IT Solution Architect

Company Description

Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

Job Description

As our IT Solution Architect, you will design and drive the integration of data and solutions across PDM, PLM, SAP and other systems to support Salomon’s Product Digital Platform, from target architecture through to delivery.

Own the architecture and technical delivery

• Define integration strategies and design scalable architectures and interoperability frameworks across PDM, PLM, SAP and other systems.
• Own the architecture blueprint and the interface landscape; define and challenge standards with the architecture community.
• Act as the main technical contact for business and IT teams; review, challenge and validate system integrator deliverables (solution designs, mock-ups, methodology) and technical change requests.
• Translate business processes and requirements into functional and technical designs; validate Story Briefs with the Product Owner before implementation.

Lead data migration

• Lead migration from legacy systems to the Product Digital Platform, including data cleansing and mapping strategy and data quality criteria agreed with the business.
• Oversee execution against milestones and quality benchmarks, and prepare the cut-over plan with the business, the integrator and the project team.

Optimize, secure and monitor

• Identify bottlenecks and lead improvement and automation initiatives on integration and migration pipelines (ETL, APIs, cloud services).
• Maintain architecture documentation, enforce data governance and compliance (GDPR, SOX…), and put monitoring and auditing in place.
• Define and track KPIs (transfer speed, error rates, latency, throughput) and report progress and risks to senior management.

Share expertise

• Mentor Digital Product Platform team members on data integration, security and system architecture, and foster knowledge-sharing across teams.

As an IT Solution Architect, you will design and drive the integration of data and solutions between PDM, PLM, SAP and other systems, in order to support Salomon's Product Digital Platform, from target architecture to implementation.

Drive architecture and technical delivery

• Define integration strategies and design scalable architectures and interoperability frameworks between PDM, PLM, SAP and other systems.
• Own the architecture blueprint and the interface landscape; define and challenge standards with the architecture community.
• Be the main technical contact for business and IT teams; review, challenge and validate integrator deliverables (solution designs, mock-ups, methodology) as well as technical change requests.
• Translate business processes and requirements into functional and technical designs; validate Story Briefs with the Product Owner before implementation.

Lead data migration

• Lead migration from legacy systems to the Product Digital Platform, including the cleansing and mapping strategy and data quality criteria defined with the business.
• Oversee execution according to milestones and quality standards, and prepare the cut-over plan with the business, the integrator and the project team.

Optimize, secure and monitor performance

• Identify bottlenecks and lead improvement and automation initiatives for integration and migration flows (ETL, API, cloud services).
• Maintain architecture documentation, enforce data governance and compliance (GDPR, SOX…), and implement monitoring and auditing tools.
• Define and track KPIs (transfer speed, error rate, latency, throughput) and report progress and risks to management.

Share expertise

• Support Digital Product Platform team members on data integration, security and architecture, and foster knowledge sharing between teams.

Qualifications

You are a strong match for this role if you bring:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in IT (software development, system engineering), including 8+ years in data architecture, integration and migration within a digital platform or product organization.
• Practical experience in PDM/PLM solution design and implementation, with a strong understanding of integration with CAD, SAP and other enterprise systems.
• Strong knowledge of data models, APIs, ETL and real-time/batch transfers; familiarity with microservices, SOA, modern data architectures (data lakes, warehouses) and cloud architectures (serverless, hybrid).
• Experience planning and executing data migration projects, including in cloud-native environments.
• Knowledge of data security and compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
• Strong leadership, problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to adapt your message from executive discussions to detailed technical exchanges.
• Excellent written and spoken English; French is a strong asset.
• Relevant certifications in data architecture, systems integration or cloud platforms are highly desirable.

You are a particularly good match for this position if you have:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, data engineering or a related field.
• 10 years of IT experience (software development, system engineering), including 8+ years in data architecture, integration and migration within a digital platform or product organization.
• Practical experience in PDM/PLM solution design and implementation, with a good understanding of integration with CAD, SAP and other enterprise systems.
• Strong knowledge of data models, APIs, ETL and real-time/batch transfers; familiarity with microservices, SOA, modern data architectures (data lakes, warehouses) and cloud architectures (serverless, hybrid).
• Experience planning and executing data migration projects, including in cloud-native environments.
• Knowledge of data security and compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
• Strong leadership, problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to adapt your message from strategic discussions to detailed technical exchanges.
• Excellent written and spoken English; French is a significant asset.
• Certifications in data architecture, systems integration or cloud platforms are highly appreciated.

Additional Information

• Location: Annecy
• Contract: Permanent
• Team: functional team within the Amer Sports Supply Chain organization
• Start date: ASAP

🚀 Ready to shape the architecture behind Salomon’s Product Digital Platform and connect PDM, PLM and SAP at global scale? Apply now and join the adventure.

• Location: Annecy
• Contract: Permanent (CDI)
• Team: functional team within the Amer Sports Supply Chain organization
• Start date: As soon as possible

🚀 Ready to shape the architecture of Salomon's Product Digital Platform and connect PDM, PLM and SAP at a global scale? Apply now and join the adventure.