Principal Partner Transformation Architect
Meet Our Team:
Pega’s Advanced Platform team is a part of our Specialist Solutions Consulting organization. This team acts as trusted advisors and technical strategists, driving discovery and solution design for emerging technologies while mentoring field teams and enabling best practices for successful adoption. We influence product direction through continuous feedback loops with Product Management and Engineering, ensuring innovations align with client needs and market differentiation. By collaborating closely with Go-To-Market (GTM) teams, we execute strategic programs that accelerate adoption, deliver compelling demos and proof-of-concept engagements, and empower sales and consulting teams to win with high-impact, value-driven solutions.
Picture Yourself at Pega:
You will be at the forefront of C-level transformation conversations, partnering with executives at a portfolio of named partners to architect and evangelize how Pega’s AI-first platform can reshape complex enterprise scenarios and modern architectures. Working together with these named partners, you’ll drive partner practice innovation, customer expansion, and ACV growth—translating vision into action by designing and delivering partner-powered solutions that not only inspire but also operationalize AI in pragmatic, scalable ways.
You operate fluidly across both sides of the partnership—driving technology innovation with partner CTOs while working with account level commercial teams on the business side to position Pega and unlock new opportunities.
Your approach is deeply hands-on: you lead immersive workshops and hackathons that drive real behavioral change, equipping partners to adopt and champion modern, AI-powered delivery.
What You'll Do at Pega:
Architect & Build
Prototype, design, and implement partner-powered Blueprints, reference architectures, and repeatable technical assets
Develop integration playbooks and guide partners in launching innovative offerings (e.g., AWS Marketplace) and reusable technology assets that drive scalable transformation.
Champion the operationalization of AI: architect practical, scalable solutions that embed AI into real-world workflows, ensuring partners can leverage advanced capabilities to solve complex business challenges.
Apply deep expertise in enterprise technology and solution architecture to engineer transformative outcomes, positioning Pega’s technology as a catalyst for measurable business value. Distinguish solutions through strategic utilization of innovative capabilities and a track record of success, establishing clear competitive advantage and technical leadership in the marketplace.
Lead end-to-end solution flows—from initial concept through to experiential selling—on high-impact opportunities; publish patterns, demo narratives, and accelerators that set benchmarks for the named partners.
Champion the “Technical Win”
Own and facilitate deep-dive technical workshops and hands-on hackathons, immersing partner teams in the latest innovations and capabilities (such as our latest UX architecture, or AI innovations)
Address technology objections with authority—transforming skeptics into advocates through practical demonstration and collaborative problem-solving.
Serve as a CTO-level advisor to partner business and technical leaders, guiding and delivering compelling demos and proof-of-concept solutions that “prove by doing.”
Align partner and Pega GTM technical messaging—co-create positioning assets that embed Pega into the partner's GTM motions and deliver one consistent story to clients
Build the Pega brand through thought leadership—represent Pega as a speaker and panelist at partner and industry events, growing the market profile of both the platform and its practitioners as trusted authorities on AI-first transformation.
Who You Are:
You are an accomplished technology evangelist and solution architect who combines executive presence with hands-on expertise to drive complex enterprise transformations and partner delivery excellence.
Expert in AI-first solution architecture with Global System Integrator experience; advises on enterprise technology strategy, aligning initiatives to business goals
Proven experience in partner delivery, guiding teams through modernization and autonomous solutioning across diverse industries
Thrive in both strategic whiteboard discussions with CTOs and executives and hands-on technical work, ensuring seamless translation of vision into actionable outcomes.
Familiar with hyperscaler AI/ML services (e.g., Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI), with the ability to architect and deliver cloud-native solutions, drive joint co-sell motions with hyperscaler partners, and accelerate adoption through marketplace offerings. Experience aligning modernization initiatives to cloud patterns and collaborating with enterprise technology teams is highly valued
Able to operationalize AI in real-world scenarios.
Deeply curious and innovative, always seeking new ways to do things
Key influencer in technology selection with the ability to simply articulate and differentiate solutions in a competitive landscape.
What You've Accomplished:
You have a track record of delivering impactful results in technology-driven transformation, working closely with partners, clients, and cross-functional teams to achieve measurable business outcomes.
Spearheaded transformation initiatives, guiding teams through the adoption of advanced platform capabilities and best practices in partnership with leading technology providers.
Designed and implemented scalable, AI-first solutions that drove quantifiable business impact for clients, partners, or internal stakeholders.
Led strategic workshops and hackathons, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within diverse organizations.
Enabled teams to achieve high certification rates and delivery excellence, supporting autonomous solutioning and technical enablement.
Established collaborative partnerships with executive stakeholders, driving alignment on technology strategy and business impact.
Pega Offers You:
- Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
- Competitive global benefits program inclusive ofpay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company
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