Planisware Technical Architect

Title: Planisware Technical Architect
Duration: 7+ Months
Work Location: Hybrid / Warren MI / Austin TX
Chance for an extension – this position is contract to hire direct

Top 3 Skills:

1. Programming Skills

2. Familiar with Relational databases- SQL, etc

3. Java, JavaScript

Education Requirement: High School Diploma required, Bachelor’s preferred

Years of experience: 8 years of experience

Planisware experience required

Planisware enterprise required

Position Overview: Client is seeking a highly skilled Planisware Technical Architect to lead the technical design, architecture, integration, and implementation of the enterprise Planisware platform. This role will serve as the primary technical authority for Planisware solutions, ensuring alignment with Client's enterprise architecture standards, portfolio management processes, data strategy, security requirements, and long-term platform roadmap. The successful candidate will partner closely with business stakeholders, IT leadership, enterprise architects, product owners, systems analysts, integration teams, and implementation partners to deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable Planisware solutions supporting Product Development, R&D, PMO, Planning, and additional organizations as the enterprise implementation expands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Architecture & Platform Design
• ·       Define and maintain the overall technical architecture for Planisware implementations across Client business domains.
• ·       Establish scalable solution designs supporting enterprise portfolio management, project management, resource planning, financial planning, and scenario planning capabilities.
• ·       Design multi-environment strategies including development, testing, and production environments.
• ·       Ensure compliance with Client enterprise architecture, security, and integration standards.
• ·       Develop architectural standards, reusable components, and technical best practices.
• ·       System Configuration & Development Leadership
• ·       Lead technical configuration of the Planisware platform.
• ·       Guide development team on configuration, customization, extensions, workflows, and automation.
• ·       Review technical designs and code to ensure performance, maintainability, and scalability.
• ·       Support release management, deployment planning, and environment governance.

Enterprise Integration

• ·       Design and oversee integrations between Planisware and enterprise systems including:
• ·       SAP, Jira, Active Directory / SSO platforms
• ·       Data warehouses and reporting solutions

Planning and portfolio management systems

• ·       Define API, file-based, and event-driven integration patterns.
• ·       Collaborate with enterprise integration and data engineering teams to implement reliable, secure data exchanges.

Data Migration & Data Architecture

• ·       Own technical strategy for data conversion and migration activities.
• ·       Design migration frameworks, validation approaches, reconciliation processes, and cutover plans.
• ·       Lead data quality assessments and remediation activities.
• ·       Ensure successful migration of project, portfolio, resource, financial, and historical program data.

Governance, Security & Operations

• ·       Establish platform governance standards and technical operating procedures.
• ·       Design role-based security models and access controls.
• ·       Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• ·       Define monitoring, performance management, backup, disaster recovery, and operational support processes.

Stakeholder Engagement

• ·       Partner with implementation partners, business leaders, PMO organizations, Finance, Product Development, and IT stakeholders.
• ·       Translate business requirements into technical solution designs.
• ·       Facilitate architecture reviews, design workshops, and technical decision-making sessions.
• ·       Mentor internal Client resources and support development of a Planisware Center of Excellence (CoE).

 Required Qualifications

• ·       8 years of enterprise application architecture experience.
• ·       5 years of Planisware implementation and configuration experience.
• ·       Proven experience serving as Technical Architect on large-scale Planisware deployments.
• ·       Deep understanding of: Planisware Enterprise, Planisware SaaS architecture, Resource and portfolio planning, Project financial management, Enterprise integrations, Data migration methodologies.
• ·       Experience integrating Planisware with ERP, project management, and reporting platforms.
• ·       Strong understanding of API-based integration architectures.
• ·       Experience with cloud-based enterprise applications and SaaS deployment models.
• ·       Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

 Preferred Qualifications

• ·       Experience supporting automotive, manufacturing, engineering, or R&D organizations.
• ·       Experience implementing enterprise PPM solutions at global scale.
• ·       Familiarity with: SAP, Jira, Azure technologies, Power BI, ServiceNow, Enterprise Data Lake architectures.
• ·       Experience establishing or operating a Portfolio Management Center of Excellence.
• ·       Planisware Developer certification preferred.

 Technical Skills

• ·       Planisware Platform Configuration, Data Model Design, Workflow Automation, Portfolio & Resource Management, Financial Planning, Scenario Planning, Reporting & Dashboards, Security Administration, Integration Technologies, REST APIs, Web Services, ETL/Data Migration, SFTP/File-Based Integrations, Identity Management / SSO Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Integration Architecture, Cloud/SaaS Platforms.

Success Measures

• ·       Successful delivery of Planisware implementations and enhancements.
• ·       High-quality integration and data migration outcomes.
• ·       Adoption of enterprise architecture standards.
• ·       Improved portfolio visibility and governance capabilities.
• ·       Reduced dependency on external implementation partners through knowledge transfer and capability development.
• ·       Establishment of scalable technical foundations supporting Client's long-term Planisware roadmap.

Business Group: Product development business systems space, vehicle manufacturing, planning the vehicle manufacturing and vehicle lifecycle for getting the plan ready for new models, trims, and all of the logistics that go behind this, they are the team that is transforming from an in house system made at Client to more of a SAAS (product is Planisware), they are using this to manage timing plans for vehicle engineering, they are putting their PMO on this as well