Associate Solutions Architect (GTM)

Job Description:
Thomson Reuters is currently implementing a number of large enterprise transformation programmes, to fundamentally transform our Lead to Support processes. As part of this, end to end solutions architect roles to enable different commercial services to be onboarded through both digital channels as well as through our enterprise Platforms are critical to our success.
As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter. Whether solving for today’s challenges or tomorrow’s aspirations, you will work with the industry’s brightest thinkers on diverse projects, creating next-generation solutions that deliver powerful results. As the world’s leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business—and your career.
Key Responsibilities:
Be a Technical Leader: Research and recommend technical standards and best practices. Work with technology teams and beyond to realise their implementation
Be an efficient Stakeholder Manager: collaborate and engage with external and internal stakeholders such as business teams, product owners, project management in defining roadmap for products and processes. Act as point of contact in resolving stakeholder issues
Be a Decision Maker: make quick and effective date driven decisions, with good problem solving and analytical skills to infer qualitative and quantitative data, and roll out strategy that aligns with company goals
Be a Team Player – ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented environment, share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross functional and remote teams
Be Curious & Innovative – continuously update yourself with next generation technology, development tools, and contribute to process development practices
Be an Agile Person – with strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines.
Be an Effective Communicator – ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues, and share ideas, participate in peer-reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills. Work with the business owners to translate requirements into actionable architectures.
Architecture Strategy & Roadmap - define and update solution roadmaps for the architectures in which you are involved
Architecture design for future and existing enterprise transformation programmes, ensure that technology components used fit with the overall technology strategy. Ensure also that the architecture is communicated, understood and adhered to.
Architecture Governance – work as part of the Design Authority structure , work vendor partners and participate in the Solution Review board to ensure that solutions are governed appropriately.
Required Qualifications:
Have a wide variety of Solutions Architecture experience – across multiple business contexts
Have consulting experience with a strong track record at a leading IT consultancy or large corporate
Have experience working with agile teams and methodologies and globally distributed teams.
Have Solid experience techniques in the following areas: key features and capabilities provided by the market leading CRM and Self Service platforms, integration of CRM to Self Service platforms, integration of CRM to ERP, Middleware and Web Content Management Systems, and application security best practice.
Have a solid track record of experience within Blue Chip clients
Ideally have a Development/Systems background with experience across the full project lifecycle
Have experience in developing solution architectures, preparing and maintaining Business process, Data Model, system, sequence and process flow diagrams.
Preferred Qualifications:
Have experience in working with diverse teams, including multi country and company teams
Have experience managing or directing work of others to contribute to a shared goal
Have strong interpersonal and communication skills
Have a self-motivated, proactive mindset
Have an organized and methodical approach
Experience in defining target architecture designs and roadmaps
Experience in data migration between systems and be able to analyze and support in addressing the application performance issues
Required degree level (BA/BSc/MSc/BEng/MEng) in a Technical/Business discipline
Preferred – certification in TOGAF or other architecture framework
Creates and oversees the architectural design of small to medium sized projects consistent with long term IT strategy.
Ensures the architecture is communicated, understood and adhered to by the project team.
Works on multiple projects and manages time effectively, proactively assessing risk and dependencies
Partners with peer architects on large projects to provide ongoing architecture oversight throughout the development lifecycle, after the overall architecture has been developed and communicated.
Evaluates and recommends emerging trends in software design and development strategies and evaluate their use in the development environment.
Evaluates and makes recommendations for buy versus build decisions.
Ensures consistency with architectural standards for assigned projects.
Provides and/or collaborates on design recommendations, application development constructs and integration solutions.
Writes design specifications and other technical documentation
Demonstrates design and technology approaches via prototypes
Acts as an expert for a specific technology domain.
May have a small team of technical specialists to coach and/or manage.
Troubleshoots and resolves a variety of complex problems and technical issues taking a holistic and preventive perspective across systems and technologies.
Technical lead or part of technical team in project planning sessions with senior clients, business analysts, and team members to analyze development requirements and provides design recommendations for complex systems.
Supports and champions technical change initiatives.
Identifies technical risks and supports mitigation.
Communicates solutions, technical designs through formal and informal means to business unit executives, technology management, peers and development staff, and other colleagues.
Partners with project manager(s) to incorporate technical dimension to project status reports and communicates timely and accurate status information to project leaders.
Collaborates in setting development guidelines.
Reviews technical designs to ensure compliance to standards.
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What’s in it For You?
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and