SAFe B2B Portfolio Architect

· Job Title: SAFe B2B Portfolio Architect

· Location: Paris, France (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)

· Duration: 12 months (B2B)

Job Description:

SAFe B2B Portfolio architect to support customer journeys within the Service Management perimeter (Incident management, Change management, Customer reporting, Customer solutions end-to-end monitoring, …).

Main missions:

Lead the architecture, SAFe Portfolio
in sync with multiple teams from Customer Experience, Operations, Marketing, Security, IT, etc.

Ensure architectural consistency and alignment
with enterprise-wide architecture strategies.

Define the Portfolio functional, software and technical IT strategy & architecture.

Design a future-ready, cost-efficient IT with business & IT teams.

Main activities -

You operate in a context of large-scaled agility. You provide architectural guidance and governance at the Portfolio level, ensuring alignment with SAFe practices and principles:

• You manage architecture demands within your Portfolio

• You collaborate with Enterprise Architects (at this Telco Enterprise level) to ensure that Portfolio-specific architectures fit within the broader architecture framework and Telco Enterprise strategy.

• You work closely with Solution Architects & Customer Architects to ensure each solution is aligned with the overall Portfolio roadmap and business goals.

• You animate a System Architects (from Delivery Value Streams) circle within your Portfolio.

You define and maintain the Portfolio target architecture, aligned with business objectives.

You lead the efforts for building the Architecture runway.

You lead architecture initiatives within the Portfolio, with a focus on seamless integration across systems and services.

You act as the Business Owner for Enablers EPICs.

You ensure Portfolio architecture is consistent with enterprise-wide architecture strategies and complies with architecture standards and best practices.

You drive continuous improvement of the Portfolio architecture, adapting to changes in technology and business requirements.

You facilitate cross-Portfolios collaboration with other Portfolio architects, ensuring that shared services, data, and technologies are leveraged effectively across Portfolios.

You bring your knowledge about external frameworks, standards and guidelines (TMF, Open Digital Architecture, …).

You establish strategies for data architecture to uphold the precision, consistency, and security.

You propose solutions to enhance the efficiency of systems, cut costs, and elevate the customer & Telco company employee experience.

You describe the transformation steps from the as-is architecture situation towards the target architecture to be reached.

You develop and uphold architectural documentation.

You keep abreast of emerging technologies and industry developments.

Qualifications:

15+ years total experience with 10+ relevant experience.

Excellent client facing communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders.

Proven ability to manage architecture in a large, scaled agile environment.

Strong experience with SAFe framework and Portfolio-level architecture. SAFe for Architect certified.

Familiarity with modern architecture patterns, cloud technologies, and enterprise integration approaches.

Proven experience with architecture governance on complex projects / programs, including key design decisions.

Understanding of B2B Telecommunications products and processes: proven experience with industry frameworks like TM Forum, Open Digital Architecture (ODA), and telecom-specific technologies is a plus.

Knowledge of following Information System domains: Request Management, Incident Management, Change Management. Knowledge Management, Maintenance operations Management, Customer & Company employee reporting, Observability and Monitoring).

Knowledge of following editors' solutions: Service Now, Splunk, Ciena UAA.

E2E Architecture (functional, software & technical).

Expertise in architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or similar is a plus.

Working experience with architecture tools.

Problem-solving skills.

Autonomy