Manager, Project Architecture

The Manager, Project Architecture leads the architectural integrity and end-to-end delivery of software solutions for TGW material handling projects. This role manages the Software Solutions Architect team and is accountable for ensuring that software scope is planned, designed, estimated, and delivered in alignment with TGW quality standards, customer expectations, and project commitments.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Delivery & Architectural Leadership

Leads and governs software architecture and solution design across projects to ensure consistency, scalability, and reuse of proven approaches.
Validates and refines software requirements defined during the sales phase and ensures readiness for realization.
Contributes to the effort estimation, staffing assumptions, and delivery planning for software scope.
Serves as the senior escalation point for complex technical, architectural, and delivery-related issues.
Supports project management with customer-facing discussions, acceptance activities, and resolution of escalated delivery risks.
Maintains a strong network inside TGW to encourage collaboration across Customer Units and progress our technological capabilities as a group

People Management

Directly manages the Software Solutions Architect team, including workload planning, performance management, coaching, and career development.
Establishes expectations, standards, and best practices for solution architecture and software delivery.
Develops and maintains training programs, architectural standards, and delivery playbooks for architects.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Works closely with Software Engineering Managers to align architecture, staffing, sequencing, and execution plans across development, testing, and commissioning teams.
Collaborates with Product Development to resolve systemic delivery challenges and provide input into product architecture and roadmap decisions.
Partners with IT and Infrastructure teams to ensure delivery environments and platforms meet project needs.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

Drives consistent estimation, delivery planning, and forecasting processes across projects.
Ensures compliance with TGW software quality standards and delivery processes.
Performs additional duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Experience: Minimum of seven (7) years of experience delivering software solutions, preferably in a material handling environment. Prior management experience preferred.

Travel: Up to 20% domestic and international travel.

Skills & Abilities

Proven ability to lead engineering resources to complete project tasks.
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting ability.
Strong knowledge of agile methods and practice.
Proven ability to manage administrative and project work effectively.
Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences, internal and external.

Physical Requirements

Ability to remain stationary at a desk for prolonged periods of time.
Ability to go to site frequently and move safely around industrial and/or warehouse environment.
Ability to lift and carry supplies up to 25 pounds at a time.
Ability to tolerate exposure to job site temperature fluctuations due to seasonal weather in geographic region.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Requirements

This position may require work at TGW customer sites. TGW’s customers may require background checks before accessing their sites. Refusal to participate in a customer-required background check may result in a customer barring access and a subsequent reduction in work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

TGW Systems Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.