Job Description
External Job Description
Level: Senior Management Level
Reports To: The Lead Solutions Architect
Context of the role
Diageo Business Services (DBS) is a multi-functional global shared services function, created to further improve business efficiency and empower our markets to focus on our commercial growth.
We have transformed how we deliver services to the markets:
Single point of responsibility to manage relationships, shape demand, & manage service and outcome delivery
Standardized business service lines to drive efficiency and scalability
Insight-focused business analytics service
Market outcome focused services, underpinned by efficient IT process management
More control, cost efficiency and transparency of application delivery
One DBS strategy supported by strategic multi-year financial goals and modelling
Transparent /differentiated pricing to drive standardization and year-on-year efficiency improvements
Within DBS, Diageo has a Global ‘Enterprise Architecture’ group with responsibility to Simplify, Optimise and Digitise Diageo.
Role Description
The ‘Regional Solutions Architect’ roles will report into the Lead, Solution Architecture and will be focused on engaging project teams and Enterprise Architects in designing technical solutions in support of Diageo’s business and technical initiatives. The roles available cover the following areas:
Solution Architect – NAM (North America)
Solution Architect – LAC (Latin America & Caribbean)
Solution Architect – APAC (Asia Pacific)
Solution Architect – Europe
Solution Architect – Africa
Leadership Responsibilities
Each ‘Solutions Architect’ role will be responsible for:
Partnering with the relevant IS BRM organization to identify and design technical solutions across a range of technologies/platforms/providers
Provide thought leadership to challenge and influence all technical designs to best leverage the capabilities of our platforms
Continual expansion of your architecture knowledge, constantly seeking ways to broaden exposure to the latest and greatest trends and developments in the technology space
Tightly Integrating With The Rest Of Enterprise Architecture, Including
Analytics architecture
Platform architecture
Technical architecture to ensure all solutions are designed in accordance with the Diageo reference architecture
Qualifications and Experience
Demonstrated broad working knowledge of relevant technologies for each role including, but not limited to: SAP, Office 365, CRM, WorkDay, SaaS, PaaS, mobile device integration, single sign-on, etc.
Demonstrated expertise delivering solutions involving different categories of data (structured, semi-structured, unstructured). Demonstrated architecture experience with web or portal based solutions. Demonstrated experience championing, designing, and implementing innovative solutions to problems.
Knowledge and experience with architecting, designing and implementing large scale IS programs.
Experience with technical design (application, information, integration and infrastructure)
Knowledge and experience with architecting, designing and implementing cloud-based solutions
10 years demonstrated experience successfully delivering information technologies business solutions for large-scale global applications across multiple hardware and software platforms
Some experience of implementing or utilizing relevant integration platforms including BODS, SAP PO, or comparable. Leading solution design during all phases of development and deployment.
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