Senior Varicent Functional & Technical Solution Architect

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Support sales incentive priorities and develop the product vision, goals, and roadmap with stakeholders.
• Evaluate platform capabilities; gather requirements; conduct process optimization and fit-gap analysis; design, configure, and test solutions.
• Lead technical translation of business requirements and design, develop, and maintain Varicent solutions and enhancements.
• Configure calculations, workflows, incentives, rules, compensation plan components, reports, dashboards, analytics, and audit capabilities.
• Support user acceptance and regression testing and maintain test documentation, approvals, artifacts, and tracking records.
• Manage deliverables, timelines, stakeholder communications, data-driven insights, and timely resolution of enhancements and defects.
• Engage with the vendor on releases and functionality; communicate impacts and opportunities; guide regression testing.
• Provide strategic guidance and mentor product and shared-services team members.

Required qualifications

• At least 8 years in a Varicent functional or technical lead role and configuring/debugging Varicent business processes and solutions.
• At least 8 years gathering requirements, performing fit-gap analysis, designing solutions, configuring SaaS applications, conducting UAT, and maintaining product health.
• At least 5 years with Varicent SPM calculations, workflows, configuration, enterprise integrations, and reporting.
• At least 4 years in Varicent integration architecture and design patterns.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting large-organization HR systems, non-exempt employees, or international employees is preferred.
• Product ownership, matrix-team leadership, project management, change management, and communications experience are preferred.
• Organizational, analytical, time-management, problem-solving, communication, and relationship-building skills are valued.

Pay and incentives

• Structured salary data lists USD 106,605–284,280 yearly; the description characterizes the range as base hourly rate or annual full-time salary depending on job grade.
• The role may include a bonus, commission or short-term incentive, and an equity award target.

Benefits

• Full-time role with benefits that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings, and wellness programs, subject to eligibility.