Senior Solutions Architect with Product Management - REMOTE

We currently have a career opportunity for a Senior Solutions Architect - Product Management to join our team.

Job Overview:

Perficient has a career opportunity for a Senior Solutions Architect to join our Product Development business unit and help us work with organizations on their product operating model transformations and strategic initiatives. This Senior Solutions Architect role will be a strategic role within the Perficient organization working on best practices and execution of the Product Operating Model (POM). They will work with clients to define their strategic initiatives, product roadmaps and/or transformation models.  

The Senior Solutions Architect role will focus on leading client interactions with stakeholders and leaders, understanding where the organization is today in their journey and putting together a plan for transformation and optimization.  This role will be a product and people leader, mentor, coach and strategic thinker.  

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

• Engage with stakeholders, clients, and product teams to document current state and/or understand opportunities for transformation
• Lead in defining assessments or recommendations to get from current state to the next state, as needed
• Interview and document current state needs
• Create, compile and maintain best practice documentation and forum (Center of Excellence) that can be utilized with global colleagues and as a reference point for future engagements
• Lead the vision for transformation opportunity and change management 
• Develop deep knowledge of users, formulating hypotheses & advocating product direction and roadmap
• Act as the subject matter expert for your product; including awareness of the related technology stack and how the market and our customers use and extract business value from your product(s)
• Assess risks and benefits of product enhancements and gain alignment with stakeholders, clients, and product managers
• Analyze product metrics and define continuous improvement initiatives to increase the Product’s business value
• Introduce new approaches and tool sets that will allow the product development team to better understand the solution criteria and requirements

• 15+ years of working experience in Product Management (Product Owner, Product Manager, Product Leader, Coach)
• 2+ years of consulting industry experience, with strong relationship management, and account management experience
• Highly proficient in collaborating with project stakeholders, end-users, business partners, and technical team members to deliver high quality products
• Experience working directly with creative team members and development engineers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Concrete understanding of Agile principles, scaled agile methodologies and Product Operating Model 
• Ability to define high-level business objectives and drive product roadmaps
• Comfort engaging with executive stakeholders in dialogue regarding product vision and business enablement
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Experience with identifying and reporting on key performance indicators to help visualize efficacy of product enhancements
• Expertise in product backlog tools such as Rally, Jira or DevOps

The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $92,118 to $202,730. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any potential equity or variable bonus programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in this