Lead Product Architect

Amsterdam, NL
Software Engineering & Development
Full-Time

Role introduction

Lead Product Architect - HSO Studio 

Location: Remote 

Role overview 

The (Lead) Product Architect is an inward-facing technical product role responsible for translating business requirements into scalable, high-quality technical solutions across multiple products within a domain. This position ensures product architecture, delivery, releases, and cross-product dependencies are aligned and effectively coordinated. 

You will safeguard the functional and technical feasibility, integrity, and quality of the product scope, while supporting domain-level alignment and enabling development teams to deliver against the strategic product roadmap. 

Key responsibilities 

Define Product Architecture 

  • Partner with the Product Manager to understand the product vision, strategy, customer and market needs, and roadmap. 
  • Contribute to the product vision and roadmap based on deep functional and technical expertise, product feedback, and emerging technology insights. 
  • Document functional and technical requirements, solution designs, architectural principles, and technical decisions. 
  • Validate technical feasibility, performance impact, scalability, and product integrity together with the lead developer. 
  • Align technical design with user experience, persona-based user stories, business requirements, and the overall product strategy. 
  • Ensure desired features are designed as part of a cohesive, scalable, and functional product. 
  • Work with the product team to apply Studio’s newly defined AI technologyprocesses, and ways of working 

 Oversee Product Development & Support  

  • Own and manage the product backlog, translating prioritised roadmap initiatives into epics and actionable work items. 
  • Work with development teams to design, build, test, and release products against the prioritised backlog and defined architecture. 
  • Facilitate development team ceremonies, support delivery cadence, and track progress against agreed work items and release schedules. 
  • Ensure the development team has a clear understanding of objectives, customer-driven requirements, and expected outcomes. 
  • Coordinate the product development lifecycle to ensure timely delivery and high-quality implementation. 
  • Manage implementation quality, testing outcomes, documentation, release notes, and complex Level 4 support topics. 

 
Align Cross-Product Architecture (Lead) 

  • Maintain an overview of all products within the domain and ensure architectural consistency across patterns, integrations, and technical decisions. 
  • Identify cross-product dependencies, assess the impact of new features, and mitigate architectural risks across the domain. 

 
Coordinate Domain Releases (Lead) 

  • Coordinate domain-level release planning, aligning scope, dependencies, timelines, and release practices across products. 
  • Support predictable delivery by proactively identifying and resolving cross-product risks and blockers. 

 
Facilitate Product Architect Alignment (Lead) 

  • Facilitate alignment between Product Architects, clarify ownership and responsibilities, and support decision-making on complex topics. 
  • Act as a trusted sparring partner for complex functional and technical matters across the domain. 

Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent  
  • Relevant experience as a Product Architect, Solution Architect, or similar role within a product development environment. 
  • Strong knowledge of the Microsoft technology stack, including Azure, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. 
  • Understanding of modern product discovery and delivery methods, including user-experience-focused product design frameworks. 
  • Strong business and technical acumen, with the ability to translate business requirements into functional designs and technical specifications. 
  • Experience managing product lifecycles, backlogs, work plans, releases, and prioritised support requests. 
  • Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills. 
  • Ability to align architecture, dependencies, release planning, and risks across multiple products within a domain. 
  • Curious and proactive in exploring AI and modern technologies, with a strong continuous learning mindset and the ability to translate technological developments into business value. 

What we offer 

  • Competitive salary and benefits package  
  • The opportunity to shape product development at the forefront of Microsoft innovation, building technology products that drive business transformation. 
  • Opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic global team  
  • Professional growth and development opportunities  

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