Solution Architect

Enterprise Architecture

• Is responsible to shape and rationalize the end-to-end business & technology estate across multiple business units in Booking.com and brands by taking business vision, strategy and objectives and define strategy papers, roadmaps and other documentation and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to drive strategic changes that improve business outcomes by defining, modeling and analyzing relevant data and providing company wide insights on how to improve business capabilities, processes and activities and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to drive the maturing of architecture practices across the enterprise and deeper company wide collaboration across the company by defining processes that implement enterprise governance structures and guide the design process and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

Architectural Vision

• Is responsible to assess and shape the current architecture landscape by identifying opportunities to reduce complexity and coupling and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to identify the end state architecture and development architecture phases (eg designing new or shaping existing applications and services) by aligning with the business units technical strategy, reference architecture and applying domain knowledge and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

Architecture Standards

• Is responsible to design and enforce technical governance by writing and reviewing architectural patterns (e.g. peer reviews) guidelines and other supporting documentation. and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to keep the business unit current with the latest technology trends by evolving the technical strategy & reference architectures within a business unit and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

Architectural Guidance

• Is responsible to advise product teams towards a technical solution that meets the functional, nonfunctional & architectural requirements by challenging the rationale for an application design and providing context in the wider architectural landscape and is the go to person on this topic for the area.

• Is responsible to set a clear direction for a technical capability by evaluating and aligning the target architecture improvements, reframing architectural designs and decisions for varied stakeholders and is the go to person on this topic for the area.

Coaching/Mentoring

• Is responsible to coach, guide and improve the overall performance of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, when appropriate, by sharing experience, knowledge and approaches to work

Critical Thinking

• Is responsible to systematically identify patterns and underlying issues in complex situations, and to find solutions by applying logical and analytical thinking and is the go to person on this topic for the area.

• Is responsible to constructively evaluate and develop ideas, plans and solutions by reviewing them, objectively taking into account external knowledge, initiating 'SMART' improvements and articulating their rationale and is the go to person on this topic for the area.

Continuous Quality and Process Improvement

• Is responsible to identify opportunities for process, system and structural improvements (i.e performance gains) by examining and evaluating current process flows, methods and standards and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to design and implement relevant improvements by defining adapted/new process flows, standards, and practices that enable business performance and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

Project Management

• Is responsible to ensure that the expected outcome of a project is produced in a timely, cost-effective and quality manner by applying core principles of project management such as planning, communication, and stakeholder management.

Effective Communication

• Is responsible to deliver clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the audience and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to achieve mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable, communicating ideas in clear coherent language and practising active listening and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible to ask relevant (follow-up) questions to properly engage with the speaker and really understand what they are saying, by applying listening and reflection techniques and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

This role may require to be on an on-call rotation