About the Position

At Thryv, we’re a team that lives by teamwork. However, it’s not the work that drives us, it’s the respect, trust, and care for each other that defines us as a team. We’re a diverse community of trendsetters who do our best work in a fun, relaxed environment. Technology never stops evolving and neither do we. We’re always looking for the best and brightest team players to join us.

This role is responsible for guiding, mentoring, and managing the work of Product Architects leading a team focused on integrations and services. The Sr Manager Product Architecture partners with application owners, designers, developers, business analysts and project managers to create solutions aligned to architecture principles, leveraging common and cloud-based solutions and services while meeting financial targets (cost and benefits).

Responsibilities

• Represents technology, strategy, and architecture in programs and initiatives. Partners with business stakeholders to understand strategy and drivers, providing solutions architecture recommendations, design, and guidance. Identifies gaps and opportunities for enhanced capabilities and automation frameworks. Monitors technology trends to assess emerging impacts and deliver viable solutions.
• Oversees the architecture guild. Reviews and approves architecture analyses and designs to ensure fulfillment of requirements. Leads technology product evaluation and selection to support strategic initiatives. Initiates proofs of concept and builds prototypes to assess new solution approaches. Assists in developing strategies for integration stacks, data architecture and data modeling, AI integration, and broad dependency identifications.
• Manages a team of architects and engineers for shared applications and services. Mentors and guides design, documentation of best practices, and architectural strategies. Reviews and approves architecture analyses and designs to ensure fulfillment of requirements.
• Leads integration projects advancing SaaS-to-SaaS capabilities. Drives technology strategy, architecture, and design, leveraging AI for accelerated delivery.
• Engages partners and vendors from research through service delivery. Produces conceptual and logical architectures to meet strategic business and technology objectives through documentation of systems, architectures, process flows and value chains. Manages tradeoffs between speed, quality, security, and financial impact. Collaborates with development teams, leads meetings, and acts as a decision maker for technical solutions.
• Owns solution evaluation and selection, including buy vs. build decisions, and early-phase project estimates within the solution development lifecycle which contribute to the technology needs and business case.

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) or equivalent experience, required
• 8+ years of related experience, required. Experience in data architecture, data modeling, and software development/programming, required.
• 10+ years of related experience, preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey technical information to team members, other departments, customers, and suppliers.
• Demonstrates strong architecture experience skills working on SOA or micro service models, access-control environments, cloud-based solutions, and consumer facing environments.
• Extensive experience with integrations technologies, iPaaS stacks, and researching new and existing technologies. Comprehensive API authentication skills, use and implementation including familiarity with REST languages such as JSON; use of tools for testing such as Postman.
• Background leveraging artificial intelligence with engineering organizations.
• Extensive industry knowledge and an understanding of service-oriented architecture databases and data modeling techniques, such as ERD creation with the ability to learn in complex and evolving environment.
• Extensive knowledge of AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure compute environments including AWS serverless models, data and cloud security protocols and requirements; system, platform, and account migrations; network infrastructure, monitoring and logging technologies; and API implementation and authentication s
• Strong resource management skills with the ability to evaluate pragmatic, strategic technology alternatives to deliver short-term results while contributing to long-term strategic direction.
• Strong ability to articulate the value proposition of getting solutions built using sound architecture principles; comfortably and credibly present to senior leadership.
• Ability to travel less than 5% of the time.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must successfully complete pre-employment screening process, as required.
• Must successfully complete any required training or orientation courses, as needed.

What We Offer

Life requires balance, so we provide benefits around health and wellness, continued education, and work/life balance to help you live your best life when you’re working…and when you’re not.

• Work from anywhere – Thryv is a Remote First company!
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus a wellness program with added incentives
• 401(k) savings plan with company match and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuing education benefits with tuition assistance programs
• One week of paid time off at the end of the year, in addition to our standard paid time off policy.

Who We Are

At Thryv, we’re a team fiercely devoted to the success of local businesses. We’ve been around for over 100 years, always with one goal in mind — helping small businesses compete, win, and succeed. We provide the technology, software and local business automation tools small business owners need to better manage their time, communicate with clients, and get paid, so they can take control of their business and be more successful.

We support businesses across the U.S. and our team members are located across the country, and internationally.  We operate as a work from anywhere company and believe this allows us to be more productive.

Culture is vital at Thryv because it shapes our identity and, therefore, our measurements for growth. We have an identified set of values that hold all of us accountable paving the way for our company success and our legacy. All of this helps us deliver results for our clients and creates success for our employees. At Thryv, making a positive impact within our team and in our local community is the reason we get out of bed every morning.

Thryv Core Values:

• Client Devoted – Be humble with a servant mentality. Understand the uniqueness of each interaction while being flexible, knowledgeable, and genuine.
• Under Promise, Over Deliver – Deliver expectations and exceed them, have accountability, listen, and understand the ask.
• Act Like You Own the Place – Taking ownership and accountability in your day-to-day decisions empowers you to act like you own the place.
• Invest in our People – Hire people that are aligned with Thryv’s core values. Provide learning opportunities to enable all of us to adapt, belong, and create a lifelong career.
• DONE3 – Define what you say (Done), Do what you say (Done), Follow up and ensure completion (Done).
• Making $$ is a Byproduct of Helping People – Always be devoted to people, act with integrity.
• Think Long Term, Act with Passion & Integrity – Focus on making every interaction exceptional. Bring enthusiasm and devotion to every act.  This includes doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.  Think five years out or think for the long play.

Find out more at corporate.thryv.com/careers/

Belonging at Thryv

We believe in a work environment where all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. We want our employees to feel a part of something big and we encourage the sharing of ideas and collaboration across the organization. 

We strive to ensure our work environment reflects diversity, fairness, and meritocracy. We believe all employees should have the opportunity to perform effectively in their position. We value every employee and the authenticity they bring to their role and to the organization. As a result, our employee policies and internal practices focus on ability and merit as the standards for success.

Requisition Detail and Process

This information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this job. It is not designed to contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

The final job level offered may vary based on the applicant’s competencies and qualifications such as experience and education, and other job-related reasons.

Pay Transparency

The base salary for this position is $157k to $209k USD per year in most US locations. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including location, local market variances, and candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Thryv is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, without regard to gender, color, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by law. Thryv is committed to provide equal employment opportunities throughout the employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, discharge, compensation, benefits, discipline, development, and advancement or other aspects of employment.

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