Solutions Architect

Have 4+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Solutions Consulting, Implementation Consulting, Business Systems, ERP consulting, CPG technology, or a similar customer-facing role.

Have experience understanding complex business processes and translating them into scalable system or workflow designs.

Can move comfortably between business requirements and technical conversations without needing to personally engineer every solution.

Understand financial or operational workflows such as deductions, accounts receivable, accruals, revenue, forecasting, reconciliation, or accounting.

Have experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, QuickBooks, or similar platforms.

Understand integration concepts including APIs, data flows, field mappings, master data, authentication, and system dependencies.

Can facilitate complex conversations involving Accounting, Finance, Sales, Operations, IT, and executive stakeholders.

Are comfortable challenging existing processes and recommending a better future-state approach rather than simply recreating what a customer does today.

Can distinguish between a business requirement, configuration requirement, integration requirement, product gap, and scope change.

Have strong documentation skills and can turn ambiguous conversations into clear requirements and decisions.

Are comfortable working directly with customers and establishing credibility as a trusted advisor.

Can manage ambiguity, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and know when additional expertise is required.

Learn quickly and can develop expertise across new products, workflows, ERP systems, and customer use cases.

Are highly organized and capable of maintaining context across multiple complex customer implementations.

Are comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment where processes are evolving and you'll help improve them.

Have strong judgment, executive presence, and communication skills.

Want to have a foundational impact on how a growing SaaS organization delivers complex customer solutions.

Experience with CPG, Trade Promotion Management, Deduction Management, Cash Application, Sales Finance, or CPG accounting is strongly preferred, but we would also consider candidates with strong solution architecture experience in adjacent financial or operational SaaS environments who demonstrate the ability to learn the industry quickly.

You’ll work closely with Solutions Engineering, Implementation, Integrations, Managed Services, Customer Success, Product, and Engineering.

Our operating model is built around a simple principle: Solutions Engineering determines how Vividly can solve the customer's problem. Solution Architecture defines how that solution should operate. Our delivery teams make it happen.

You'll typically enter the customer journey during late-stage solutioning or immediately following Closed Won. Your first responsibility is to establish Solution Alignment, ensuring the customer's objectives, workflows, scope, requirements, and technical dependencies are understood before teams begin execution.

From there:

Implementation owns the project plan, customer coordination, configuration, milestones, and overall execution.

Integration Solutions Engineering determines how systems connect and owns the technical integration workstream.

Managed Services establishes and operates applicable retrieval and managed workflows.

Customer Success owns adoption, value realization, and the long-term customer relationship.

There will naturally be overlap. We expect Solutions Architects to understand enough about configuration, integrations, accounting, and customer operations to make informed recommendations and identify when something isn't working. At the same time, you won't be expected to personally manage every project task, configure every customer environment, or build every integration.

The goal is to give customers one cohesive solution rather than a collection of disconnected workstreams, while giving our delivery teams the clarity they need to execute quickly and confidently.

You'll know you're succeeding when:

Customers don't have to restart discovery after Closed Won.

Solution Alignment identifies material requirements and risks before configuration or integration work begins.

Delivery teams understand exactly what they're building and why.

Fewer requirements are discovered late in implementation.

Rework and mid-implementation scope changes decrease.

Portal, Integration, and Managed Services workstreams remain aligned to one solution.

Customers are guided toward scalable Vividly best practices rather than unnecessarily recreating legacy processes.

Implementation timelines become shorter and more predictable.

Customer Success receives clear context on the solution, customer objectives, and operating model at handoff.

Customers reach value faster because Vividly was designed correctly from the beginning.

For most USA holidays that fall on a Monday or Friday, we turn it into a 4 day weekend! Vividly also offers Flexible Time Off ( and we really mean it ) to help prevent burn out and fuel creativity.

Kind Ambition -We push boundaries with empathy and integrity

Keep It Real - We are transparent, honest, and authentic

Customer Love - We act as trusted advisors to our customers

Own It - We take responsibility and drive outcomes

Urgency Wins - We move quickly and focus on impact

Pull Together - We collaborate to win as a team

Please note: Vividly will never request sensitive information such as your social security number, bank account information, or other non-publicly available information during the application and interview process. If an applicant is extended an offer of employment, such sensitive information will be requested at that time during the onboarding process. Vividly will never ask you to receive and ship packages or goods as part of the interview. Other practices to be on alert for:

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Vividly is the leading modern trade promotion management (TPM) solution built by and for the consumer packaged goods industry. From campaign creation to deductions management and promotion measurement, we help brands manage every element of trade spend. With our easy-to-use platform and industry-leading experience, we pride ourselves on our ability to bring businesses to the next level.

Not familiar with trade promotion spend? That’s OK. Most people aren’t. It’s an $8 trillion dollar problem that is ripe for disruption by an innovative SaaS startup. In order to grow, consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands spend 20% of their topline revenue to get into retailers and promote their products within those retailers. The problem is that today 70% of those promotions are not ROI positive. This is because ROI is hard to track. The industry operates on emails, pdfs, and xls spreadsheets. At Vividly, we’re solving this massive problem with exciting tactics including AI, Machine Learning, and Fintech and adding value to everyone in the chain. Some of our customers include brands you may use and love - Liquid Death, Amy’s, and Perfect Snacks.