Principal Tech Architect

The job can be based in Poland (Cracow) or the Philippines.

Working model in Poland: hybrid: 40% of working time in the office/month; 60% of working time as a home office/month

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At PMI weve chosen to do something incredible. Were totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change comes huge opportunity. So wherever you join us youll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better brighter solutions and you will have the space to move your career forward in many different areas/directions.

About the team and ideal candidate:

To commercialize and scale PMIs ReducedRisk Products and digital engagement platforms PMI is building and evolving global and regional IT platforms supporting the full consumer and customer journey- from discovery and commerce through device registration engagement and aftersales service.

As a Principal Tech Architect you act as the architectural authority and integrator between:

• Regional delivery and engineering teams
• Global domain platform and enterprise architecture
• You are responsible for driving convergence to core platforms where appropriate while enabling market differentiation only where it creates measurable business value-ensuring consistency reusability compliance and longterm sustainability of the IT landscape.
• You own and shape the regional solution architecture across PMIs Region 2 markets for consumer and customer engagement domains including web ecommerce facetoface engagement omnichannel journeys and customer care (B2C and B2B).
• You operate ahead of demand-engaging early with business and IT stakeholders to identify emerging needs missing capabilities and opportunities for standardization or innovation. Working closely with global domain architects and central business design leads you translate strategy into executable compliant and scalable regional solutions.
• This role requires horizontal leadership: influencing without direct authority guiding multiple delivery teams and balancing strong local market demand with enterprise and regional priorities. You act as both a strategic architect and a handson design authority coaching teams while safeguarding nonfunctional excellence (performance scalability security extensibility).

JOIN US!

WHAT YOULL DO:

• Act asa partofthe regional design authority reviewing and approving regional and market solution designs.

• Present and defend Solution Outlines and key architecture decisions at Domain ARBs technical councils and governance forums.
• Establish and enforce regional architectural guardrails (e.g. CMS CIAM RIAM integration patterns).
• Drive regional portfolio simplification and application rationalization identifying opportunities to consolidate into global or regional platforms.

• Balance convergence toward core capabilities with justified valuebased differentiation.
• Actively manage and reduce technical debt by embedding architectural improvement into delivery roadmaps.
• Lead AsIs andtoBe solution architecture for regional and market initiatives.

• Define clear actionable architectural requirements for development teams and ensure conformance throughout the delivery lifecycle.

• Support markets during major architectural change initiatives migrations or complex integrations.
• Provide handson technical leadership to resolve complex design or integration issues.
• Serve asapoint of architectural coordination betweenregion2markets regional delivery teams and global domains.

• Partner with global enterprise domain and platform architects to ensure alignment with enterprise roadmaps and standards.
• Foster strong collaboration across business strategy product design engineering data IoT and omnichannel teams.
• Promote and govern the adoption of AIdriven design and delivery practices at regional and market level.
• Maintain a strong external view of industry trends emerging technologies and best practices translating them into tangible opportunities for PMI.
• Ensure security privacy and regulatory compliance (e.g. data protection market regulations) are embedded into all architectures by design.
• Maintain highquality documentation of architecture decisions solution designs and patterns.
• Contribute to PMIs centralized architecture knowledge base and community of practice.

SKILLS & CAPABILITIES:

• 10 years experience in solution or domain architecture within a large complex enterprise (FMCG or equivalent preferred).

• Proven experience designing and scaling consumerfacing digital platforms including ecommerce and omnichannel engagement.

• Strong background in global or multimarket deployments balancing standardization with local needs.

• Deep knowledge of customer engagement commerce and service capabilities (e.g. payments loyalty fraud identity chatbots).

• Experience across modern architectures and platforms including:Cloud & integration (APIs eventdriven) Frontend & experience platforms Data & analytics ecosystemsAI and AI solutions (such asAI Integration & ToolsDevelopment & Orchestration AI Foundations AI Models AI Lifecycle Management AI Platform Consumption)

• Familiarity with technologies such as AWS APIs React JavaScript Salesforce Snowflake and enterprise integration patterns.

• Strong stakeholder management negotiation and influence skills.

• Ability to lead effectively in fastpaced ambiguous environments with competing priorities.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into executable architectures.

• Collaborative pragmatic and outcomesdriven.

REWARDS & BENEFITS:

Important note: The benefits list depends onwhere the selected candidate will be hired: in Poland or the Philippines. We are open for both locations.

Benefits in Poland:

• Private medical and dental care life insurance
• Hybrid model of work and flexible working arrangements (40% of office work and 60% of home office / month)
• Employee pension plan
• Lunch card Multisport & Cafeteria program
• Wide range of trainings language learning platform further education and professional qualification support possibility
• Free bike and car parking for all employees

*In case of being hired in Poland in this position you will earn no less than PLN 27 300 gross per month

We believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us stronger. As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels welcomed respected valued and empowered to reach their full potential.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities and provide reasonable accommodations to ensure an accessible recruitment process. If you need support or adjustments during your application let us know -were here to help you succeed.

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