Product Architect L2

Wipro•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

The Product Architect creates exceptional architectural designs for existing and new products, enabling delivery teams to provide strong client engagement and satisfaction. The role defines product requirements and architecture strategy based on product vision, business needs, market trends, technology requirements, and client environments. It develops scalable, reliable product architectures, prototypes and proofs of concept, and core technology strategies, while assessing the impact of changes and ensuring design assurance. The position provides technical leadership across solution design, development, deployment, validation, and performance testing. It supports client deployments, resolves complex issues, identifies risks and root causes, maintains product roadmaps, and recommends upgrades in response to market needs. The architect collaborates with sales, consulting, development, and delivery teams, as well as client stakeholders, to shape solutions and serve as a trusted technical advisor. The role also contributes to capability building and Wipro’s market presence through training, certifications, prototypes, case studies, demos, white papers, blogs, presentations, mentoring, and participation in architecture practice activities. Team-management responsibilities include resourcing, onboarding and training, talent development, attrition management, performance reviews, and employee engagement.

Requirements

More than 10 years of experience.
Mandatory skill: AI Cognitive.
Ability to develop product architecture and design for new and existing products.
Ability to provide technical leadership across product development, solution design, and deployment.
Ability to engage with clients and collaborate across sales, consulting, development, and delivery teams.
Ability to perform team management, talent development, and performance-management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Develop architectural designs for new and existing products and define requirements based on product vision and business needs.
Establish architecture requirements and strategy based on market-driven needs, technology trends, and client requirements.
Design scalable, reliable product architectures compatible with different deployment options.
Develop theme-based proofs of concept to demonstrate product feasibility.
Analyze, propose, and implement core technology strategies for product development.
Assess the impact of changes and new requirements on product development.
Provide solutioning for client RFPs and ensure product design assurance aligns with business needs.
Collaborate with sales, development, consulting, and delivery teams to reconcile solutions and support deployment.
Provide technical leadership for the design, development, implementation, validation, and performance testing of custom solutions.
Evaluate current product features, identify improvements and tradeoffs, define target-state solutions, and document and communicate architecture recommendations and investment roadmaps.
Validate solutions and prototypes for technology, cost structure, and customer differentiation; identify architectural problems and perform root cause analysis.
Track industry and application trends and apply them to current and future IT planning.
Maintain the product roadmap and provide timely input for product upgrades based on market needs.
Build and maintain relationships with executives, technical leaders, product owners, peer architects, clients, and other stakeholders.
Establish technical, business-process, and support metrics such as KPIs and SLAs; identify risks and prepare mitigation plans.
Ensure quality assurance of architecture and design decisions and provide technical mitigation support to delivery teams.
Lead development and maintenance of enterprise frameworks and related artifacts.
Support client engagement, present product designs, coordinate requirements with client teams, and act as a trusted advisor.
Complete relevant training and certifications; develop proofs of concept, case studies, and demos for growth areas.
Create and present Wipro points of view and thought leadership through white papers, blogs, and speaking engagements.
Mentor developers, designers, and junior architects and contribute to architecture practice activities, including selection interviews.
Anticipate talent requirements, hire appropriate resources, and ensure team onboarding and training.
Develop internal talent, support career progression, manage attrition, and promote diversity in leadership positions.
Set team goals, conduct performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure Performance Nxt is followed.
Lead team engagement initiatives, monitor satisfaction scores, and identify ways to improve engagement.