Offering Architect

NWN Carousel • Exeter, CA

40d • Hybrid

About The Position

NWN is the leading AI-powered technology solutions provider for North America's most innovative public and private organizations. For more than 30 years, NWN has helped over 5,000 CIOs deliver technology modernization programs with its Intelligent Workplace, Customer Experience (CX), Managed Devices, Cybersecurity and Public Safety, Connectivity, and Intelligent Cloud solutions. The company's proprietary Experience Management Platform ensures seamless service delivery, real-time observability and improved efficiency for its clients' most demanding technology needs. NWN is a high-performance, high-integrity team of 1,000+ experts committed to a customer-obsessed culture, earning a 75 Customer Net Promoter Score. The company has been recognized with hundreds of industry awards and is proud to be a 'Best Place to Work' with an 86 Employee Net Promoter Score. For more information, visit: NWN.ai.
The CX Offering Architect is responsible for defining, documenting, and evolving standard architectures for NWN’s Customer Experience and Contact Center offerings, including cloud and hybrid CCaaS platforms, AI-powered CX capabilities, digital engagement, analytics, and workforce optimization solutions.
This role ensures CX offerings, solution components, and reference architectures align with:• Customer business outcomes• NWN architectural standards• Partner platform capabilities• Scalability, security, and compliance requirements
The CX Offering Architect works at the intersection of product management, architecture, presales, delivery,and partners to translate CX strategy into repeatable, sellable, and deliverable services.
This role requires building strong relationships with their cross functional peers and other groups within thecompany and our partners, to ensure NWN is delivering customers outcome-based services that solve realbusiness problems. This role will participate in business meetings to ensure the solutions are meeting targets forsales and customer expectations. Pipeline, revenue, and cost analysis of the technology services are a requirement for the role.
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.On-going self-study to continuously improve skills relative to strategic technology direction and service offerings.Performs other duties as assigned.Complies with all policies and standards.

Requirements

• 5+ years in a technical architecture, solutions architecture, or offering architecture role within:o Contact Center / CXo CCaaSo Unified Communications with CX focus
• Strong domain expertise in Customer Experience technologies, including:o CCaaS platformso AI / automation in CXo Digital engagement channelso Analytics and reportingo WFO / Quality Management
• Experience designing cloud and hybrid architectures for CX solutions.
• Strong understanding of:o APIs and system integrationso Data flows across CX platformso Security and compliance considerations in CX environments
• Strong technical documentation and architecture design skills.
• Ability to develop and deliver executive-level presentations.
• Comfortable engaging with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong time management, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• ITIL v3 / v4 certification (preferred).
• Experience working with AI-driven CX platforms.
• Prior involvement in CX industry forums, councils, or user groups.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experienc
• Familiarity with modern cloud platforms and DevOps concepts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain CX Offering Architectures and Architecture Roadmaps aligned to NWN’s CXstrategy, partner platforms, and customer use cases.
• Own reference architectures across:o CCaaS (cloud & hybrid)o Conversational AI / IVAo Digital channels (voice, chat, messaging, social)o Analytics, sentiment, and quality managemento Workforce Engagement & Optimization (WFO)
• Evaluate emerging CX and AI technologies (e.g., GenAI, agent assist, speech analytics) and advise on how to integrate them into NWN offerings.
• Work closely with strategic CX partners (e.g., CCaaS, AI, analytics vendors) to ensure architectures are deployable, supportable, and differentiated.
• Ensure CX architectures align with NWN standards for:o Security and compliance (PCI, HIPAA, SOC, etc.)o Service delivery and operational readinesso Lifecycle management and supportability
• Partner with Offering Managers and Product Management to define:o Architectural requirementso Entitlements and deliverableso Platform enablement needso Engineering and delivery models
• Support pipeline, revenue, and cost analysis for CX offerings to ensure offerings are commercially viable.
• Build and maintain a CX architecture knowledge library, including:o Reference architectureso Diagramso Design standardso Enablement materials
• Support sales, presales, and engineering enablement related to CX offerings.
• Participate in customer and internal business reviews to validate solutions meet CX outcomes and expectations.
• Maintain fluency in how NWN delivers CX services today and identify opportunities to:o Improve delivery efficiencyo Standardize architectureso Introduce new CX capabilities
• Participate in idea management, capturing and vetting CX innovation ideas in partnership with architecture and customer success teams.
• Build strong relationships with:o CX Offering & Product teamso Technical Architectso Sales Enablement & Presaleso Customer Success & Delivery
• Influence without authority and drive alignment across technical and business stakeholders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Benefits

• At NWN, we provide a comprehensive benefits package to support your well-being in and out of work. This includes medical, dental, and vision plans, Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), income protection through disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match. Enjoy unlimited PTO, paid company holidays, hybrid/remote work, paid bonding leave for eligible employees, employee discounts, and access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Additional offerings include accident, critical illness, long-term care, and hospital indemnity coverages, legal and identity theft protection, pet insurance, supplemental life insurances, referral bonuses, charitable donation matching, and allowances for eligible roles. Join a team that values the health and wellbeing of all our employees!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level