Principal Consultant

Principal Consultant

**ABOUT TEMENOS**

Temenos powers a world ofbanking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesseseverywhere. We have been doing this for over 30 years through the pioneeringspirit of our Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better,together.
We serve over 3000 clients from the largest to challengers andcommunity banks in 150+countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services andstate-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helpingthem operate more sustainably.
At Temenos, we have anopen-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create theirown destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking andsociety.

**THE ROLE**

Therole is known both internally and externally as either Lead technical Architect(LTA) or Solution Architect or Principal Technical Consultant.
Theposition is a senior role within a Temenos project team with responsibility forestablishing and communicating the overall architectural and non-functionalsolution design. The role is complementary to the Lead Business Architect (LBA)role and may also start from the pre-contract scoping phase, continuing throughthe implementation on a full-time at one single large project, or responsiblefor a number of smaller projects as required.
Therole holder plays the role of interface between the project team and theclient, and ensures that all actions are taken to fully satisfy the clientwithin the project scope in all aspects of a technical nature. They would focuson complex problems, and lead the Technical teams in resolving issues,challenging both colleagues and clients when required and demonstrate provenStakeholder Management Skills with all contacts.
Theywill have a detailed level of knowledge on one particular Product area, alongwith the ability to explain multiple others. They will also display similarlevel of awareness of Industry and market trends/behaviours.
Astrong "Leadership" contribution to their aligned Centre of Excellence andinput on product and process Improvement is also expected.
Toact as the point of escalation for multiple projects and where requiredunderstand client Issues, challenge where applicable and present plans toresolve.

**OPPORTUNITIES**
- You will act as an architectural leader and trusted advisor to Clients.
- You will design viable technical solutions compatible with business solutions, agreed requirements, contractual obligations and project plans.
- You will be commercially astute when engaging and advising a client.
- You will act as an ambassador for Temenos product solutions throughout a customer engagement.
- You will identify, evaluate and offer mitigation strategies for technical risks.
- You will provide expert advice and guidance to Clients on the optimal implementation of Temenos products within the Client's infrastructure, thus achieving the desired non-functional characteristics such as online and COB performance, high availability, disaster recovery and associated testing strategy.
- You will represent Temenos within the project/ program Design Authority to promote the benefits of a solution based on established Reference Architectures, Core Product and Model Bank, and adhering to the governing principles agreed between Temenos and the Client for the project.
- You will provide an effective link between the project team and Development Teams and the Technology Product Group in respect of Reference Architecture and Sizing information.
- You will help the Project Manager to prevent scope creep, eliminating the design and delivery of inconsistent solutions, and providing transparency on the entire solution design process.
- You will help to ensure that the Technical Consulting and architectural elements of Temenos Implementation Methodology (TIM) are understood by the Client and adhered to by project team members. Helping the Project Manager to negotiate and agree any specific technical or architectural divergences from TIM with the Client (for example, to incorporate Client-specific methodology and naming standards) and communicate them to project team members.
- You will review and supervise technical System Amendment Requests (SARs), and process changes. (L1 Developments).
- You will work closely with Client, project team members and Regional and Local development teams (L2 & L3) to develop a robust and viable architecture related to customer value and business benefit.
- You will coach other Technical Consultants.
- You will provide advice and guidance to the Client on environment management and release control between various pre-live environments.
- You will obtain Client agreement on proposed technical solutions including end to end process overviews.
- You will complete Solution Design Documents for technical areas as defined in work package.
- You will define technical solutions for customization and configuration needs for TEMENOS products as per agreed technical definition