Senior IT Architect

Location:

Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai

Geography:

Asia Pacific

Capabilities:

Technology & digital

Industries:

Technology industries

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.


BCG Platinion

As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial – nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.


Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Practice Area Profile

BCG Platinion’s presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America.  We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge.  We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past.  At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace.  We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions.  We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

What You'll Do

We are looking for experienced IT Architects/Technology Consultants to further grow our team within BCG Platinion helping us to work on thought leadership, deep digital capabilities and client enablement. These are exciting opportunities for IT Architects/Technology Consultants with the ability to consult clients on large scale and complex environments. 

BCG Platinion is our home for experienced and innovative technologists within Digital BCG. We will help you grow your leadership capabilities and skills across a range of architecture disciplines. 

Key responsibilities include: 
  • Work cohesively with hybrid case teams consisting of BCG/BCG Digital on IT/technology transformation projects. 
  • Assess solution architecture and landscape, define target state and develop roadmaps. 
  • Assist define and drive implementation of technical architectures and proof of concepts. 
  • Align business and technology strategies to deliver impactful insights and outcomes jointly with client management. 
  • Design innovative technology solutions across various projects/clients to solve complex business problems. 
  • Analyze complex and high-risk IT solutions, often coupled with optimization of the full software delivery lifecycle. 
  • Drive innovation for our clients by leveraging cross-industry views on technology trends. 
  • Actively network, manage and influence multiple client and stakeholder relationship groups including senior executives. 

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

  • A minimum of 4 years’ experience in an IT strategy, technology consulting firm and/or within a large corporate environment. 
  • Exposure to working within an Architecture area (Enterprise, Solutions or Applications). 
  • Knowledge and exposure to architecting solutions at an enterprise scale. 
  • Understanding of enterprise architecture principles and exposure to architecting modern data platforms. 
  • Broad generalist Digital/Technology skills and knowledge. 
  • Excellent communication, client facing and consulting skills. 
  • Ability to communicate to target audience including storylining.   
  • Strategic mindset, presence and gravitas. 
  • A Bachelor or Master’s degree, preferably in an IT/Computer Science or related discipline. 
  • Enterprise architectural frameworks and methods including TOGAF and/or related certifications 
  • Flexibility to travel interstate or international as required. 

Date Posted:

14-Feb-2019

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