Manager, Business Architect

Company: PayPal
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary:
The Strategic Business Architect will join the Global Revenue Operations team and support PayPal's continued growth and ongoing development of our global revenue organization by leading efforts to align business capabilities and product value delivery. Our focus is to invest in understanding, defining, and influencing the overall activities, decisions, stakeholders, and internal processes that lead to what equips our Revenue organization with an efficient, effective, and well-integrated ecosystem of tools, processes, and systems.

As a Strategic Business Architect, you'll lead interviews and workshops to analyze the current business and operating models, define current and future business capabilities or changes in how key elements of the business work together to deliver strategic value, and ensure the interconnections between the business processes, technology, data, and people work together to drive business performance throughout the enterprise. This is an environment with complex business issues that are not always clearly defined, and the path to a solution often involves additional challenges and competing priorities. The right candidate will possess creative problem-solving skills, be a self-starter, and be comfortable navigating ambiguity.

Job Description:

Main Responsibilities

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

• Partner with business leaders and IT to identify and agree on priorities to support business objectives and maximize the value of technology investments
  
• Contribute to the development of a strategic plan or north star to influence roadmaps, resource plans, and ongoing work
  
  
  
  • Own definition, completion, and maintenance of end-to-end capability documentation across the Revenue lifecycle in partnership with functional leads & users
    
  • Develop a repeatable and consistent process to identify, evaluate and align the right technology investments for the Global Sales organization
    
  • Develop governance artifacts and processes that drive clarity on how applications should be supported, deployed, owned, resourced, and governed ongoing
    
  • Participate in documentation standardization strategies, particularly related to how system evaluation, design, and management lead to quality data & processes
    
  • Participate in tool evaluations to guide the evaluation process, coordinate governance or critical decisions, and assist with quality discovery, analysis, and requirements
    
    
    
    • Participate in market research to think innovatively about how technology can lead to operational excellence, scale, and field & customer experiences tied to needs
      
      
      Target Skills/Experience
      
      
      • 7 + years of working experience with at least 3 + years experience as a Product Manager or Owner
        
      • Experience working within Sales Operations including knowledge of the Salesforce platform preferred
        
      • Proven ability t o think about business processes outside of the technology context
        
        
        
        • Ability to effectively develop presentations, value stream maps, business capability maps, organizational graphs, and business strategy framework diagrams to present ideas and proposals to all levels of management and technical expertise
          
        • Experience and best practice with elevating the role of users and feedback loops into technology management practices & cross-functional operating environments
          
        • Strong verbal, visual, and written communication skills, including excellence in analytical and collaborative discovery and design discussion.
          
        • Agile development practices
          
        • Exceptional problem-solving skills: demonstrated ability to structure complex problems and develop solutions
          
          
          
          • Effective at building consensus and influencing others by building trust-based relationships
            
            
            Additional Job Description:
            
            Subsidiary:
            PayPal
            
            Travel Percent:
            0
            
            Our Benefits:
            At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
            We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com
            
            Who We Are:
            Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.
            
            PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.
            
            PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com .
            
            As part of PayPal's commitment to employees' health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

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