Staff Architect

We are looking for a new Staff Architect to join our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Unit at Sage, giving you the opportunity to lead our technology vision and strategy to enable our customers to thrive – delivering long-term commercial objectives and overarching growth plans.

With our partners, Sage is trusted by millions of customers worldwide to deliver the best cloud technology and support. Our years of experience mean that our colleagues and partners understand how to serve our customers and communities through the good, and more challenging times. This role will allow you to become an integral part of our ongoing success, whilst also having a resounding impact in all high-level design and architectural blueprints from conception.

Scaling the ERP Business Unit is essential to the success of Sage’s goals of, Leading the market in the US & UKIA, Make In-Life Sage’s biggest growth engine, Unlock productivity & insights for SMBs with Sage Copilot and Unleash the power of the Sage Network for customers.

Reporting to the SVP Product ERP Business Unit, as the ERP Business Unit Staff Architect you will be accountable for understanding the technology landscape, technology and customer drivers and translating them into technical innovation and architecture guidelines as well as the future of our new ERP framework.

With a variety of diverse projects in early stages, in this role you will be the focal point of an array of different Sage products from an architectural perspective – driving best-practice and documentation among our broader Architect’s Guild alongside this.

This is a hybrid role – 3 days per week from our Winnersh office.

What you will be doing:

1. Creating, defining, articulating, and executing a compelling technology vision and strategy for Sage’s ERP Solutions, leading the communication of the vision internally and externally.
2. Supporting collaborative relationships with core and 3rd party integration development partners.
3. Focusing on collaboration with the ERP BU leaders to define shared services and execution plans for delivery of shared capabilities.
4. Driving visibly high levels of collaboration and engagement across peer group and the Product Leadership Team.
5. Defining and operationalising requirements for business operations in partnership with IT function.
6. Seizing all opportunities to influence the future direction of an organizational unit or the overall business.

Requirements:

1. You must be a subject matter expert in software engineering with a broad expertise in multiple development languages and disciplines.
2. Have a demonstrable passion for technology including Cloud, Social, Mobile and Analytics in B2B space – while keeping knowledge in these areas up to date!
3. Be an inspirational leader, with strong mentoring, coaching and motivational skills as well as having the experience and ability to build a great culture which enables colleague success.
4. You will have a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.
5. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills are crucial.
6. Significant commercial experience in a similar or relevant role would be advantageous.
7. Broad M&A experience across acquisition, JV and disposal would also be desirable.

Technical / Professional Qualifications:

1. University Degree.
2. Masters / MBA desirable.

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