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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 10-12 years of experience in a relevant field
- Enterprise or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
- Software selection, architecture pattern definition, and product team partnership
- Integration architecture between applications and enterprise resource planning systems
- Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
- Business domain expertise in retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, service delivery, or revenue management
What We Do
Advantage Solutions is a business consulting and services company that helps consumer packaged goods brands and retailers improve sales and market execution. Its offerings include selling to retailers, retail merchandising, omnichannel marketing, experiential sampling, private-brand strategy, retail media, and aisle/shelf optimization. The company positions itself as a strategic extension of CPG sales and marketing teams, delivering brand, retailer, and omnichannel execution services.
