Functional Solution Architect - Microsoft Dynamics - Geopaq Logic

Functional Solution Architect - Microsoft Dynamics 365

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States onsite and need local candidates

Open for both Full time and contract

We are looking for a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Functional Solution Architect to guide our clients through complex Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations implementations. This role demands a blend of technical acumen, customer engagement, and project delivery capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in architecting solutions, leading implementation teams, and ensuring our services meet and exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Proven track record of leadership, presales and delivery
• Independently diagnose, respond to RFP, interact with client, propose solution, and prepare marketing collaterals
• Build trust as advisor/counsellor with key business decision makers
• Establishes an overview of the requirements defined by the customer; drives definition of business, technical, and architectural requirements, and recognizes any inconsistencies, assumptions, and critical elements that must be considered in an Enterprise solution
• Responsible for defining the technical solution blueprint for the Microsoft Dynamics solution (addressing all high-level business and technical requirements) included in the Customer proposal; participating with both functional and technical specialists in the Fit/Gap analysis
• Demonstrates experience in use of common software implementation methodologies, including an understanding of Microsoft Sure Step; understands and applies relevant problem solving frameworks and techniques to client engagement and internal projects
• Defines the functionalities, use cases, interfaces, and/or load scenarios for which a POC may be needed, and outlines any prototypes as required
• Contributes to the scope management, risk management, meaning identification, evaluation and mitigation plan
• Helps drive the estimation of the effort to realize the implementation of the proposed solution
• Interacts with stakeholders in the IT and business groups to provide the engineering view of the users' vision regarding the structure and function of the system, as well as the areas in which the system must be able to evolve
•  Develops the integration strategy, if required, following fundamental architectural concepts and in accordance with customer’s requirements and constraints, to ensure that Microsoft solutions and customer’s data sources are appropriately integrated
• Plans and oversees the execution of the User Acceptance test in collaboration with the project manager and gathers early user feedback on the solution from key customer stakeholders
• Validates that the solution will satisfy the customer’s requirements after a POC or UAT
• Guides the project through the development and implementation phase to handle solution oriented topics
• Demonstrates strong qualitative analytic capabilities, particularly in relevant strategy formulation areas such as client, industry, and management issues/challenges
•  Demonstrates growing knowledge base regarding current issues and trends, key drivers, and their impacts in relevant industries and Microsoft technologies
• Contributes to company growth and revenue generation through identification and proactive pursuit of new revenue opportunities
• Works collaboratively with practice leadership team to grow, develop and enhance solution best practices, tools and methods, and intellectual property
• Convert opportunities into accounts/clients with help of sales team
• Champion in process enforcement, improvement and innovation
• Can handle multiple domains (Retail, SCM, Financials, HR & Payroll and Manufacturing etc.)
• Has track record of managing and delivering complex and standard engagements/projects within time & budget with excellent quality
• Strong sales drive
•  Passion for world class delivery

Requirements:

•  8+ years of relevant experience with a focus on Dynamics 365 implementations.
• Excellent communicator (both written and verbal)
• Must have experience with the North American market
• Project Management experiences
• Proactive attitude
• Ability to manage projects by motivating both the customer- and consulting-implementation teams.
• Team leadership experiences
• Creative problem solving and conflict resolution
• Business and technical insight
• Creative problem solving and conflict resolution
• Excellent facilitation, discovery, analysis, and prototyping skills
• Team-oriented; willing to align work with team’s priorities and goals
• Clear and effective communication, in written and verbal formats
• Strong customer focus
• Ability to manage stakeholders’ expectations
• Has industry experience and understands challenges and risks when implementing vertical applications
• Ensure a smooth transition from sales to product implementation.
• Ensuring quality and timeliness in the delivery of services and maintaining a healthy relationship with the customer
• Responsible for working with the sales team to properly position implementation services before a project begins while solution selling process
• Experience with the management of risk, change, issues, time, scope, resources, budget, and quality
• Knowledge of methodology and best practices
• Experience with Microsoft Office Project and other tools that support project management
• Good understanding of all major activities for a business system implementation such as analysis, design, development, and deployment