IT Product Architect CPQ
Ericsson
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About this opportunity:
We are seeking an IT Product Architect with expertise within the CPQ (Configure, price, Quote) domain. This role requires a strategic thinker who can review, advise, and come up with solution design. The role involves creating business value by balancing functional and non-functional requirements, assessing priorities and compromises, and defining optimal solutions.
What you will do:
As an IT Technology Specialist, you will lead the technical product lifecycle in alignment with the product portfolio strategy and plan. You will manage requirements, solution design, integrations, and architecture in adherence to overarching principles and frameworks. You will be part of a product team comprising IT Product Owners, IT Product Architects, and platform consultants, collaborating with distributed development teams.
Primary Duties:
- Define product strategy, roadmap, and optimize product total cost of ownership (TCO), in collaboration with the Product Team.
- Own responsibility for technical setup, architecture, system documentation and has key expertise about platform interfaces, integrations, and roadmaps.
- Work closely with business stakeholders, Product Owners, and Project Managers to capture and validate requirements, ensuring development aligns with business objectives.
- Prepare product decisions and initiate execution of product development.
- Support and guide the Product Team in ensuring both a strategic long term and short-term perspective on the Product Lifecycle
- Safeguard product design, integrations, and architecture.
- Understand technical trends affecting the product(s) and judge when new technology is sufficiently mature and cost-efficient to include in products and solutions.
- Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful project delivery.
- Identify and mitigate project risks and issues, ensuring effective resolution.
- Ensure CPQ solutions are aligned with business goals and objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance CPQ processes and systems.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in CPQ and related technologies.
- Document and maintain product information.
- Adhere to Ericsson’s IT Security and Architecture processes.
The skills you bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- Proven experience as a Technical Specialist, Architect or similar role.
- Deep understanding of CPQ processes, including configuration, pricing strategies, and quoting mechanisms. Experience with specific CPQ software platforms (e.g., Salesforce CPQ, SAP CPQ).
- Experience with system integration and data management.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with governance frameworks, change management, and Agile/DevOps practices.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
Why join Ericsson?
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
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Primary country and city: India (IN) || Bangalore
Req ID: 764221