Who We Are

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world's best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible-and unlocking your potential to advance the world. Our team called Global Services (GS) provides corporate support to business areas such as Finance, Legal, HR, Marketing and IT. This diverse team of experts, operators and specialists represent all levels from Partner to entry level staff, operating across the globe in multiple countries. Global Services is in short, the backbone of BCG.

What You'll Do

To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. Delivering our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. We are looking for people who are passionate about Agile ways of working and want to spread this approach within our teams and business processes. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead in defining standards and guardrails of working and developing expertise within the portfolio. As portfolio architect you will define and design technology solutions that optimize our solutions for rapid innovation whilst also making sure we manage risks such as cyber security and operational resilience. You will act as pioneer, thought leader, problem solver, and be sought out for your expertise by product and engineering teams, enabling them to go faster, safely, and avoid the pitfalls of inflexible solutions that are hard to change and stifle innovation.In your role you will bridge enterprise architecture and engineering and will own the design of one or more products and solutions within the Legal portfolio. Using proven BCG's DDP architecture framework to identify, own and advance the digital transformation in the portfolio. You will optimize against many requirements such as functional needs, quality attributes (e.g., security, usability), cost, sustainability, and enterprise-wide goals (e.g., cloud and API enablement). You document architecture views and deliver architecture artefacts required by the delivery process and enable teams to maximize automation in the CI/CD pipeline.Moreover, you will be a hands-on participant in architecture proof of concepts, innovation initiatives, and performance tuning activities. Researching/analyzing emerging technologies, as well as designing and advocating new technologies, architectures, and products in collaboration with system and service owners is part of your profile. Same is true for identifying risks within proposed solution architectures and developing mitigation plans, ensuring that solution architectures are scalable and sustainable for operations. You propose architectural epics and stories to implement the architectural runway and clear technical debt, document quality attributes in epics & stories, and define acceptance criteria.

What You'll Bring

Education and CertificationsBachelor's degree in information science, data management, computer science or related field.15+ years of relevant experience in IT architecture with strong technical background, preferably in large international organizationsExperience with scalable architectures, API management, serverless technologies, and SaaS low code platform-tools/technologiesDemonstrated experience communicating complex system architecture technologies, patterns, artifacts, and roadmaps to senior business leadershipGood understanding of technology-enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level Digital projectsKnowledge of Agile Methodologies and ways of working (Scrum, XP, DevOps...), understanding and applying a "servant leader" mindset, and with the ability to engage in Agile ceremonies to provide teams necessary direction and guidanceNice to have - IT Architect certification: Open Group certification (e.g., TOGAF Certified, Certified Architect Master)

Who You'll Work With

The Portfolio Lead Solution Architect is a position within the Legal Portfolio focused on driving architecture and innovation within Legal, which itself is part of BCG's digital products organization. The Portfolio manages and delivers internal software solutions and IT product offerings to worldwide BCG. The role will work closely with other squad/area level Solution Architects, Chapter Leads, Product Owners, Technical Area Lead, Portfolio Lead and other solution and enterprise architects within and outside of the Portfolio.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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