Senior Manager, Technology Consulting – Digital & Solution Architecture (Retail/CPG)

Overview

In this Senior Manager role, you guide Retail/CPG clients in shaping digital strategies and translating goals into scalable architectures. You’ll lead architecture-centric engagements, drive solution design, and identify AI-driven opportunities to unlock value. Expect to build transformation roadmaps and advise on modern technology adoption, with a focus on mobile, data, AI, and cloud. The position blends hands-on delivery with pre-sales and leadership, in a hybrid London-based setting with client work in Paris.

Pay / Benefits

• EPioneer Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan
• Learning and professional certifications

Responsibilities

• Lead technology consulting engagements for retail and CPG clients, driving digital strategies and transformation initiatives
• Facilitate workshops to capture requirements, define business goals and translate insights into actionable solution roadmaps
• Conduct current-state and target-state architecture assessments across data, AI and cloud landscapes to identify gaps and modernization opportunities
• Define enterprise and solution architectures including end-to-end integration, capability mapping, legacy modernization and omnichannel strategy
• Lead technology selection processes including evaluation of digital, mobile and commerce platforms aligned to client objectives
• Own detailed delivery planning and program architecture including QA, deployment and change management
• Build and oversee implementation roadmaps ensuring governance, risk control and system integration strategies
• Advise senior stakeholders on emerging technologies such as AI, GenAI, personalization, automation and cloud-native architectures
• Support pre-sales efforts through contributions to solution proposals, architecture documentation, estimations and delivery approach
• Mentor EPAM and client teams fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and adoption of technology best practices

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience
• Fluent in French and English with strong client-facing communication skills for engaging senior level stakeholders
• Experience performing technology consulting, solution architecture or enterprise architecture in complex environments
• Strong knowledge of Retail and CPG technology ecosystems including digital commerce, mobile applications and omnichannel solutions
• Experience in digital architectures covering AI, data platforms and cloud migration strategies
• Proven ability to translate business KPIs and processes into scalable enterprise and solution architectures
• Strong understanding of architecture principles for integration of complex systems and modernization initiatives
• Ability to design and drive robust technology roadmaps, ensuring quality delivery and alignment with client objectives
• Experience leading or facilitating workshops, defining technical strategies and preparing transformation programs

• client-facing communication
• facilitation and workshops
• mentoring and knowledge sharing
• Solution architecture for enterprise, data, AI and cloud
• Digital and mobile platform evaluation
• Omnichannel and modern commerce architectures

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