Planisware Technical Architect

Aquent, a leading talent solutions partner, is excited to connect you with a pivotal opportunity at a global leader in the automotive industry. This organization is at the forefront of innovation, driving the future of vehicle manufacturing and product development through cutting-edge technology and strategic initiatives. As a key contributor, you will spearhead the technical vision and implementation of a critical enterprise platform, directly influencing how this company manages its product lifecycle, R&D, and strategic planning. Your expertise will be instrumental in transforming operations and enabling enterprise-wide innovation, making a tangible impact on the company's continued success and evolution.

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Architect to lead the technical design, architecture, integration, and implementation of an enterprise Planisware platform. In this transformative role, you will serve as the primary technical authority for Planisware solutions, ensuring seamless alignment with enterprise architecture standards, robust portfolio management processes, comprehensive data strategy, stringent security requirements, and long-term platform roadmaps. You will be at the forefront of modernizing critical business systems, transitioning from legacy platforms to a state-of-the-art SaaS solution.

You will partner closely with business stakeholders, IT leadership, enterprise architects, product owners, systems analysts, integration teams, and implementation partners to deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable Planisware solutions. Your work will support vital functions such as Product Development, R&D, PMO, Planning, and expanding enterprise organizations, directly contributing to the efficiency and innovation of vehicle manufacturing, lifecycle planning, and new model launches.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Platform Design

• Define and maintain the overall technical architecture for Planisware implementations across various business domains.
• Establish scalable solution designs to support enterprise portfolio management, project management, resource planning, financial planning, and scenario planning capabilities.
• Design multi-environment strategies, encompassing development, testing, and production environments.
• Ensure strict compliance with enterprise architecture, security, and integration standards.
• Develop architectural standards, reusable components, and technical best practices to foster efficiency and consistency.

System Configuration & Development Leadership

• Lead the technical configuration of the Planisware platform.
• Guide development teams on best practices for configuration, customization, extensions, workflows, and automation.
• Conduct thorough reviews of technical designs and code to ensure optimal performance, maintainability, and scalability.
• Support release management, deployment planning, and environment governance.

Enterprise Integration

• Design and oversee critical integrations between Planisware and core enterprise systems, including SAP, Jira, Active Directory / SSO, data warehouses, and reporting platforms.
• Define robust API, file-based, and event-driven integration patterns.
• Collaborate effectively with enterprise integration and data engineering teams to implement reliable and secure data exchanges.

Data Migration & Data Architecture

• Own the technical strategy for all data conversion and migration activities.
• Design comprehensive migration frameworks, validation approaches, reconciliation processes, and cutover plans.
• Lead data quality assessments, remediation activities, and the migration of essential project, portfolio, resource, financial, and historical program data.

Governance, Security & Operations

• Establish robust platform governance standards and technical operating procedures.
• Design secure role-based security models, access controls, and support audit/compliance requirements.
• Define strategies for monitoring, performance management, backup, disaster recovery, and operational support processes.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Partner strategically with implementation partners, business leaders, PMO organizations, Finance, Product Development, and IT stakeholders.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear technical solution designs, while facilitating architecture reviews and design workshops.
• Mentor internal resources and actively contribute to building a Planisware Center of Excellence (CoE).

Candidate Requirements & Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Architecture Experience: Minimum of 8 years of enterprise application architecture experience.
• Planisware Experience: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on Planisware implementation and configuration experience, including proven experience as a Technical Architect on large-scale Planisware Enterprise deployments.

Top Technical Must-Haves (Stack-Ranked)

1. Planisware Enterprise & SaaS Architecture: Deep expertise in platform configuration, data model design, workflow automation, and Planisware scripting.
2. Relational Databases & Data Architecture: Strong proficiency in SQL and database architecture.
3. Core Programming Languages: High proficiency in Java and JavaScript.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting automotive, vehicle manufacturing, engineering, or R&D domain systems.
• Experience implementing enterprise PPM solutions at a global scale.
• Familiarity with SAP, Jira, Azure technologies, Power BI, ServiceNow, and Enterprise Data Lake architectures.
• Experience establishing or operating a Portfolio Management Center of Excellence.
• Planisware Developer certification.

Team & Project Context

You will be joining a dynamic team focused on product development business systems, specifically within the realm of vehicle manufacturing, vehicle lifecycle planning, and new model launches. The team's core objective is to lead a transformative initiative, migrating from a legacy in-house system to an enterprise SaaS platform (Planisware) to revolutionize engineering timing plans and PMO operations. This is a high-growth environment that actively leverages modern technologies and AI concepts to drive enterprise-wide innovation and platform modernization. You will lead technical direction and deployments, setting technical strategy and guiding team execution without direct people management responsibilities.

Daily Rhythm & Work Environment

The team operates on a 2-week sprint cycle, featuring daily stand-ups, planning sessions, design meetings, and collaborative team reviews, fostering a highly interactive and agile work environment.

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