Enterprise Solution Architect

About Impact Analytics

Impact Analytics is an agentic-first AI software company transforming retail merchandising through cutting-edge AI, LLMs, and Generative AI technologies. As a fast-growing Series D company with deployments across five continents, it is building both industry-leading merchandising solutions and foundational AI agents that are redefining how retail decisions are made.

What makes Impact Analytics unique is its combination of deep retail domain expertise, strong innovation culture, and global presence. It is one of the few India-born AI companies recognized globally by organizations like Fortune, Gartner, and the Inc. 5000.

For candidates looking to work on next-generation AI products with global scale and real-world impact, Impact Analytics is an exciting place to build your career. Here’s a link to our website: www.impactanalytics.co.

What This Role Entails

Solution Architecture & Enterprise Design

• Lead Business Diagnostics & Workshops: Conduct process analysis and future-state blueprinting bootcamps to map intricate business constraints to Impact Analytics’ AI-native capabilities.
• Architect Scalable Frameworks: Design complex demand, supply, and replenishment models (including constrained planning, multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO), deployment, capacity planning, and scenario modeling).
• Handle Complex Technical Challenges: Manage solver behavior, optimization trade-offs, and performance tuning for high-volume enterprise data.
• Integration & Ecosystem Design: Secure seamless integration between IA’s platform and legacy ERP, WMS, TMS, MES, Data Lakes, and Cloud infrastructure (Snowflake, Azure, AWS) using robust API architectures.
  
  

• Drive High-Stakes Pursuits: Act as the primary functional liaison for executive stakeholders, influencing deals through tailored live AI simulations, proof-of-value (PoV) sessions, and ROI modeling.
• RFP & Strategy Ownership: Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Delivery, and Product teams to scope enterprise RFPs, identify gap-fits for legacy migrations (e.g., migrating from legacy Blue Yonder, o9, SAP APO), and mitigate delivery risks.
• Change Management & Adoption: Author comprehensive solution design documents, functional specifications, and functional test scripts to accelerate the adoption of autonomous, AI-driven processes.
  
  

• Oversee Concurrent Implementations: Guide cross-functional global delivery teams using agile frameworks, managing detailed work breakdown structures, risk mitigations, and ensuring 100% traceability to financial outcomes.
• Team Mentorship: Coach and upskill junior consultants and architects in supply chain planning best practices, AI/ML forecasting tuning, and advanced configuration methodologies.
• Product Evolution: Translate field insights, edge-case requirements, and industry trends back to Product Management and Development to shape the future product roadmap.
  
  

• Experience & Domain Expertise: 15+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise supply chain planning, retail planning solution design, and management consulting.
• Proven Track Record: Successfully led 5+ full-lifecycle implementations of enterprise planning suites with exceptional client satisfaction.
• Deep Suite Knowledge: Comprehensive functional understanding of advanced planning suites such as Blue Yonder (ESP, DSP, IO, OP), o9 Solutions, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP, Anaplan, or e2open.
• Technical & AI Capabilities: Practical understanding of Agentic AI ecosystems (autonomous software agents for real-time scenario planning) and advanced machine learning forecasting models. Familiarity with SQL, Python, APIs, cloud-native architectures, and data clouds (e.g., Snowflake).
• Soft Skills & Education: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex analytical architectures into compelling executive narratives. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or Data Analytics.
• Certifications (Value-Add): APICS (CSCP/CPIM), TOGAF, or professional architecture credentials from leading platform providers (BY, o9, Kinaxis, Anaplan).
  
  

• An opportunity to be part of some of the best enterprise SaaS products to be built out of India
• Opportunities to quench your thirst for problem-solving, experimenting, learning, and implementing innovative solutions
• A flat, collegial work environment, with a work hard, play hard attitude
• A platform for rapid growth if you are willing to try new things without fear of failure.
• Remuneration with best-in-class industry standards with generous health insurance cover
  
  

• Ranked as one of America's Fastest-Growing Companies by Financial Times for five consecutive years: 2020-2024.
• Ranked as one of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc. 5000 for seven consecutive years: 2018-2024.
• Voted #1 by more than 300 retailers worldwide in the RIS Software LeaderBoard 2024 report.
• Ranked #72 in America’s Most Innovative Companies list in 2023—by Fortune—alongside companies like Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, IBM, etc.
• Forged a strategic partnership with Google to equip retailers with cutting-edge generative AI tools.
• Recognized in multiple Gartner reports, including Market Guides and Hype Cycle, spanning assortments, merchandising, forecasting, algorithmic retailing, and Unified Price, Promotion, and Markdown Optimization Applications.