Solutions Architect - Web Platforms, Location: Johannesburg Metro, Type: Permanent, Company: Recruit Digital. Position summary and primary objectives.

Solution architect: technical platform services establishes and maintains value-stream aligned solution architect and business analysis capabilities, aligned to appropriate enterprise standards, best practices and methodologies.

Major duties and responsibilities: Responsible for establishing value-stream and product aligned solution architecture including business process management to support the rapid design, delivery, and improvement of digital products for Managed Service value streams.

Embed a capability where products are designed and architected with the user experience at its heart-driven from a customer journey and service perspective for Managed Service value stream

Ensure solutions are designed in line with the Global OpCo Enterprise Architecture roadmaps, aligned to appropriate best practices, standards and methodologies for Managed Service value stream.

Support product management teams to identify the value of products being delivered in the context of the product roadmaps for Managed Service value streams. Act as the escalation route for technical delivery issues, and support technical conversations with senior business stakeholders in Managed Service value stream.

Implement, maintain and monitor standards, controls, processes and solutions to minimise business and IT risk, ensuring compliance with all Legal and Regulatory requirements and standards for Managed value strea.

Work experience required. Proven leadership capability. Strong understanding of the value-streams and digital products. Thorough working knowledge of solution design, architecture industry standards, and business analysis. Strong familiarity with quality management concepts and their application. Customer-centricity. Ability to influence stakeholders on the choices around process, product and solution design. Skills and core competencies. Relentless focus on process optimisation by leveraging multiple tools, including: technology, lean, automation, sourcing, etc.

Continually provide professional challenge to the status quo Focused on disruption to instigate innovation in products and services. Evangelist for ideation, innovation, experimentation, and rapid prototyping of digital solutions. Actively promotes new ways of working that drive agility, speed, and design-thinking. A champion for cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teaming. Continually apply a digital lens to business and value-stream strategies and requirements. Relentless focus on process optimisation by leveraging multiple tools, including: technology, lean, automation, sourcing, etc.

Ryan Mc Dougall: ryan.921C81DA9.0@applythis.net