Director, CPQ Architect

The Role:

Director, CTO Architect

We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.

This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

The Digital Transformation Office is a function critical to the continued success and growth of Pure Storage. Its charter encompasses driving growth and faster business outcomes through IT.

We are seeking a highly skilled, visionary Principal IT Technologist with a proven track record of thought leadership, deep technical mastery, and strong business acumen to join our dynamic IT organization at an IC6 level. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role where the individual will serve as the lead technical and functional architect, spearheading transformative, cross‑functional projects across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate will possess end‑to‑end depth and breadth, specifically experienced in designing, building, and implementing a modern Configure‑to‑Order (CTO) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) platform and driving its seamless, robust integration across the entire quote‑to‑cash process—all the way through Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

• CTO/CPQ Architectural Leadership:
  Serve as the principal architect for the end‑to‑end CTO/CPQ solution, partner with product management and engineering teams, define the technical roadmap, select appropriate technologies, and guide implementation to ensure scalability, performance, and alignment with future business models.
• Cross‑Functional Solution Design:
  Design and govern the integration architecture between CPQ, CRM, ERP (Finance, Fulfillment), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), and Order Management Systems, ensuring master data consistency and seamless transaction flow from quote generation to order fulfillment and invoicing.
• Complex Configuration & Pricing Modeling:
  Define sophisticated, data‑driven product and service models, Bill of Materials (BOM) structures, advanced configuration rules, and compatibility/dependency logic, enabling commercial teams to accurately configure and price complex, customized solutions.
• Governance and Standardization:
  Establish best practices for configuration rule authoring, maintenance, and deployment, standardizing data constructs for one‑time purchases, subscriptions, and service models to ensure high data quality and a single source of truth for product definition.
• Strategic Initiative Execution:
  Partner with execution teams of major transformative projects, migrating existing legacy systems and business processes to the new CTO paradigm, minimizing disruption and maximizing business value.
• Operational Enablement:
  Architect the CPQ system for high maintainability and autonomy, specifically during high‑velocity periods such as New Product Introduction (NPI), allowing business operations and administrative teams to manage product life cycles and configuration changes with minimal IT dependency.
• Work Environment:
  Proactively work from the office location in compliance with Pure’s policies unless on approved leave.

• Education:
  
  Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related quantitative/technical field.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in IT, with significant emphasis on designing, implementing, and managing large‑scale enterprise applications and integrated platforms.
• Domain Knowledge:
  Deep practical understanding of critical business processes such as Go‑to‑Market (GTM) strategies, Subscription and Recurring Revenue Management, and end‑to‑end ERP/Order‑to‑Cash processes.

• CPQ & Master Data:
  Experienced with various CTO data constructs and leveraging master data to power the CPQ platform.
• Architecture & Rules:
  Ability to define data‑driven configuration architecture, including rules engine and…