Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Application, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will strengthen the solution architecture capability in Europe, lead a team of architects, develop consistent architectures, and drive technical excellence for scalable solutions.
Your role in the team
- As the SA Lead for Value Delivery Europe, you will own and elevate the Solution Architecture capability across the region.
- Your mission is to ensure that all architecture delivered into customer projects is consistent, scalable, performance-ready, and aligned with Cognite's delivery standards.
- You will lead a high-performing community of Solution Architects who operate as trusted advisors to our customers—shaping architectures that accelerate value realization, reduce delivery risks, and create a repeatable technical foundation for scale.
- You will drive the professional development, methods, and technical excellence of the SA function, ensuring architects apply best practices, reuse accelerators, and work in deep alignment with Data Engineering, Data Science, Product, and PM communities.
- This is a capability-building leadership role, and as such, your customer-facing or billable involvement will be limited to a maximum of 20%, ensuring your primary focus remains on uplifting the Solution Architecture function.
- This is a critical leadership role that ensures Cognite-Grade architecture quality becomes a competitive advantage in every engagement.
- Own the region's end-to-end architectural quality across customer implementations.
- Ensure consistent, high-quality design practices, reference architectures, and performance standards across all pods.
- Oversee architecture readiness in scoping, design, implementation, and go-live phases.
- Champion a value-led architecture approach where solution design directly supports measurable customer outcomes.
- Act as a senior technical advisor for strategic accounts—supporting escalations with clarity, empathy, and strong technical judgment.
- Ensure architecture drives performance, scalability, and long-term adoption.
- Partner with Sales, Product, and Delivery leadership to shape technical approaches that unlock expansion and scale.
- Support pre-sales architectural scoping and ensure technical feasibility for complex engagements.
- Drive technical excellence that accelerates customer onboarding and reduces implementation friction.
- Ensure SAs deliver robust, supportable, and scalable architectures aligned with Cognite's delivery standards.
- Improve efficiency and predictability by driving reuse of architecture patterns, accelerators, and deployment packs.
- Track design quality, technical risks, and architecture-related delivery health indicators across the portfolio.
- Ensure personal delivery participation remains capped at 20% utilization to prioritize capability uplift, coaching, and architectural consistency.
- Lead, mentor, and upskill the region's Solution Architect community with a strong focus on capability development.
- Create and maintain the SA competency model, learning pathways, and coaching structures.
- Foster a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and technical leadership across pods.
- Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Industry Innovation & Solutions to align solution designs with platform strategy.
- Partner with PM, DE, and DS leaders to ensure cohesive end-to-end delivery.
- Support the creation of repeatable best practices, templates, and standardized architecture methods.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Proven track record leading technical teams or architecture communities in complex, data-centric environments.
- Deep expertise in data integration, data modeling, cloud-native architectures, API design, and performance engineering.
- Strong communication and executive presence—able to translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences.
- Ability to drive architectural consistency and influence technical decision-making across pods and functions.
Experience
- 8-12 12+ years of Solution Architecture experience across SaaS, cloud, data platforms, or enterprise-scale implementations.
- Strong experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.
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What we offer
- Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.
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Cognite - AI for Industry
Cognite AS, based in Oslo, Norway, is a provider of Industrial-AI and data management software. The company assists industrial firms in their digital transformation and in effectively utilizing complex data for AI applications. Since its founding in 2016, Cognite has offered solutions to enhance operational efficiency and automate processes.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Director, Solution Architecture & Enterprise Architecture
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
