Solutions Architect at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Directors and above
• Be involved in the financial management of clients
• Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
• Develop project strategies to solve complex technical challenges for our clients
• Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria
• Train, coach, and supervise team members
• Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand

• Will work with the Experience Design and Service Delivery teams
• Will be required to manage junior business analysts to upskill them towards an architecture orientation
• Work with pre-sales and delivery teams to ensure solution designs are developed and implemented for clients
• Will be expected to support project implementations from an architectural oversight and quality perspective

Preferred skills

• Excellent knowledge and ability in using bespoke software for architectural designs
• Strong depth in all the Salesforce-related technology skillset areas, including the ability to lead stakeholders across the organisation at all levels to consensus in asserting an architecture which aligns the business objectives with client strategy
• Deep knowledge of IT architecture as a discipline with SaaS Cloud Architecture as a delivery and development-enabling capability stack
• Knowledge of customer-centric principles
• Ability to interpret business process maps and customer journey maps
• Ability to capture, interpret and understand user and business requirements
• Able to apply original, creative, abstract verbalisation and conceptualisation in problem-solving scenarios or explanation of ideas
• Problem solving capability (i.e. Design Thinking)
• Fluency in generating numerous potential concepts through ideation
• Ability to transform written information into cohesive, alternative forms of visual and oral media
• Good English grammar
• Deep project management understanding, with Agile methodologies highly advantageous
• Strong business and technical acumen

Minimum years experience required

• 5+ years’ working experience with Salesforce as a solutions architect or similar role in an IT environment
• Experience in an environment requiring business acumen will be strongly advantageous

Additional application instructions

• Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field is preferred (equivalent to an NQF level 7); however, applicants with an NQF level 6 qualification will not be excluded from consideration
• Postgraduate qualification in computer science will be highly advantageous (NQF level 8)
• Software solution trade certifications (Salesforce – CRM)