Functional Solutions Architect - Forward Deployed Team

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

Position Summary

Arcesium seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to join our Forward Deployed Private Markets team in Client and Partner Development, supporting our growth with asset managers, and with a particular focus on the Private Markets sector (e.g., private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure). As part of the Forward Deployed Team, you will draw on your technology expertise and business acumen and apply the insights you have gained through experience to support the requirements of Arcesium's growing client base, which comprises some of the world's most sophisticated financial services institutions. 

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales Executives during meetings and conversations with high level client stakeholders (e.g. C-suite, operations, technology, data managers) to represent Arcesium’s technology capabilities and demonstrate how we can accelerate their technology and data strategy. You will follow up by writing proposals and preparing/presenting other relevant materials, managing expectations by highlighting any unforeseen project risks, and suggesting ways they can be mitigated.
• Deconstruct client problems into their component parts and design scalable solutions in collaboration with colleagues (e.g., Forward Deployed Software Engineers, Forward Deployed Data Strategists, and Product Managers.)
• Work with clients to define project phases, including proof-of-concept, and implementation.
• Drive new product innovation and software development; suggest ways to reduce costs and improve processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in client facing roles that require a high degree of consultative and solutioning skills.
•  A background in alternatives, especially private capital markets (one or several of the following: private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure.)
• Knowledge of private equity accounting systems is a plus.
• Demonstrable track record of leading and driving cross-functional, medium and large-scale projects across business lines and technology domains.
• Good organizational skills and a methodical mindset, along with the ability to make presentations with ease.
• Strong interpersonal skills: stakeholder management, influencing, persuasion, and critical thinking skills, and the ability to build and maintain cooperative internal and external relationships.

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