Position Snapshot

　　Nestlé in Italy, Milan headquarters

　　IT – Workforce 360 global design team, reporting to the Collaboration, Content and Portal Services Senior Product Group Manager

　　Permanent contract with competitive base salary

　　Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis, business, or related studies and experience

　　8+ years experience in three or more IT solution disciplines including IT technical architecture, cloud computing services, network management, application development, database management, or operations

　　Fluent English

　　Position Summary

　　Are you a talented and aspiring Senior Solution Architect ready to join Nestlé’s Workforce 360 Collaboration, Content and Portal Services team in Milan, Italy? We are a diverse team of people from different countries across the world, each contributing a unique experience with people, technology, business and processes. We are part of Nestlé’s Global IT HUB in Milano (Italy), a cross-technology team that includes more than 180 professionals and span across more than 29 different nationalities.

　　We need you to holistically oversee our technical solution architecture activities for our internal product teams that deliver the best in Digital Experiences, Collaboration, Personal Productivity, Communication, Search, Discovery, Insight, and Creativity. Work with today’s collaboration infrastructure technologies, services, and cloud solutions including Microsoft 365, Workplace (by Meta), online conferencing, and broadcasting, while constantly delivering tomorrow’s innovations to our workforce. Help us deliver our purpose: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come.

　　You will be part of a team with Senior Product Managers, reporting to the Senior Product Group Manager.

　　A Day in the Life of… a Senior Solution Architect

　　Provide the technical leadership to the team, drives the analysis, design, and integration activities related to the development of the products of our portfolio; supports the efforts of the Product Managers and the business, helping to define product roadmaps that deliver value

　　Facilitate evaluation and selection of new digital services, experiences, and software to address business requirements and pain points while driving a sustainable roadmap for the future..

　　Lead the implementation and the integration of the collaboration solution architecture based on Nestlé’s Enterprise Architecture business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements.

　　Manage, develop, and deliver the architectural design for our products, translating business needs into a solution blueprint representing the end-to-end technical solution (design, diagrams, process maps, governance, and compliance)

　　Act as a Lean-Agile leader, driving the team to prioritize activities and projects; facilitate the technical discussions with the Subject Matter Experts to drive knowledge sharing; bring focus on the end-to-end experience of the users and Nestlé’s strategical long-term vision.

　　Develop integration processes and interface requirements

　　Actively connect our team with other Product streams, relevant stakeholders, external partners and Suppliers to ensure that architectural designs and delivery objectives are aligned with IS/IT strategy while ensuring that technical dependencies are proactively clarified and addressed

　　Identify the financial and organizational impact of the solution architecture

　　Provide consulting and design assistance to the business and product owners

　　What else will make you successful?

　　Certified on and/or expertise working with multiple, diverse digital technologies, services and processing environments including Microsoft solutions (Microsoft 365, Search, Azure, Exchange, SharePoint), Workplace by Meta, Adobe, and others Teams conferencing, collaboration, discovery, insight tools.

　　Strong Understanding of the practical application of technology trends, leading industry analysts (Gartner, Forrester), and new evolving business models

　　Proven ability to support Agile project teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact, and risks, that take account of technical and architectural needs

　　Experience working in and/or managing advisory councils, industry user groups, and key technology partners (vendors, Account Managers, Product Managers, Lab advocates and Executives)

　　Excellent understanding of application development methodologies & architectural modelling

　　Ability to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution architecture requirements

　　An innovator mindset and an analytical thinker with the ability to balance a strong focus on innovation, analytical skills, technical knowledge, and listening.

　　Ability to deal with ambiguity, influence with integrity, and interact across teams and products.

　　Experience working in large, multi-national enterprises in globally diverse virtual teams

　　Excellent English communication skills applied with different stakeholders, nationalities, and mediums (face-to-face and remote)