{"id":1290253,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wideorbit-solutions-architect","title":"Solutions Architect","company":{"id":1934769,"name":"WideOrbit","domain":"wideorbit.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/wideorbit","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["New York, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":140000,"max":190000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":190000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-27T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-27","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T22:07:36Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":62,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":62},"description":"Job Description:\nThe Strategic Solutions department at WideOrbit serves as the critical link between the company’s innovative products and its clients, bridging current and future solutions with client ecosystems. The team plays a pivotal role in pre-sales, solution design, implementation, and ongoing client success by ensuring that WideOrbit’s roadmap and offerings align with client needs.\nAs a WideOrbit Solution Architect, you are a strategic and creative thinker who takes ownership, overcomes challenges, and drives meaningful change in an ever-evolving AdTech landscape. In this role, you will collaborate with clients and internal teams to design and document scalable and efficient solutions and services. Your work will involve designing custom workflows, integrations with third-party tools, and advising on best practices, all while maintaining a deep understanding of the media and advertising technology landscape. This role requires a balance of strategic solution design and hands-on client engagement, including participation in discovery, demos and solution walkthroughs.\nHere is what success will look like:\nCustomer Engagement:\nAct as a trusted advisor to clients, prospects and partners, engaging at senior levels to quickly understand their technology ecosystems, operational challenges, and business goals.\nBe an advocate for WideOrbit products and solutions, current and future, demonstrating an ability to address complex challenges and deliver measurable business value.\nCollaborate with clients and vendors on innovative solutions that integrate WideOrbit’s products with third-party tools, data sources, and workflows.\nLead discovery engagements to identify business objectives, operational challenges, technical requirements, and success criteria.\nDevelop consensus with clients on quantifiable success metrics for each engagement, ensuring that WideOrbit’s internal measures of value align with the clients.\nOccasionally lead or support client-facing demonstrations, translating complex technical capabilities into clear, business-focused value.\nSolution Design:\nDevelop solutions and workflows tailored to meet unique client business objectives, either fully contained within the WideOrbit ecosystem, or as part of a larger, integrated stack.\nMap client’s existing business processes, workflows, and associated costs, identifying high leverage opportunities and prioritizing those in project planning.\nProvide technical guidance, subject matter expertise, and product knowledge during sales engagements supporting complex deal negotiations and renewals.\nOrchestrate the solution implementation process, ensuring smooth adoption, addressing technical and operational gaps, all while architecting the next phase of the solution.\nCross-Functional Collaboration:\nWork closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Professional Services teams to align client priorities, market demands, and growth strategies.\nCollaborate on strategies to enhance client satisfaction, identify revenue opportunities, and ensure successful long-term partnerships.\nEnsure alignment across client, corporate, and team objectives through communication, demonstration and ownership.\nMarket and Product Responsiveness:\nMaintain expertise in media, advertising technology, and operational workflows to ensure solutions meet industry challenges and trends.\nIdentify opportunities for product enhancements or integrations, advocating for innovation based on client feedback and market needs.\nPartner with internal teams to evolve WideOrbit’s offerings, maintaining a leadership position in the ad tech ecosystem.\nTo thrive in this role, we are looking for:\n10+ years of experience in broadcast, cable, or local media operations or within a software provider serving media companies, broadcasters, publishers, or advertising organizations.\nHands-on experience with both local broadcast workflows and digital advertising ecosystems (programmatic, ad serving, data integrations).\nDeep understanding of local media sales, traffic, and operational workflows, including the intersection of linear and digital advertising.\nExperience with SaaS platforms and/or large complex enterprise resource planning systems.\nDemonstrated ability to engage cross-functional teams and drive collaboration.\nExcellent communication skills, capable of presenting to executive-level stakeholders and large audiences.\nExperience developing best-practice collateral and customer enablement strategies.\nProven ability to manage customer relationships at both technical and business levels\nAdditionally, you may be a good fit if you have:\nExperience working in digital and/or linear ad operations or within a software provider working with publishers.\nProficiency in managing multiple projects and priorities in fast-paced environments.\nAnalytical, creative, and strategic thinker with a problem-solving mindset.\nEntrepreneurial instincts with the ability to anticipate roadblocks and balance technical and business constraints.\nExperience working with Product, Development, and DevOps teams.\nFamiliarity with WideOrbit products (e.g., WO Network, WO Traffic, WO Digital Hub) or similar systems is a plus.\nLocation:\nThis position will can be based in any of our offices and/or remote will also be considered.\nPay Range:\n$140,000 - $190,000\nCompensation:\nThe compensation range listed, and a general description of other compensation and benefits will apply to this position. Various factors are considered to determine compensation ranges including market data, location, experience, qualifications, and skills. WideOrbit reserves the right to pay more or less than the salary and benefit information posted.\nEqual Opportunity Employer:\nWe are committed to treating all applicants fairly, WideOrbit is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law. 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