Product Architect - Flit

Title: Product Architect            General Characteristics: Chairs the product architecture team and provides technical leadership in the planning, design and architect phases of software or hardware product development. Identifies, evaluates, and recommends solutions using advanced architectures and technologies to facilitate rapid development and implementation. Understands key competitors' products and differentiating features. Works with a cross-functional team to translate customer requirements into detailed architectural approaches and product specifications, creates realistic development plans and schedules, evaluates and prioritizes requests for product changes and enhancements. Understands business needs as well as customer and market requirements. Applies creativity, in-depth technical and theoretical knowledge, and experience in solving highly complex architectural design problems. Recommends new technology directions or options to maintain products' competitive advantages. Communicates technology design and any related issues to technical and non-technical audiences including customers and technical partners. Prepares and documents product architecture plans. May design technical testing methods to meet target product scalability and performance objectives. Participates in the standards committees and other industry gatherings to track industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise's architecture needs. Dimensions Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or another related field. Or equivalent work experience. Experience: A minimum of 7 years of high-tech industry, product engineering and/or IT work experience. Complexity: Expert/lead technical role. Provides technical expertise and direction for the development of complex hardware and software projects. Works on multiple projects as a project leader or as the subject matter expert. Works on projects/issues of high complexity that require in-depth knowledge across multiple technical areas and business segments. Coaches and mentors more junior technical staff.