IM Solution Architect HR Time NH (Workforce Software)

Job Req ID

7043

Closing Date

31 January 2025

OME

CML: Information Management 

Location

Global

Purpose of Job

Solution Architect of Time is the vital link between IM and business through supporting and ensuring the successful completion of analysis, design, building, testing and deployment tasks of a software product’s features. The responsibilities of the role ranges from eliciting requirements and refining them through an iterative process of planning, defining acceptance criteria, prioritising, developing and reviewing the results, to translating the requirements into technical plans and implementations. Throughout the iterative planning and analysis of requirements, the Solution Architect of Time must constantly ensure that the features requested by the requestor align with the business priorities and vision of the Product Owner, especially as the business evolves and changes over time. The Solution Architect works closely with the Product Owner early in the Demand process and brings in the technology considerations and opportunities in the demand evaluation. They contribute technology perspectives to changes in strategy, vision, or approaches in the wider organisation to ensure alignment of the Technology landscape with business strategy and technology investment. The Solution Architect of Time architects and designs comprehensive solutions that meet business needs by translating those needs into solution specific architecture and designs to create solutions that are aligned to the Product Owner’s vision as well as to IM’s architecture standards, principles and common solutions and services, while meeting financial targets. They collaborate with the Product Manager and the development & configuration resources, overseeing the delivery of designs all the way through to transitioning into production and supporting ongoing and regular reviews of delivery performance. The Solution Architect of Time also contributes into high level roadmaps for solutions, participates in solution evaluation and selection, recommends buy vs. build decisions, and provides early-phase project estimates which contribute to the business case and re-evaluate benefits realisation as required. They ensure that the solution integrates into the existing IM environment, whilst validating that they are fit for purpose and sustainable to operate.

Key Accountabilities

• Build and manage trusted relationships with stakeholders to encourage sharing of information to leverage technology and innovation.

• Support Time and Project Teams regarding architecture related concerns and direction, as well as alignment to overall IT strategy

• Support the Product Owner in their various responsibilities, such as developing and implementing a product roadmap of initiatives that is aligned to business strategy and gathering high-level requirements and slicing them down into user stories to fit sprint delivery cycles.

• Design and document architectures and processes by translating specific business requirements, constraints and dependencies into high-level and detailed technical designs (e.g. Conceptual Architecture, Solution Architecture and Solution Design) that satisfy customer expectations and technology standards.

• Make recommendations for target architecture, architecture strategy and vision as well as process changes, and gain acceptance and buy-in for them.

• Work closely with to Time and Project Teams to support clear and complete understanding of the requirements, design, architecture, and alignment to the vision.

• Contribute to analysis and evaluation of business needs, product capabilities, and costs & benefits of the solution (including performing a value assessment for each portfolio demand).

• Design architecture components, including design and documentation of architecture relevant system or software changes or enhancements to all assigned systems, as well as the integrations to systems within and outside the portfolio.

• Work with developers to support clear and complete understanding of the designs as the solution is developed, and demo the system functionality after each iteration of incremental development to Product Owner.

• Work with the Quality Engineer to ensure all Non-Functional Requirements and other technical considerations are included in the test cases.

• Work with the BPM team and business process owners to design processes as required, to align with new solutions including determining the workflow, equipment needs and implementation requirements for the process at hand.

• Work with other designers and architects to make sure that the architecture components interact to fulfil the requirements and meet performance goals.

• Develop prototypes with the Time Team to evaluate solution options.

• Contribute to Sustainable Architecture Practices.

• Adopt key frameworks such as Portfolio Agile New Ways of Work, E2D, Sustainable Architecture and Business Analysis & Architecture Chapters, as well as IM tools such as ServiceNow ITBM and Azure DevOps when applicable.

• Participate in the planning and organisation of people, infrastructure, communications and material components of a Product or Service, in order to improve its quality, the interaction between the Product/Service and customers and the customer's experience.

• Identify opportunities for increasing efficiencies and productivity, contributing to Sasol overall cost efficiency objectives.

Formal Education

Min Experience

6+ relevant years

Workforce Software certification

Multilingual, Italian would be advantageous

Certification (Would be an advantage)

• Certified SAFe® Architect

• Certified SAFe® Program Consultant

• Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager

Required Personal and Professional Skills