Pega Lead Decisioning Architect

Job title:

Pega Lead Decisioning Architect

Company

dentsu

Job description

Company DescriptionAbout MerkleMerkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit .Job DescriptionRole: Pega Lead System ArchitectLocation: Remote from the UK (with some client-site travel)Assignment Type: PermanentReports to: Team Lead / SA CoE Lead (Dotted Line)Salary: £Competitive + BenefitsThe RoleThe RoleThe Pega Lead Decisioning Architect will be responsible for the design, development, and support of customer decisioning solutions in Pega CDH (Customer Decisioning Hub). You will have a proven track record of leading Pega decisioning developments, preferably on complex large-scale multi-channel implementations, and an extensive subject matter expertise in the areas of marketing and decisioning.In this role, you will collaborate with sponsors, business stakeholders, business analysts, data governance, analytics, functional and technical leads to ensure the right solution is created for the business. Often you will need to suggest your own business/marketing solutions to problems rather than just taking pre-defined requirements.You will also be responsible for the work of other Decision Architects, and you will ensure your solutions are delivered on-time and on-budget using industry standard project delivery frameworks including Agile, Waterfall & Scrum.Life as a Pega Senior Decisioning Architect at Merkle

• We are largest global implementation partner for Pega Marketing and Decisioning

implementations with Pegasystems

• A rapidly growing Merkle Pega Practice and great opportunity to work with multitude of

clients across UK and EMEA regions

• The opportunity to make a tangible impact on Merkle Pega Practice as well as our market-

leading clients

• A fun and friendly environment that is collaborative, fast, yet professional!

• Regular, personal interaction with the Merkle Pega leadership team and senior leadership

of our clients.

• Opportunity for accelerated recognition and rewards, where you’ll see your contributions

and great ideas directly impact our businessQualificationsWhat we are looking for in youMandatory

• Pega Certified Decisioning Consultant (PCDC) qualification
• 5 years+ of using Pega CDH and Pega Dev Studio (or equivalent applications in earlier versions) in a marketing or development environment
• In depth knowledge of “Next Best Action”, “Always-On” / real-time marketing, Pega adaptive modelling and arbitration techniques.
• Ability to present/articulate complex technical subjects in a simple clear manner to business stakeholders
• Ability to design and build a conceptual decisioning framework from scratch.
• Ability to use subject matter expertise and knowledge of best practice to drive debate.
• Proven leadership experience
• Ability to travel occasionally to client locations

Desirable

• Experience of agile development environments
• Pega Senior Certified System Architect (PCSSA) qualification
• Pega Certified Data Scientist (PCDS) certification
• Certification/experience of other marketing or data science technologies (e.g. Unica, Adobe Campaign, SAS, R), and an ambition to cross-train to Pega
• Technical qualifications in recent versions (e.g. version 8 or above for Pega)

Responsibilities, Duties, and Traits

• Self-motivation, a positive attitude, and a thirst for knowledge and progression
• A highly technical, hands-on, motivated and collaborative individual with exceptional communication skills and proven experience working with diverse teams of technical architects, business users and IT teams.
• Experience in designing and implementing technical solutions on a large scale while applying best practices to the solutions.
• Excellent time management and organization skills as well as the ability to manage multiple competing business / technical priorities
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate, partner, and collaborate
• Dedication to a team-oriented environment with the ability to drive and lead by example
• Ability to define and enforce best practices in PEGA architecture / design / coding
• Mentor and train junior team members, and client business stakeholders
• Ensure team are adhering to design recommendations, development best practices and configuration is Pega guardrail compliant throughout the entire Pega project lifecycle.
• Aptitude to pick up new concepts and technologies rapidly, and an ability to explain to both business and IT stakeholders
• Ability to identify and present innovative and out-of-the-box solutions for complex business problems

Additional InformationWhat we’ll give to you:This is a permanent role. The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements. The team are in the office twice a week. Whether it’s the joy of working with people at the top of their game or the Dentsu social calendar, people love working here – and we hope you will too

• Flexible hybrid working with wonderful central London office location
• Career development through Dentsu University and other tools; with access to courses, textbooks, mentorship, and external training funding
• Private Medical Insurance, Company Pension, life insurance, and other corporate benefits
• A selection of other benefits includes 3 wellness days, birthday day off and 2 volunteer days.

Diversity, Equity & InclusionDentsu does not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Experience stipulated in this job description serves as a guide only and all applications will be considered on their merits, irrespective of experience.As part of our Diversity and Inclusion agenda, and as an Equal Opportunities employer, if you require reasonable adjustments during the selection process please engage directly with your Recruiter.To ApplyTo apply for this role, please click the apply now button where you will be redirected to our careers site to complete a few further details.#LI-Hybrid

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 26 May 2024 01:53:36 GMT

To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email/cover letter where (tendersglobal.net) you saw this job posting.