Overview
The Commercial Transformation Architect will provide crucial architecture leadership across strategic transformation programmes, working closely with both business and technology stakeholders. This role involves defining target architectures, supporting technology selection, and guiding implementation approaches to ensure alignment with the broader enterprise strategy. The successful candidate will collaborate with various programme teams to enhance commercial capabilities within product management, pricing, forecasting, and replenishment.
Responsibilities
- Act as the architecture lead within a core programme team.
- Define current-state ('as-is') and target-state ('to-be') architecture.
- Shape the technology strategy and roadmap required to deliver future commercial capabilities.
- Support discovery, market engagement, procurement, and technology selection activities.
- Define technical assessment criteria and support RFP/RFI processes.
- Evaluate vendor solutions and provide technology recommendations.
- Lead architectural decisions to simplify legacy platforms and enable modernisation.
- Establish architecture governance and ensure effective decision-making.
Requirements
- Proven experience architecting commercial transformation programmes.
- Strong retail or adjacent industry experience.
- Experience across commercial domains including product, pricing, range, assortment, forecasting, and replenishment.
- Experience supporting large-scale transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of retail business capabilities and technology landscapes.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience supporting procurement and technology selection processes including RFI/RFP and vendor evaluations.