Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. We leverage our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, operations, and emerging technologies to help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we have over 250,000 dedicated employees serving clients across 66 countries. We deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. A PROUD HISTORY OF OVER 75 YEARS USD 11.3 BN FY23 REVENUE WE’RE PRESENT IN 66 COUNTRIES OVER 250,000 DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OVER 1,400 ACTIVE GLOBAL CLIENTS Wipro is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and makes all employment and employment-related decisions without regard to a person's race, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law General responsibilities and requirements Role Purpose The purpose of the role is to create exceptional architectural solution design and thought leadership and enable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction. Do Develop architectural solutions for the new deals/ major change requests in existing deals Creates an enterprise-wide architecture that ensures systems are scalable, reliable, and manageable. Provide solutioning of RFP’s received from clients and ensure overall design assurance Develop a direction to manage the portfolio of to-be-solutions including systems, shared infrastructure services, applications in order to better match business outcome objectives Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a collaboration solution design framework/ architecture Provide technical leadership to the design, development and implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology Define and understand current state solutions and identify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions Clearly articulate, document and sell architectural targets, recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps Evaluate and recommend solutions to integrate with overall technology ecosystem Works closely with various IT groups to transition tasks, ensure performance and manage issues through to resolution Perform detailed documentation (App view, multiple sections & views) of the architectural design and solution mentioning all the artefacts in detail Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure and customer differentiation point of view Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis of architectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to the problem Collaborating with sales, program/project, consulting teams to reconcile solutions to architecture Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs Provides technical and strategic input during the project planning phase in the form of technical architectural designs and recommendations Collaborates with all relevant parties in order to review the objectives and constraints of solutions and determine conformance with the Enterprise Architecture. Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts. Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal delivery solutions/ frameworks Build and maintain relationships with executives, technical leaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders to become a trusted advisor Develops and establishes relevant technical, business process and overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results Manages multiple projects and accurately reports the status of all major assignments while adhering to all project management standards Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a risk mitigation plan for all the projects Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or design decisions and provides technical mitigation support to the delivery teams Recommend tools for reuse, automation for improved productivity and reduced cycle times Leads the development and maintenance of enterprise framework and related artefacts Develops trust and builds effective working relationships through respectful, collaborative engagement across individual product teams Ensures architecture principles and standards are consistently applied to all the projects Ensure optimal Client Engagement Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire solution design and its principles to the client Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure all requirements are met and create an impact of solution proposed Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability in front of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor Competency Building and Branding Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on solution design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc. Attain market referencability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits Be the voice of Wipro’s Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external) Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects in the project for their further career development and enhancement Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc Team Management Resourcing Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industry trends or client requirements Hire adequate and right resources for the team Talent Management Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization The potential compensation for this role is based on labor costs in local markets, as well as the job-related skills, knowledge, and experience of the candidate. Expected base pay for this role ranges from [$80,000] to [$170,000]. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro’s standard benefits and additional compensation offerings, including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options as well as potential incentive or variable compensation. Office 365 - SharePoint Online