The senior solution architect represents a team of high-powered solution architects in delivering optimal and strategic architecture solutions to the organization. This role is techno-functional, with strong emphasis on depth in domain and technologies as well as adept stakeholder management skills to work along with highly experienced solution architects. This role ‘contributes to / leads’ the Payments solution architecture practice for multiple geographical regions like ASIA/EMEA/LATAM.

• Own entire Payments capability architecture for different geographical regions like LATAM, ASIA etc
• Lead the Payments architecture from End to End for different domains like Loans, Trade etc.
• Represent Technology Strategy & Architecture in major programs/initiatives
• Create key aspects of the Business Case for a given solution with PM support
• Oversee and support Functional & Technical Requirements gathering
• Produce conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business, financial and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value-chains
• Author end to end high level design, including requirements traceability. Provide solutions where Strategic Architecture gaps exist.
• Ensure alignment of initiative level high and low designs against the agreed architectures and technology strategies.
• Provide continuous feedback between strategic and solutions architecture.
• Promote adherence of designs to bank policies and standards, architectural principles and guidelines.
• Promotes strong governance in larger initiatives independently
• Accountable for correct business cases like challenging the business cases, Define funding aspects for major programs, managing architecture practices for multiple domains, indirectly managing major deliveries and stakeholders.
• Manage tradeoffs between speed to market, quality and financial impact.
• Ensure adherence to the architecture governance processes and compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Accountable for partnering with key roles (e.g. project managers, LOB Execs, strategic architects etc.) from multiple domains and should be running the solution development life cycle independently
• Technical leadership and exposure across a broad scale of tools, technologies, and architecture models.
• Thought leadership in evolving and refining architecture team processes based on needs of the broader organization
• Identification, resolution and escalation of project/work related obstacles by working with relevant stakeholders
• Adapt governance and operating models to work across with other architecture teams, as well as teams outside of architecture function (vendors, delivery, testing and production support etc)
• Need to take care of leading multiple Senior solution architects as a team.

Education

• B.E. / B.Tech. / MCA

Certification if any: NA

Experience Range

• 17 – 20 Years

Foundational Skills

• 17+ years’ experience in information technology with 10+ years of financial services experience and 7+ years of technology architecture experience.
• 3+ Years of mandatory experience in Managing Payments architecture for at least one geographical region (like EMEA/ ASIA/ LATAM/ US)
• Should have been a Senior Solution architect in Wholesale banking (focus on Payments) for more than 4 years (authoring HLDs, Authoring domain blueprints, PLDs etc)
• Should have worked on Payments/Credit applications like Flexcube, Finacle, Loan IQ, GPP for at least 3 years in design or other relevant capacity.
• Delivery experience on Loan IQ / Finacle / FLEXCUBE type of applications for Credit / Payments / CASA / Deposits / Loans / Trade implementations will be an added advantage.
• Excellent written (technical) and oral communication
• Strong, proactive leadership capabilities – inspiring fellowship
• Ability to stimulate and participate in creative thinking for out-of-the-box solutions
• Resolving and influencing the positive outcome of conflicting objectives and priorities
• Ability to effectively communicate, interact with and influence Senior Technical associates, Business & Operational partners, and Executives
• Work effectively within a fast-paced, cohesive Architecture team and willing to learn fast and adapt quickly to change
• The qualified individual will have significant architectural & relevant business domain experience in:
• Financial services experience in Corporate / Wholesale Banking / Treasury / Cash Management
• Translating complex concepts into multiple architectural “views” aimed at varying audiences.
• Broad based IT knowledge and experience (Hardware, Financial Software, Middleware, Databases)
• Application development knowledge and experience (Distributed Services, Design, Analysis)
• Industry best practices in architectural methodologies and standards (e.g., Zachman, TOGAF, Rational Unified Process, IEEE-1471, etc…)
• Quality & productivity methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, TQM, CMM, etc…)
• Interpreting business needs and applying innovative technology solutions.
• Governance and oversight processes for managing alignment of change to strategic goals.

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated architecture leadership in mentoring architects, articulate and negotiation skills in espousing merits of solution to business and technical teams