
Lead Solution Architect, IFS
Minor Hotels Europe and Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Issy-les-Moulineaux • France
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About the role
- Own and drive the IFS Cloud architectural vision: define the target architecture, guide key structural decisions, and ensure coherence, performance, and scalability.
- Participate in end-to-end pre-sales: strategic scoping, defining the target solution, demonstrations, contributing to proposals and client presentations.
- Lead architecture governance (Design Authority): make trade-offs, validate designs, define integration boundaries, and oversee developments and extensions.
- Lead and challenge IFS architects and experts: align decisions, harmonize practices, and raise the quality of deliverables.
- Ensure technical and functional coherence throughout delivery: configuration, interfaces, data migration, security, performance, testing, and Go‑Live.
- Anticipate risks, dependencies, and impacts on the overall program roadmap.
- Contribute to the development of the IFS practice: industrialize architecture frameworks, capture knowledge, drive innovation, and lead community activities.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in IFS Applications / IFS Cloud, with a cross-functional understanding of Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Maintenance.
- Significant experience designing complex architectures and leading architecture teams.
- Strong ability to engage with business and IT leadership, including in strategic or decision-making contexts.
- Proven pre-sales experience and the ability to present and defend the solution vision to senior clients.
- Natural leadership, recognised as a technical authority, with the ability to influence and bring people together.
- IFS certifications preferred; fluent English.
Benefits
- Good work-life balance and flexibility.
- Continuous learning and career development support.
- Group benefits and CSE (works council) perks.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
IFS ApplicationsIFS Cloudarchitecture designdata migrationsecurityperformance testingintegrationconfiguration managementsolution architecturepre-sales
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencecommunicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makingclient engagementteam alignmentinnovation
Certifications
IFS certifications