Cognite
AI for Industry
NewSolutionArchitectLead
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“New Solution Architect Lead at Cognite. Skills: Solution Architecture, cloud-native architectures, data integration. Own and elevate Solution Architecture capability. Ensure architecture delivered is consistent, scalable, performance-ready”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Solution Architecture experience across SaaS, cloud, data platforms, or enterprise-scale implementations, leading technical teams or architecture communities in complex, data-centric environments, working with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions, data integration, data modeling, cloud-native architectures, API design, performance engineering, communication, executive presence, Ability to drive architectural consistency, influence technical decision-making
Nice to Have
Kubernetes
What You'll Do.
Own and elevate Solution Architecture capability
Ensure architecture delivered is consistent
Align architecture with Cognite’s delivery standards
Lead Solution Architects as trusted advisors
Shape architectures that accelerate value realization
Reduce delivery risks
Create repeatable technical foundation for scale
Drive professional development
and technical excellence
Ensure architects apply best practices
Ensure architects reuse accelerators
Ensure architects work in alignment with Data Engineering
Own region’s end-to-end architectural quality
high-quality design practices
Ensure consistent reference architectures
Ensure consistent performance standards
Oversee architecture readiness
Champion a value-led architecture approach
Support escalations with clarity
and technical judgment
Ensure architecture drives performance
and long-term adoption
and Delivery leadership
Shape technical approaches that unlock expansion and scale
Support pre-sales architectural scoping
Ensure technical feasibility for complex engagements
Drive technical excellence that accelerates customer onboarding
Reduce implementation friction
Ensure SAs deliver robust
and scalable architectures
Align architectures with Cognite’s delivery standards
Improve efficiency and predictability by driving reuse
Track technical risks
Track architecture-related delivery health indicators
Ensure personal delivery participation remains capped at 20%
Prioritize capability uplift
and architectural consistency
and upskill the region’s Solution Architect community
Focus on capability development
Create and maintain the SA competency model
Create and maintain learning pathways
Create and maintain coaching structures
Foster a culture of excellence
Foster a culture of continuous learning
Foster a culture of technical leadership
Work closely with Product Management
and Industry Innovation & Solutions
Align solution designs with platform strategy
Ensure cohesive end-to-end delivery
Support the creation of repeatable best practices
Support the creation of templates
Support the creation of standardized architecture methods
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working with cross-functional teams; Partner with Sales, Product, and Delivery leadership; Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Industry Innovation & Solutions; Partner with PM, DE, and DS leaders
Communication Scope
communication; executive presence; translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences
Full Job Description
What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements. We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here. Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future. How you’ll demonstrate Ownership As the SA Lead for Value Delivery Europe, you will own and elevate the Solution Architecture capability across the region. Your mission is to ensure that all architecture delivered into customer projects is consistent, scalable, performance-ready, and aligned with Cognite’s delivery standards. You will lead a high-performing community of Solution Architects who operate as trusted advisors to our customers—shaping architectures that accelerate value realization, reduce delivery risks, and create a repeatable technical foundation for scale. You will drive the professional development, methods, and technical excellence of the SA function, ensuring architects apply best practices, reuse accelerators, and work in deep alignment with Data Engineering, Data Science, Product, and PM communities. This is a capability-building leadership role, and as such, your customer-facing or billable involvement will be limited to a maximum of 20%, ensuring your primary focus remains on uplifting the Solution Architecture function. This is a critical leadership role that ensures Cognite-Grade architecture quality becomes a competitive advantage in every
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