QAD Solutions Architect

Description

The Sr. QAD Solutions Architect will develop, communicate, and evangelize QAD functional strategies that result in standardized business solutions. The ideal candidate will be responsible for establishing relationships and collaborating with internal teams, external consultants, and QAD to construct functional product roadmaps that ensure continued support of current functionality, while planning for upgrades, migrations, and optimizing the QAD platform.

Responsibilities

• Drive a strategic and tactical roadmap for the alignment of business operations and QAD functionality.
• Work with vendors, consultants, and internal teams to understand and analyze the functional and technical needs of the business, and develop solutions compliant with IT General Controls and SOX regulations to meet those needs.
• Responsible and accountable for the functional architecture of QAD and all associated interfaces, including business processes, process re-engineering, and process improvement.
• Provide direction to the QAD teams on the design, definition, and execution of related business process workflows that accompany solutions.
• Drive the functional “vision” and functional design specifications of assigned projects.
• Review and provide feedback on SoW's submitted by vendors for QAD and associated systems' projects.
• Review and approve assigned projects' SIT/UAT plans, and results, to ensure solution footprint is consistent with the overall functional architecture.
• Establish standards and requirements to evaluate and direct enhancements and solutions.
• Develop deep subject matter knowledge about the QAD systems, environment, and company culture, and use that knowledge to identify and deliver solutions across platform operations, maintenance, upgrades and optimization.
• Identify opportunities to replace home-grown systems with standard COTS solutions; maximize use of standard functionality before exploring customizations.
• Establish or modify strategy, standards, and procedures for QAD configuration and implementation.
• Provide work effort and cost estimates of QAD projects as requested.
• Stay current with QAD's solution offerings, and automotive industry's business requirements.
• Interface effectively with Senior Leaders, briefing solution architecture concepts and details in a clear manner.