Senior Functional Architect
Understands business requirements of various Blue Yonder product suites as needed with an in-depth understanding of the focused product business requirements. Has a masterful understanding of the application domain, of customer and user needs, of our existing product suite and of the competitive landscape, and uses this foundation to help sculpt the product vision for new features and products. Acts as domain expert and advocate for best business practices for the product development team . Provides functional thought leadership to QA engineers and testers. Creates functional specifications as required and presents the documented requirements to the stakeholders for feedback. Ensures that the solution design and execution developed effectively meets the business objectives of our customers and end users. Acts as the hub of the stakeholders (both internal and external) for the application, interfacing with the product management team, stakeholders, customers, services, and platform team. Contributes to planning and review meeting. Works with product management to scope and prioritize new requirements. Responds to all functional queries both from internal and external sources. Works with UX designers to create an easier and smoother user experience and advocates aggressively for user experience quality within the company. Validates new features and their impact on existing features. Demonstrates the new functionality to the stakeholders for feedback. Participates in planning sessions with key stakeholders, such as the enterprise functional architect, to develop enhancements that support business scenarios which span across Blue Yonder products. Assists in the identification of business scenario data to be used during the development process. Provides cross-training and education to internal and external departments. Reviews test scenarios and test cases. Acting as a SME, reviews the training material for the external organization. Reviews product documentation of both existing and new features. Reviews the functional testing requirements of each feature. Provides functional validation to ensure features meet stated requirements. Develops a solid understanding of Blue Yonder product areas from a performance perspective and ensures RASSUI requirements are specified. Responsible for managing product requirements, competitive product analysis, market analysis, product adoption, and integrating with business, engineering and support teams. Assists PMG with overall corporate product readiness execution to support launches, demo releases, sales readiness, and support awareness trainings. Explains functional requirements to the development team. Assists PMG to support RFP, RFQ, current implementations, demo preparation, demo delivery, and roadmap communications including interactions with SIG and UG. As a SME, resolves complex functional questions and issues for external and internal customers. Assists PMG to deliver product presentations and webcasts to clients for specialized topics. Assists PMG to train sales and account managers on product features, positioning, and strategy. Mentors business analysts and functional analysts.
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