Senior Manager - Product Architect - Global

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled software product architect role to lead the technical vision for our global digital factory product suite. You will be responsible for designing resilient, cloud-native architectures that support localized requirements (Electronics, Capital Equipment, Aerospace & Defense, Health Tech, Industrial for both manufacturing and repair&services businesses) while maintaining a unified global core. You will collaborate with IT & Business leader stakeholders, Product Management, and Software Engineering leads across multiple time zones to transform market needs into scalable technical blueprints.

This is a permanent, strategic position. Following the successful delivery of the modernization project, you will take ownership of our global product architecture, ensuring our ecosystem remains at the cutting edge and scaling these solutions across markets.

Global Scalability: Design and oversee the implementation of multi-region, distributed systems that ensure high availability and performance across the globe.

Standardization: Define "The Way We Build"—establishing architectural patterns, API standards, and security protocols that engineering teams must follow globally.

Modernization: Lead the transition from legacy monoliths to modern, agentic, or microservices-based architectures where appropriate.

Roadmap Influence: Work with Global Product Heads to assess the technical feasibility of new features and provide "cost-to-build" vs. "buy" analyses.

Market Localization: Architect systems that handle complex internationalization and localization requirements, including regional data residency laws and currency/tax complexities.

Technical Mentorship: Serve as the "Architect of Architects," mentoring regional leads and fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Vendor Management: Evaluate and select third-party platforms and AI/ML integrations that align with the long-term product vision.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate directly with factory floor managers and business leads to document "as-is" processes and define "to-be" requirements.

Communication: Distill complex technical trade-offs into business-impact narratives for non-technical executive stakeholders.

Legacy Discovery: Deep-dive into existing on-premise/On-cloud applications (Visual Basic 6.0, Oracle DB, .NET Core, Azure App Services, Azure SQL, Postgres DB) and complex local applications, VB/Java scripts understand its rules and data dependencies.

Architectural Design: Design a comprehensive, cloud-native or on premises target architecture leveraging mainly the Microsoft Stack (Azure Functions, Logic Apps, SQL, .NET 8+, Power Platform). But could expand to other cloud technologies.

Migration

Roadmap:

Develop a phased project plan that addresses data migration, risk mitigation, and parallel running strategies to ensure zero disruption to manufacturing.

Technical writer: Document the system architecture, its functionalities, business logics

Modern Stack: Expert-level experience in C# / .NET
, Azure Cloud Services (App Services, Service Bus, Data Factory), and SQL Server
.

Legacy Fluency: Proven ability to read and interpret VB6 code and Excel VBA/Macros
. Experience querying and migrating from IBM DB2 is a good plus

Data Modeling: Strong experience in relational database design and transitioning from legacy schemas to modernized, performance-optimized cloud data models.

Dev Ops: Familiarity with Azure Dev Ops for CI/CD, version control, and project tracking.

Experience: 12+ years in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a principal or architectural leadership role for a global SaaS product.

Technical Depth: Mastery of cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP), event-driven architectures, and modern data modeling.

Systems Design: Proven track record of designing systems that handle millions of concurrent users across different geographic regions.

Compliance Knowledge: Deep understanding of global regulatory landscapes, including GDPR (Europe), CCPA (USA), and PIPL (China).

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