Senior Service​/Product Design Architect

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The Senior Service/Product Design Architect is an advanced subject matter expert, responsible for executing the relevant business unit strategy through the development of sustainable, scalable, best practice service offers.

This role works with Digital Transformation, Product lines and Operations Management to define and scope new services and service capabilities and interacts with key stakeholders including Enterprise and Solution Architecture, Delivery, Platform and our internal clients, to ensure that the design of services will meet the real needs of internal clients across a global corporate digital landscape.

• Designs and develops paper prototypes for review with internal clients and stakeholders to ensure scope and definition is feasible and viable.

• Documents Internal Service Definitions for new service offers and service capabilities.

• Facilitates ideation and design workshops to validate needs, and identify solution designs at a process, platform an organization level.

• Coordinates with other architects, designers and subject matter experts responsible for detailed solution designs.

• Ensures that designs meet the common and specific design principles to be applied to a service.

• Leverages best practices in design thinking, scaled agile, ITIL, security – to design best-of-breed service solutions.

• Conceptualizes designs by conducting detailed analysis of service design and architecture frameworks, to ensure the design is fit for purpose and meets client requirements.

• Analyzes architectural concepts and influence design decisions to ensure that they are operable, maintainable, scalable, and robust through an end-to-end lifecycle.

• Plans design activities in detail, making sure that all relevant aspects and internal client requirements are considered during service design, specifies any technical infrastructure to be created, as well as required organizational changes.

• Responsible for producing and maintaining all design documentation including RACIs and produce a service design model which is delivered to the transition phase and contains all the necessary details for all phases of the life cycle.

• Assesses architecture components and validates and verifies technical models to ensure risks are minimized and technical service designs are rolled out within the agreed service levels (SLA’s) and operating levels (OLA’s) and are fit for purpose.

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of IT industry environment and business needs.

• Advanced relationship management and demonstrated collaborative skills in working with internal and external business leaders and stakeholders.

• Advanced communication skills (verbal and written) coupled with good questioning skills.

• Advanced knowledge of systems and design thinking.

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the full software development lifecycle.

• Advanced documentation skills, in particular business requirements.

• Advanced analytical, problem solving, and research skills.

• Assertive in approach coupled with confidence in area of expertise and the ability to facilitate business conversations.

• Ability to persuade, negotiate and influence key stakeholders.

• Ability to establish and manage processes and practices through collaboration and the understanding of business.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology or Computer Science or Business…