Principal Architect Growth

As a Principal Architect Growth at TVH you will define and lead the architectural vision for the Product Growth domain, specifically overseeing the synergy between Ecommerce, CMS, and Customer Integrations. You will ensure the long-term technical sustainability of our digital platforms while aligning technical roadmaps with strategic business growth. You are the ultimate authority for the architectural integrity (solution / technology / integrations) of the systems that drive our webshops.You will move us toward a unified, scalable architecture that supports a seamless customer journey.

Your role and responsibilities 

1. Architecture & Solution Design

• Own the blueprints and "North Star" strategy for the Ecommerce, CMS & Customer Integrations domains

• Ensure that we build reusable, scalable platforms and manage the technical debt across the ECOM products 

• Evaluate existing architecture and suggest future architecture in collaboration with Solution Architects, PO’s and Technical leads, following EA guiding principles.

• Omnichannel Middle Layer: be an important stakeholder evaluating the setup of our to be omnichannel middle layer, ensuring data and services flow seamlessly across all customer touchpoints.

2. Strategic Roadmap: The Ecommerce Evolution

• Partner closely with the DPM to ensure the architectural roadmap directly enables the product vision.You will provide the architectural "how" to the DPM’s "what" and "why", ensuring that growth initiatives are feasible, scalable, and delivered.

• Design and drive the transition from the current Ecommerce state toward a future-proof architecture.

• Define the phased migration path that balances “developing new features on existing platforms" and evolution towards the new architecture.

• Pragmatic Visionary: You can see the North Star of a perfect architecture but are realistic enough to define the iterative steps needed to get there.

3. Analysis & Feasibility

• Lead the technical feasibility for high-impact initiatives within the ECOM products

• For cross-team project/features, connect with all the product teams and centers of excellence and arrive at a consolidated uniform decision on architectural setup.

• Conduct trade-off studies (e.g., Build vs. Buy vs. Adopt) for tools within the Growth stack in line with the EA guiding principles and in close collaboration with other Architects

4. Standards, Governance & Compliance

• Act as the ultimate authority for the Ecommerce, CMS & Customer Integrations domains in the architectural area.

• Formulate and defend architectural exceptions to governance boards and executive stakeholders when business urgency requires a deviation from the standard.

5. Technology & Innovation

• Translate industry shifts into strategic opportunities for TVH.

• Lead experimental validation (PoCs) for innovations within the Ecommerce, CMS & Customer Integrations domains.

6. Platform & Observability

• Oversee implementation of new platforms and technologies.

• Support implementation of SRE best practices.

• Assist in troubleshooting with ECOM RUN teams when being confronted with imminent P1 or P2 issues in order to provide guidance towards troubleshooting teams.

Collaboration & Leadership

Stakeholder Partnership

• Maintain a tight-knit collaboration with Solution Architects, Product Owners (POs) and Tech Leads within the Ecommerce, CMS, and Customer Integration squads.

• Align with the architecture peers in the architecture board. Bring and defend your proposed solutions to the board.

• Connect with your main business stakeholders on a frequent basis.

• Connect with external stakeholders (vendors/providers) to steer technology roadmaps through influencing.

• Serve as a mentor for other architects within Ecomm through active knowledge sharing. 

• Lead by example within the entire IT department and towards our IT Service Providers and Business stakeholders.