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You'll own the big picture - how applications, data, infrastructure, security, and AI capabilities fit together across the organization - while guiding teams toward consistent, scalable, and future-proof solutions, including how AI and GenAI are woven into the retail technology roadmap.\nKey\nResponsibilities\nDefine and maintain the Technical architecture vision, principles, and roadmap aligned with retail business strategy.\nOwn architecture across domains: business, application, data, technology/infrastructure, and security (TOGAF-style layers).\nEvaluate and select technology platforms, frameworks, and tools; maintain the technology reference stack.\nLead architecture reviews and governance boards; ensure solution designs align with Org standards and avoid duplication/tech debt.\nPartner with business stakeholders (CxOs, product owners) to translate retail business capabilities (eCommerce, POS, supply chain, order management, inventory) into technology roadmaps.\nGuide cloud strategy and migration (AWS/Azure/GCP), including hybrid and multi-cloud considerations.\nDefine integration patterns (APIs, event-driven, messaging) across retail systems and third-party platforms (payment gateways, logistics, POS, CRM).\nAssess build vs. buy decisions and lead vendor/technology evaluations.\nDrive modernization of legacy retail systems and define migration strategies with minimal business disruption.\nEstablish architecture documentation standards (reference architectures, ADRs, capability maps).\nMentor solution architects, tech leads, and senior engineers; act as a technical escalation point.\nEnsure architecture decisions account for scalability, security, compliance, cost, and operational resilience - particularly around peak retail events (e.g., sales seasons, high-traffic periods).\nStay current on emerging technologies and assess their applicability to the retail business.\nDefine the Org AI/GenAI strategy - identifying high-value use cases across the retail value chain (personalization, demand forecasting, conversational commerce, supply chain optimization, fraud detection).\nEstablish reference architectures for integrating AI/ML and GenAI capabilities (LLMs, RAG pipelines, recommendation engines) into existing retail platforms and data ecosystems.\nPartner with data science and analytics teams to ensure AI initiatives are built on governed, scalable data architecture.\nDefine responsible AI guardrails - data privacy, model governance and compliance - as part of the Org architecture standards.\nEvaluate AI platform and vendor choices (cloud-native AI services, LLM providers, MLOps tooling) as part of build-vs-buy decisions. 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