Platform Solution Architect Manager

**Unilever is hiring a Platform Solution Architect Manager.**

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work you do - creating a better business and a better world. We are looking for talent who would like to join us on this exciting journey.

Our **world technology **team is embarking on an incredible journey, we are looking for a person with an **analytical profile** for our Platform Solution Architect Manager position**.**

If you are a **proactive, curious, consultant and critical thinking** person we would love to have you on our team

**What can you expect from the role?**

**Lead and Influence**
- Partner with CE&T leaders to understand priorities and opportunities for improvement through technology-led initiatives.
- Work closely with Customer Enterprise Architects to review and approve all new projects demand in line with Unilever strategies.
- Maintaining a strategic awareness of technology relevant to Unilever and facilitating relationships with technology vendors on their roadmaps as input to Unilever’s strategic IT position and Destination Architecture.
- Co-develop CE&T Technology roadmaps in line with strategic Core Technology direction, thereby improving demand visibility and full investment lifecycle.

**Solution Architect**
- Manage the Solution Architecture team to design platform solutions based on the Enterprise Architecture guidelines & principles in line with the Business requirements.
- Manage technical vendors engagement to understand detailed implementation of each technology that is part of the platform ecosystem.
- Co-Own the platform architecture landscape and collaborate with Enterprise Architects to define the architecture roadmap.
- Co-Work with Enterprise Architects to influence strategic vendor product roadmaps and define implementation plans for features.
- Co-Work with Business Architect, Product Lines and business teams to review technology and new capabilities opportunities.
- Lead technical implementations and monitoring the security aspect as relevant to the business platform.
- Co-Setting the technology strategy for each product (e.g. at a high level whether to replace, innovate, operate & enhance, maintain, and decommission).
- Lead Level 4 of support at the business-as-usual operations teams to support IT services stability.

**Does that look like you?**
- _ Complete bachelor’s degree._
- _ Team Management Skills_
- Experience as Solution Architecture Manager with vast and successful experience leading a Solution Architecture team.
- Experience designing solutions for ‘Customer Experience’ business function (Trade Promotion Management, Retails and Execution, and Customer Relationship Management) using Salesforce platform.
- Experience Architecting, Supporting and Managing one of the key ‘Salesforce Platform’ (Sales/Service, or Consumer Good, or Commerce, or Marketing) clouds.
- Desired Salesforce Architect Certification _
- _Salesforce Data Architecture and Management Designer_
- _ Sharing and Visibility Designer Salesforce_
- _ Salesforce Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer_
- _ Salesforce Certified Application Architect_
- _ Salesforce Certified System Architect_
- _ Salesforce Technical Architect_
- _ Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect_
- _ Salesforce Integration Architect_

**Why Unilever?**

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work you do - creating a better business and a better world. You'll work on brands that are loved and that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You'll lead innovations, big and small, that will grow our business and win. You will learn from brilliant leaders and colleagues who provide guidance and inspiration so you can become a better person.