Description:
Material is seeking a seasoned Senior Solution Architect with expertise in Insights Technologies to join our dynamic team. This pivotal role focuses on the design and delivery of cutting-edge Insights solutions, incorporating advanced AI capabilities to enhance client outcomes. As a client-facing architect, you will engage with some of the most renowned brands in the industry, crafting bespoke solutions that leverage big data, analytics, and generative AI technologies.
At Material, you will be at the forefront of technological innovation in the Insights industry, working alongside top-tier experts and exciting brands. We offer a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and innovation, where your contributions will significantly impact our clients and their success.
About You
- Client-Facing, often sitting face to face with prospective customers to shape technical solutions.
- A Mentor, you lead by example and challenge others to push their boundaries.
- A Self-Starter, you’re an expert in your field but still eager to improve your skillset in the ever-evolving landscape of Omnichannel solutions.
- Collaborative, you enjoy working with several cross functional teams on a daily basis.
- An effective communicator, you have the charisma to command attention, strategize and problem-solve on your feet when needed with internal and external team members. You have a mastery of written language, able to deliver compelling technical proposals to new and existing clients.
Here’s what you’ll be doing day to day…
- Technical Solution Strategy: Create technical solutions with current clients, prospective clients and the internal team and provide innovative new ideas to create functional and attractive offerings to deliver consumer research, insights, and tracking data. You will lead the architectural design and implementation of Insight solutions, integrating AI, machine learning, and data analytics technologies for our customer’s needs.
- Cross Functional Collaboration: You will be closely engaged with client partners, strategists, and delivery engagement leaders to shape solutions towards clients explicit and latent needs. You will assess and recommend experience platform-oriented solutions, engineering solutions, and closely collaborate with a global distributed delivery team to convert client visions to reality.
- Architecting: Construct a technical architecture of multiple solutions built on top of Material’s Insights technology platforms. You will be the technical project lead for medium and large-scale projects, select and review technology frameworks and architecture used on projects. Identify, assess and solve complex business problems through in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Communicate: Articulate the transition from current to future state in consideration of the future needs of the business, security policies and requirements. Break down complex business and technical strategies and roadmaps into consumable requirements for teams to execute against.
- Conceptualize: share knowledge and thought leadership to the rest of the organization, including recommendations on technical direction as well as team professional development. Research and present new technology trends
- Estimation: participate in discovery of technical project requirements, scope and provide recommendations for phased program delivery. Create or contribute to project delivery estimations based on your recommendations and provide realistic level of effort estimations.
Your Experience & Intangible Traits:
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect, with a strong portfolio in consultative technology delivery.
- Expertise in cloud platforms, big data, analytics, and data engineering.
- Recent experience with AI and machine learning technologies, particularly in Generative AI applications.
- Comprehensive knowledge of insights, research, and tracking programs.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients and stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, cross-functional team environment.
- Willingness to travel to or be present at office locations as needed.
- Ability to methodically estimate technology execution scope of work in terms of budget and resources
- Ability to leverage existing technology tools plus additionally research and apply new and experimental technologies to achieve business goals
- Ability to translate client goals into achievable technical specifications