[Remote] Solution Architect Leader (Managing Director)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RSM US LLP is the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, empowering clients and employees to realize their full potential. The Solution Architect Leader is a strategic and operational leader responsible for architecting and driving the technical ecosystem and solutions of the firm, leading a team of solution architects to ensure that architecture supports continuous delivery, scalability, and business agility. Responsibilities • Provide visionary leadership to a team of solution architects, cultivating a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability • Establish and champion a robust community of practice, facilitating the exchange of architectural patterns, best practices, and emerging innovations across cross-functional teams • Collaborate proactively with delivery and resource management leaders to optimize team capacity, capability planning, and resource allocation • Exemplify lean-agile leadership, fostering an environment that values experimentation, transparency, and continuous improvement • Align solution architecture strategies with the organization’s long-term business objectives, ensuring that technical roadmaps are synchronized with evolving business priorities • Lead and govern architectural decision-making processes, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment with enterprise standards • Facilitate and lead architecture governance forums, balancing intentional design with emergent innovation to drive sustainable business value • Develop and maintain a robust architectural runway, enabling the rapid deployment of future features and capabilities while minimizing technical debt • Direct and oversee comprehensive solution design initiatives, ensuring seamless alignment with enterprise architecture principles and standards • Ensure the creation, maintenance, and accessibility of high-quality architecture artifacts, including solution intents, non-functional requirements, enablers, and reusable design patterns • Drive the adoption of DevOps practices and continuous delivery pipelines, leveraging modular, API-first, and cloud-native architectures to enhance scalability and agility • Champion enterprise-wide integration and data-driven design, utilizing APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures to enable robust, scalable, and secure solutions • Foster seamless collaboration between solution architects, product management, release train engineers, and delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment with program increments and business objectives • Lead and actively participate in PI Planning sessions, articulating architectural vision, identifying critical enablers, and supporting effective backlog prioritization • Ensure architectural practices are fully aligned with SAFe principles, promoting flow, cadence, synchronization, and continuous feedback for optimal delivery efficiency • Establish and monitor key architectural performance indicators (KPIs), including runway health, solution alignment, delivery velocity, and technical debt reduction, to drive continuous improvement and value realization Skills • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline • Demonstrated mastery of cloud platforms (e.g., Azure), API management frameworks, and advanced data architecture principles • In-depth understanding of Agile and SAFe methodologies, including solution intent, architectural enablers, system architect roles, and the development of architectural runway • Proficiency in leading architecture within recognized frameworks (TOGAF, SAFe, Zachman) and applying Agile delivery best practices • Comprehensive knowledge of cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and governance requirements for enterprise-scale digital solutions • Strategic thinker able to align technology and architecture with measurable business outcomes • Skilled communicator and influencer, capable of bridging business, product, and technology perspectives • Collaborative mindset with a commitment to continuous learning, lean thinking and incremental improvement • Proven success aligning architecture runway with product, program and portfolio objectives • Proven success in reducing architecture bottlenecks • Demonstrated maturity of architecture through measurable SAFe adoption metrics and architectural governance outcomes • Minimum of 12 years of progressive architecture experience, including 5+ years in architecture leadership roles • Proven success implementing or operating within a Scaled Agile or lean portfolio management environment • Experience leading architecture for complex, enterprise-scale digital transformations in professional services or similar industries • Expert at stakeholder management • Strong people leader – able to coach, inspire and develop technical talent in an agile environment Benefits • Flexibility in your schedule • Discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance Company Overview • Stay Alert: Avoid Recruitment Scams Across industries, cybercriminals are posing as company recruiters using fake job postings and employment offers to trick people into providing personal information or payment. It was founded in 1926, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Apply tot his job