This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Enterprise Products & Platforms (EPP) Team, focused on Oracle Cloud ERP, where our vision is to “Always be a people led, product centric, future focused & trusted technology partner of choice”.The Manager - Solutions Architect role is responsible for designing and maintaining solutions blueprints for products and working with product engineering teams to implement solution design. This includes designing, configuring, and supporting implementation of innovative solutions that align with business objectives and technology strategy. This role will report to Sr. Manager, Technical Product Management.Responsibilities & Accountabilities:Solution Design and ArchitectureWork closely with stakeholders to understand their business objectives, challenges, and requirements.Develop comprehensive architectural designs for technology solutions across multiple products that meet business requirements and integrate seamlessly with existing McDonald’s systems and platforms.Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and resilient, in line with industry best practices and McDonald’s standards, aiming to strike a balance between innovation and stability.Create and maintain architectural documentation, including high-level design and configuration documents, architecture diagrams and technical specifications.Communicate these effectively to stakeholders, ensuring everyone understands the rationale behind architectural choices and their implications.Technical expert for the solution area around Oracle Cloud ERP specifically in Order to Cash (e.g. Accounts receivables, Banking) and Record to Report (e.g. General Ledger, Cash Management, Financial planning, tax) modules of Cloud ERP, including but not limited to ERP cloud, OCI, EPM suite and ensures end-to-end solution integrity.Provide technical expertise and support to the Oracle Cloud (SaaS + PaaS) implementation partners in addressing complex Finance business requirements.Defines enterprise technical standards & ensures adherence.Collaborates with other technology teams including internal teams, service provider and vendors. Ensures application service levels are maintained as per agreed standards.  Implement operational excellence, identify areas of improvement, and exercising cost savings via optimization.Collaborate across multiple domains with IT solution architects to establish architectural guidelines and standards. Promote adherence to compliance and change documentation.Liaises with external technical teams as necessary for developing solution or providing application support. Provides oversight to work performed by service provider teams.Plays pivotal role in design, development, testing and deployment of the overall solution. Experience working collaboratively in a predominantly supplier-enabled, outsource technology delivery environment.Provide best practice options and communicate with both technical and functional audiences.Reviews, analyses, and evaluates business systems and user needs.Communicate with external teams to connect opportunities in development plans when they arise, encouraging open and collaborative environments for development. Owns and authors the technical design for markets and related data mapping.Provides guidance and necessary clarifications to the boundary and integration systems and works with boundary and integration systems to troubleshoot and mitigate any source/destination issues and requirements.Perform root cause analysis with team.Analyze Patches and plan patch deployment activities.Work with Infrastructure team on issues and impacts.Act as a Subject matter expert in Oracle Cloud ERP Technology stack.Technology Strategy and RoadmapCollaborate with product leadership teams to define and evolve the technology strategy and roadmap for the technology suite.Identify emerging technologies and trends towards enhancing McDonald’s technology stack in the respective business area towards improving outcomes.Provide guidance during evaluation and selection of new technologies, platforms, and vendors.Collaborate with Cross-functional TeamsFoster collaboration with product managers, development teams, operations, security, and business units towards ensuring alignment between architectural vision and product development efforts.Collaborate closely with members in other functions (GF Modernization, GP Modernization) to ensure that the technical solution supports the teams plans and goals for the McDonald’s Modernization applications.Engage in regular communication and alignment meetings to ensure everyone is on the same page and working towards common goals.Implementation and SupportOversee the implementation of architectural solutions and provide hands-on technical support and troubleshooting for complex issues, ensuring timeline resolution and minimal disruption to operations.Mentor and coach development teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.Governance and ComplianceEstablish and enforce frameworks, policies, and standards to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and McDonald’s policies.Identify potential risks and vulnerabilities in IT systems and propose mitigation strategies.Work with cybersecurity experts to ensure that systems are resilient against cyber threats and comply with relevant regulations and standards.Conduct regular architectural reviews and audits for adherence to architectural principles and best practices.Benefits eligible: Yes
Bonus eligible: Yes
Long term incentive eligible: Yes
The expected salary range for this role is $128000 - $168490 per year
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