Lead Product Architect

Lead Product Architect - HSO Studio 

Location: Remote 

Role overview 

The (Lead) Product Architect is an inward-facing technical product role responsible for translating business requirements into scalable, high-quality technical solutions across multiple products within a domain. This position ensures product architecture, delivery, releases, and cross-product dependencies are aligned and effectively coordinated. 

You will safeguard the functional and technical feasibility, integrity, and quality of the product scope, while supporting domain-level alignment and enabling development teams to deliver against the strategic product roadmap. 

Key responsibilities 

Define Product Architecture  

• Partner with the Product Manager to understand the product vision, strategy, customer and market needs, and roadmap. 

• Contribute to the product vision and roadmap based on deep functional and technical expertise, product feedback, and emerging technology insights. 

• Document functional and technical requirements, solution designs, architectural principles, and technical decisions. 

• Validate technical feasibility, performance impact, scalability, and product integrity together with the lead developer. 

• Align technical design with user experience, persona-based user stories, business requirements, and the overall product strategy. 

• Ensure desired features are designed as part of a cohesive, scalable, and functional product. 

• Work with the product team to apply Studio’s newly defined AI technology, processes, and ways of working 

 Oversee Product Development & Support   

• Own and manage the product backlog, translating prioritised roadmap initiatives into epics and actionable work items. 

• Work with development teams to design, build, test, and release products against the prioritised backlog and defined architecture. 

• Facilitate development team ceremonies, support delivery cadence, and track progress against agreed work items and release schedules. 

• Ensure the development team has a clear understanding of objectives, customer-driven requirements, and expected outcomes. 

• Coordinate the product development lifecycle to ensure timely delivery and high-quality implementation. 

• Manage implementation quality, testing outcomes, documentation, release notes, and complex Level 4 support topics. 

 
Align Cross-Product Architecture (Lead) 

• Maintain an overview of all products within the domain and ensure architectural consistency across patterns, integrations, and technical decisions. 

• Identify cross-product dependencies, assess the impact of new features, and mitigate architectural risks across the domain. 

 
Coordinate Domain Releases (Lead) 

• Coordinate domain-level release planning, aligning scope, dependencies, timelines, and release practices across products. 

• Support predictable delivery by proactively identifying and resolving cross-product risks and blockers. 

 
Facilitate Product Architect Alignment (Lead) 

• Facilitate alignment between Product Architects, clarify ownership and responsibilities, and support decision-making on complex topics. 

• Act as a trusted sparring partner for complex functional and technical matters across the domain. 
  
  

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent  

• Relevant experience as a Product Architect, Solution Architect, or similar role within a product development environment. 

• Strong knowledge of the Microsoft technology stack, including Azure, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. 

• Understanding of modern product discovery and delivery methods, including user-experience-focused product design frameworks. 

• Strong business and technical acumen, with the ability to translate business requirements into functional designs and technical specifications. 

• Experience managing product lifecycles, backlogs, work plans, releases, and prioritised support requests. 

• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills. 

• Ability to align architecture, dependencies, release planning, and risks across multiple products within a domain. 

• Curious and proactive in exploring AI and modern technologies, with a strong continuous learning mindset and the ability to translate technological developments into business value. 
  
  

What we offer 

• Competitive salary and benefits package  

• The opportunity to shape product development at the forefront of Microsoft innovation, building technology products that drive business transformation. 

• Opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic global team  

• Professional growth and development opportunities