Emerging Blue, Inc.
http://www.emergingblue.com
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Solutions Architect, IT
San Leandro, CA 94577 US
Posted: 05/25/2023
2023-05-25
2023-07-07
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Category: Operations
Job Number: NJ209348525
Job Description
IT Solution Architect
How exciting! Are you a forward thinker, always curious about what could be done to elevate and drive organizations higher and faster, creating and transforming technology to enable your clients to be better at what they do? You will be a leader in our growth journey as we create the Torani of the future. As the solution architect, you will develop and lead all cross-functional transformative technology program solutions. You are team member-focused, technology savvy, enthusiastic, and passionate about rolling out world-class IT solutions and systems integrations. As a senior member of the leadership team, you will bring IT program management discipline to the organization, technology implementation best practices, collaborate with all the stakeholders, budget and resource planning, risk mitigation, ability to communicate with different levels of the organization and be able to drive multiple projects simultaneously. You’re entrepreneurial and resourceful and can build (solutions) and ideate with a scrappy budget.
Success Criteria: (12-18 months)
Entrepreneurial Mindset
- An entrepreneurial spirit, independent with creative thinking, and thoughtful leadership through collaboration, not authority
- Create and build process and procedures for maintaining program(s) oversite and decision making
- Create conversations around change management that inspires continuous improvement, transformation, and adoption
Business Stakeholder Leadership
- Proactively and authentically establish and nurture relationships with critical business and technology stakeholders to achieve strategic organizational goals
- Facilitate, influence, and drive alignment among key stakeholders on budget, prioritization decision-making, scope, risks, and communication plan
- Proven experience in selecting the “right fit” technology solutions, working closely with the business and technology leaders, and driving successful implementation
- Drive and present a highly cross-functional program portfolio to senior leadership
Technology Solution Architecture & Program Delivery Management
- Drive software selection that meets business success criteria and fits into IT architecture. WMS, Regional Distribution Centers solutions, and eCommerce integration are a few strategic initiatives.
- Define architectural best practices and maintain IT enterprise architecture.
- Understand systems architecture and technology roadmaps and derive individual project plans from the department roadmap with a clear understanding of the inter-program/technology dependency
- Ability to run technology selection process engaging stakeholders and leveraging proven software selection RFP methodologies
- Develop and execute plans to progress the program’s maturity across multiple programs and with defined dependencies. Track and measure the success of the program
- Have a deep understanding and knowledge of IT Program Management and Project Management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Kanban, Scrum)
- Provide timely communication and drive awareness of the program across the company.
- Manage program and individual program OPEX and CAPEX budget, actuals. Provide monthly report.
- Run daily project standup meetings. Develop weekly reports.
Have Fun
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of technology implementation IT architecture and program management
- Good understanding of IT services (ITIL) and systems architecture
- Build and manage $2M-5M program resources and budget
- Worked with Onshore/Offshore resources
- Change management savvy
- A broad understanding of Supply Chain, Manufacturing, eCommerce, and Marketing is a plus
- Should be hands-on with project CAPEX and OPEX management
- Good hold on the use of MS Excel
- Hands-on with Tableau is a big plus
- Preferred PMP Certification
Salary Range: $153,000 - $187,000
Meet Your Recruiter
Britt Noyes
Britt has over 8 years of retail management experience. People are her passion and she has invested her time and focus on finding, developing, and supporting those in the fashion retail arena.