Solution Architect (PIM Ecosystem)

Job Title: Solution Architect (PIM Ecosystem)

Location:Remote (India)

Experience: 10+ years

Solution Architect role for PIM Ecosystem

Owns the end-to-end design of the PIM ecosystem, ensuring seamless integration between PIM, DAM, ERP, and downstream systems, while defining scalable data models, integration patterns, and governance-aligned architecture to enable a single, consistent source of product truth

1. Core role definition (grounded)

• The Solution Architect:
• Designs the end-to-end architecture across PIM, DAM, ERP, and integrations
• Ensures product data flows consistently across systems, supporting a single source of truth
• orchestrating:
• P360 (PIM)
• ERP / SAP (factory + local)
• DAM (Adobe)
• Middleware (e.g., BizTalk)
• Downstream channels (ABB Products, eCommerce, partners)

2. End-to-end architecture ownership

System landscape design

• Define which system owns which data domain
• PIM → product data & enrichment
• DAM → digital assets
• ERP → transactional master data
• Decide central vs. distributed architecture
• Global vs local systems inclusion

Integration architecture

• Define integration patterns:
• Event-based vs batch
• API vs middleware
• Ensure bidirectional synchronization where needed
• Minimize duplication and inconsistencies
• e.g.
• PIM ↔ DAM asset synchronization
• PIM ↔ SAP product master data exchange

3. Data model & master data strategy

Data model design

• Define:
• Product hierarchies (e.g., offering tree)
• Attribute models (thousands of attributes in P360 context)
• Classification standards (ETIM, eCl@ss)
• Ensure flexibility for:
• Global + local data coexistence
• Future evolution

Master Data governance alignment

• PIM sits at the center but must coexist or integrate with MDM decisions
• Align with:
• Data owners / stewards
• Governance rules and validation
• Support:
• Data dictionary definitions
• Data lifecycle (creation → enrichment → publication)

4. PIM–DAM–MDM ecosystem orchestration

Cross-system consistency

• Ensure:
• Product-data-to-asset linkage integrity
• No mismatch across channels
• Define:
• Metadata synchronization model
• Asset lifecycle integration
• Example:
• DAM stores assets
• PIM stores product context and links them
• Both sync continuously

5. Integration with business processes

Process alignment

• Map architecture to:
• Product creation process (PCP)
• Enrichment workflows
• Approval and publication flows
• Ensure architecture supports:
• Automation
• Scalability
• Localization

Business impact

• Reduce:
• Manual effort
• Time-to-market
• Enable:
• Omnichannel publishing
• Consistent product experience

6. Technology & non-functional design

Key responsibilities

• Define:
• Security & access model
• Performance & scalability
• Availability & resilience
• Ensure:
• GDPR / compliance (especially DAM assets)
• Auditability

7. Governance & decision-making role

• The Solution Architect acts as the technical authority:
• translating business needs into architecture
• supporting program delivery feasibility
• align on Data Governance rules
• guide Integration implementation
• ensure coherent technical direction
• avoid fragmented integration choices

8. Typical deliverables

• Target architecture blueprint
• System landscape & data flow diagrams
• Integration design guidelines
• Data model principles
• Governance alignment (with data + process owners)