Product Group Architect – Consumer Identity & Access Management
At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible.
We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future.
With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and you will have the space to move your career forward in many different areas/directions.
IT at PMI
PMI’s journey to a smoke-free future implies a shift from a tobacco manufacturer to a science and technology-based consumer facing organisation.
Such a shift creates an abundance of unique and transformative IT projects to match all levels of skills and ambitions. You’ll feel like you’re working in a start-up – with the freedom to shape and define the future of digital, but with the support and scope of a vast global business. You’ll get a chance to work with cutting-edge technologies (e.g., Cloud, APIs, AI) as well as management practices (e.g., Agile, Design Thinking, Product Management). Our environment is fast-paced and highly collaborative. If you want the freedom to find new ways to connect with consumers, there’s no better place to progress your career.
Digital at PMI is dynamic, diverse, and disruptive. Join us and become a part of a top talent team where you can bring new ideas to life in a global function that is a key driver of the success of our business.
Joining the Digital Products Portfolio
The Digital Consumer Engagement Products portfolio plays a critical role in delivering PMI’s Smoke-Free Future. We are enabling digital services to our consumers and retailers by building platforms to communicate our vision to broader society. Together with talent from multiple business and technology functions across our footprint, we are delivering a premium experience for our consumers.
When you join this team, you will work in a dynamic, diverse, and warm environment. You will be primarily focusing on defining your Digital Product vision, regularly engaging with your customers to gather feedback and understand their needs to maximize value. You will be part of all stages of Digital Product incremental value delivery.
Your Role
As a Product Group Architect – Consumer Identity & Access Management plays a critical role in aligning Agile Release Train (ART) teams to a shared technical direction. This role ensures architectural integrity, drives long‑term strategic design, and supports fast, reliable digital product delivery across the Product Group.
PGA partners with Product Group Manager, Product Group Delivery Manager, Digital Product Manager, Tech Leads, and Domain Architects to ensure the Product Group architecture supports business goals
You will work with a group of Product Teams delivering capabilities related to consumer’s and customer’s identities. This includes registration, age verification, log in, Consumer Identity Lifecycle Management and similar.
You are responsible for good practices of software design as well as adherence to the Non-Functional Requirements framework across all Product teams within your Product Group. Relentless drive to reduce and avoid technical debt is baked into your mission.
You are accountable to define the Product Group's technical roadmap and support Product Vision creation, guiding the product teams along the journey and supporting their work by providing technical frameworks.
You also ensure the implementation of non-functional requirements, as well as technical debt reduction. Part of your job will be also to drive the platforms roadmap and day-to-day assistance in solution design, technical improvement implementation and technical debt reduction.
You are very experienced on the technical side but also can influence and evangelize Domain Architecture to all stakeholders. You are skilled in change management and horizontal leadership to evolve the practices of a significant team deploying global platforms.
You’ll be building the cultural change disrupting PMI from within.
Your day-to-day
Architecture Leadership
Define and communicate the Architecture Vision for the Product Group.Align the architectural direction with business priorities and enterprise level architecture.Elaborate system architecture and guide design decisions during delivery.Validate technology assumptions and evaluate implementation alternatives.Pre-empt scale, capacity, reliability, and efficiency issues by designing domain agnostic, scalable architecture.Product Group Strategy & Planning
Support Product Group strategy formulation and ensure alignment between digital product roadmap and architecture roadmap.Provide architectural input during quarterly planning events; ensure readiness of design artifacts.Support and advise Product Group Manager & Delivery Manager on technical feasibility and architectural risks.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Alignment
Work closely with Domain Architects, Platform & Shared Services teams, Product Teams, Tech LeadsProvide visibility and escalate architectural exception decisions to the Architecture Council.DevOps, Delivery & Quality
Drive architectural governance for the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.Promote build‑in quality practices and define NFRs (availability, performance, security).Remove architectural blockers and technical impediments for product teams.Governance & Standards
Ensure solutions adhere to approved architecture principles, standards, and reusable patterns.Provide architectural guardrails and enforce compliance through reviews and coaching.Expected Outcomes
A coherent architecture across products and teams within the Product Group.Faster, higher‑quality delivery enabled by consistent design patterns.Reduced technical debt and improved lifecycle management.Clear alignment between Product Group strategy and enterprise architecture.Interactions & Key Collaborations
Product Group Manager (PGM) – strategic alignment, roadmap coherenceProduct Group Delivery Manager (PGDM) – delivery feasibility, execution alignmentDigital Product Manager / Product Owner – demand shaping, value deliveryTech Leads & Engineers – solution design, implementation supportDomain Architects – enterprise alignment, architectural governance
What is needed to succeed in this Role?
Must have:
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or other IT related field.A minimum of 12+ years over all IT experience where 8 years of experience in solution/technical architecture with at least 2-3 years specifically focused on consumer identity management.Knowledge of Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) standards.Experience in crafting solution/technical architecture with SaaS/PaaS, custom built, scalable AWS applications.Experience with identity platforms like PingIdentity, SAP CDC (Gigya), Okta, Auth0, or similar.A sharp understanding of the cybersecurity landscape as it pertains to identity management.Ability to Align Architecture with Business PrioritiesStrong Architecture Vision & Communication SkillsCross‑Team Collaboration & Influencing SkillsExpertise in Solution & System DesignDeep Understanding of NFRs & Built‑In QualityGovernance & Risk Management MindsetDevSecOps & Continuous Delivery AlignmentStrong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have:
Ability to Challenge Assumptions & Inspire InnovationGlobal / Cross-Market Exposure i.e., Understanding variations in market requirements, consumer journeys, and enterprise platforms.Coaching & Mentoring Skills - Helping Tech Leads, Product Owners, and Engineers understand architecture—not just reviewing it.Comfort Working in High Ambiguity and Fast-paced EnvironmentsStrong hands-on engineering backgroundExpertise on architecture transformation, modular/composable architecture, evolutionary architecture and working in a product-based setup.Software engineering background.An understanding of how complex matrixed organizations operate; international experience is an advantage.
What’s in it for you?
There are many IT Organizations out there, so why should you join ours?
We believe PMI IT’s true strength is fuelled by our people, and that our success depends on them coming to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. We are a people first organisation committed to providing you with first-class employee journey. Here’s a glimpse of what’s in it for you upon joining us:
Work-life balance: Wellbeing comes first. We offer a fantastic office environment and Smart working options to ensure you have the best work-life balance possibleLearning & Development: Your growth is a priority. Our robust and varied learning & development ecosystem will help you strengthen your technical skills and enhance your soft skills and business acumen. The capabilities you will acquire with us will support your life-time employability within IT, PMI, and beyondInclusion & Diversity: Our differences - much more than our similarities - generate the innovation we are looking for. We aspire to build a diverse and inclusive organization to access the breadth and depth of thinking and sensitivity necessary to thrive
Every single IT colleague is part of our Transformation journey. Join us and pursue your ambitions – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. If this offer resonates with you, we look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you.
Together, let’s deliver a smoke free future.