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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) · 12 hours ago

BCG Platinion | Lead IT Architect

Detroit, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$190K/yr - $190K/yr

6+ years exp

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm that partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges. They are seeking a Lead IT Architect at BCG Platinion, responsible for driving digital excellence and transforming organizations through innovative IT architecture and solutions.

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Responsibilities

Collaborative. They are interdisciplinary team players who seek alignment and establish relationships ranging from cross-functional stakeholder groups to existing teams

Technical experts. They are critical thinkers and have extensive IT expertise that drives novel solutions routed in complexity

Comfortable with ambiguity. They know the path forward isn't always well-defined. They are comfortable and confident working through the unknown

Change agents. They know how to make change happen across an organization. They can align and onboard teams to implement new processes and toolsets. They embrace complex challenges and guide an organization to optimize IT best practices

Agile advocates. They are well-versed in agile methodologies and use their expertise to strategically tackle difficult challenges and implement change

Innovative. They are creative thinkers who apply their deep IT architecture expertise to envision novel design patterns for the next generation of technology solutions

Knowledgeable. They have a sophisticated understanding of IT Architecture, acting as a viable resource on teams as both a hands-on practitioner and subject matter expert

Strategic partners. They work closely with senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives, to build hypothesis-driven solutions at the intersection of technology and business. They bridge the gap between IT and business functions, ensuring technology strategies are aligned with organizational goals to solve critical business challenges

Designing solution, application, and data architecture

Developing feasibility studies, technical concepts, executing technical proofs of concept, and scaling software solutions

Performing technology assessments and implementing IT architectures

Analyzing complex IT application landscapes and status quo for IT architecture optimization

Reviewing technical architecture and code

Supporting IT functions during mergers and acquisitions, including the functional and technical transformation of an organization’s IT department

Restructuring IT processes and organization

Optimizing the application development processes

Designing work packages/modules in IT implementation projects

Evaluating products, SW packages, and solutions, including comparative studies across organizations’ systems (e.g., ERPs, HR systems, Data Analytics)

Assessing quality assurance for IT implementation

Crafting compelling narratives, translating complex ideas for both technical and non-technical audiences

Delivering impactful presentations, leading modules, presenting findings, and building consensus with clients

Building collaboration, mentoring teams, and sharing knowledge to drive collective success

Facilitating technical and strategic working sessions and workshops with both client and internal teams

Providing direction on key work items and feedback to other team members

Manage junior team members by defining and organizing their 'module', helping them structure their work and associated analyses

Mentor and coach junior team members by building mutual development agreements and manufacturing opportunities for them to grow and develop along explicitly defined objectives

Provide quality assurance oversight - Review junior team members’ output for overall correctness, level of insight, clarity, etc

Promote an overall positive experience for junior staff

Serve as a role model by actively demonstrating and living BCG’s Culture and Values

Driving innovation, uncovering novel ideas and transformative solutions

Fostering a growth mindset, continuously learning and applying new skills to grow your impact

Building relationships with key clients

Assisting with business development through writing proposals and scoping projects

Qualification

IT ArchitectureCloud technologiesData analyticsAgile methodologiesApplication modernizationIntegration methodologiesProcess automationCommunication skillsTeam managementCreative problem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in information technology, business administration, computer science, information systems, or system controls & engineering or a related field (Master's degree is a plus)

6+ years of technology consulting or software engineering experience with more than 3+ years in architecture discipline

Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to act as a trusted advisor and influence clients and BCG case leadership teams

Outstanding ability to work creatively, autonomously, analytically, in a fast-paced problem-solving environment with a focus on customer and results

Superior technical knowledge, engineering rigor, and creative problem-solving

Ability to explain complex technology topics to senior executives

Extensive technical expertise and knowledge along multiple of the following topics: Cloud technologies, architectures, designing cloud workloads and optimizing cloud footprint (i.e., FinOps), Integration methodologies, design patterns and associated tooling (API and Microservices architecture), Structured and unstructured databases and usage patterns, Data platform architecture and associated patterns (e.g. Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Lakehouse, etc.), Data analytics, AI and GenAI architecture, Application modernization, programming paradigms and approaches (e.g. object-oriented), Mainframe architecture, Process automation approaches and tooling (e.g. DevOps, AIOps)

An agile mindset that moves past blockers and a vision to iteratively migrate to the modern set of architecture capabilities with a lens of business benefits/value

Willingness to travel to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects

Gen AI tool fluency (e.g., proven usage of GenAI such as ChatGPT, Claude) and validation of response

Benefits

Zero-dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.

$10(USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs.

Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.

Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.

Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.

Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.

Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.

Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.

Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

Company

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.

Founded in 1963

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.bcg.com

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