Job Description

Description

We need your help in solving complex, and ambiguous issues that cut across multiple functions. While technology is interwoven in everything we do, the best candidates are also familiar with GMI's business model and processes and can look at problems through a systematic lens.

The Solutions Architect will create the data strategy and vision for how insights come together and bring ideas and recommendations back to our Product Owners. They will partner closely with the IT platform teams to ensure a performant and resilient architecture. Additionally, they will work closely with Product Owners to determine their goals and outcomes, eliciting and analyzing requirements and building prototypes or proof of concepts to scale - not only consulting, but doing. Driving execution is critical and includes thought leadership and direct guidance and direction for development team, partnering closely with project management to document user stories, building out tasks, and holding team members accountable for outcomes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Leverage D&T Capabilities to drive Business Value

* Define and model information architecture
* Own and drive the Reporting & Analytics (R&A) strategies
* Design and build capabilities and corresponding lifecycle management plan to meet current and future needs
* Define data solution architecture for key programs and/or projects - taking into consideration the lens of the customer (operator, marketer, Sales, etc.)
* Assure data quality and governance for various domains - attribution coming from external data sources or moving between internal data repositories, appropriate administration capabilities for the Data Governance team

Optimize Operations for today

* Drive work forward. Mentor direct technical team's work and contribute directly
* Assure operational stability, scalability & reliability
* Maintain, update and troubleshoot current systems and tools
* Elicit, document and analyze business requirements
* Support efficient and effective operations across data operations - consult, advise, provide SME expertise
* Coordinate Content and drive work forward (ingesting, tracking, and validating)
* Partner and collaborate with Enterprise teams (Data Platform, Visualization, Infrastructure, etc.)

Thought Leadership for tomorrow

* Develop and create roadmap for various domains (0-2 year horizon)
* Lead discovery projects, POCs and experiments within various domains
* Manage and drive career experiences (keep current with new technologies)
* Hyperaware of external conditions & capabilities (benchmark peers)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

* 12+ years total work experience
* Hadoop ecosystem (AtScale, spark, hive, impala, etc.)
* BI Tools: Tableau, BOBJ, AFO
* Demonstrated experience using strong communication skills to collaborate with client and technical resources
* Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment yet independently productive
* Demonstrated ability to span geographic and time zone constraints to collaborate on solutions
* Experience working in an Agile delivery environment, specifically, SCRUM
* Committed to work in T&S's culture of high integrity, partner empathy, relationships, innovation and performance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

* BS/BA Computer Science / MIS degree or equivalent experience
* PL/SQL, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Configure Price Quote (CPQ+)

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

* We have the need to hire two Senior Solution Architects at this time.
* International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.

* The highly preferred location for this role is Minneapolis, MN; at this time remote work-at-home applications will not be considered.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best -- bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.