively when tough or quick action is required

Managing Change

• Constructively challenging the status quo to improve performance
• Creating an appropriate sense of urgency for change
• Actively engaging others in the vision and purpose of change and influencing the change process
• Maintaining focus and seeing change through to completion
• Recognizing and celebrating progress in implementing change

Qualification and Experience Requirements

• 10 + years of professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.