Data Platform Engagment Architect

Job Description

Job Description:

The Engagement Architect will play a crucial role in engaging directly with businesses to gather requirements and act as a key account manager for the platform team within a region. This role involves understanding business needs, providing technical solutions, and ensuring the successful implementation of platform services.

Job Level Descriptor:

• Has moderate to extensive knowledge and experience in pre-sales and technical architecture.
• Performs a range of assignments, developing towards full accountability for business objectives.
• Builds knowledge of the company, processes, and customers by leading projects or project steps within a broader project.
• Typically resolves problems using existing solutions but may also solve complex problems with new perspectives.
• Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction.
• Can be a Line Manager for Business Operations and T1 roles (up to 3).

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with business stakeholders to gather and understand requirements.
• Act as a key single point of contact for the platform team, ensuring alignment with business needs (outside support requests).
• Provide technical solutions and architectural guidance to support business objectives.
• Partner with Product Managers and Platform domain leads on continuous improvement and lifecycle management.
• Participate in the design of new processes, services, and products for the platform.
• Liaise with other functional areas within D&A to ensure consistent cross-functional business process design.
• Provide supervision and guidance to development teams around current product and services design.
• Support operations in complex and high-impact issues as they arise.
• Advocate and enforce applicable standards, policies, procedures, and best practices in the implementation and maintenance of the platform.
• Assist with platform portfolio lifecycle activities and drive sustainable solutions to maximize the value contribution of D&A to the business.

What are we looking for?

• Strong business process knowledge around D&A capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to seek highly automated solutions and new approaches to work.
• Experience in design authority roles and ensuring strong governance on solution delivery.
• Technical and functional knowledge in data and analytics.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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