Position Title:  IT Solution Architect

The job can be based in Poland or Portugal. 

MAKE HISTORY WITH US

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and you will have the space to move your career forward in many different areas/directions.

We are hiring a seasoned and highly motivated Solution Architect to lead the architecture, governance guardrails, and secure adoption of the Microsoft 365 collaboration and content platform, with a strong focus on SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and productivity capabilities (OneDrive, Office apps, automation). The role will define and maintain platform guardrails (policies, standards and processes) in alignment with the corporate-wide standards for content management, data protection and identity/access policies.

You will be a key contributor in agile product teams, shaping the platform roadmap and ensuring solution designs are scalable, compliant, secure and usable—while also aligning the products with the organization’s AI strategy and enabling adoption, including Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness and agent integration across the enterprise.

This position blends deep technical expertise with the ability to communicate clearly at both technical detail and executive/business outcome levels.

JOIN US

 
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 3-5 years working with Microsoft 365; in depth understanding of content collaboration and productivity aspects of M365

• 2-4 years progressive experience in solution architecture

• Technical Skills: SharePoint Online architecture; Microsoft Teams collaboration architecture, Solid understanding of Microsoft Entra ID and authorization patterns: group-based access, role-based administration concepts, identity governance including access reviews and lifecycle governance; Microsoft Graph and integration patterns; Power Platform (Power Automate), governance of connectors and automation
• Experience with enterprise-scale tenant governance, M&A collaboration onboarding, and complex stakeholder environments

• Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness and governance, including service boundary considerations and dependency on tenant permissions.
• Copilot Studio fundamentals: connectors/tools to integrate agents with business systems; publishing agents to SharePoint/Teams channels.

• Very good communication skills - ability to communicate with different audiences, both with deep technical articulation and high‑level executive abstraction
• Strong stakeholder management within technology teams and across business units and geographies
• Experience working in agile product models and with tools like Atlassian suite
• Comfortable in highly regulated, complex, global enterprise environments

• Nice to have: Experience with LeanIX; exposure to and understanding of TOGAF principles; experience and understanding of SAFe Agile framework, certification is a plus

WHAT WE OFFER YOU?

Important note: The benefits list depends on where the selected candidate will be hired: in Poland or in Portugal. We are open for both locations. 

Benefits in Poland:

• In this position you will earn no less than PLN 17 600 gross per month
• Private medical and dental care, life insurance
• Hybrid model of work and flexible working arrangements (40% of office work and 60% of home office / month)
• Employee pension plan
• Lunch card, Multisport & Cafeteria program
• Wide range of trainings, language learning platform, further education and professional qualification support possibility
• Free bike and car parking for all employees

Benefits in Portugal:

• Permanent local contract with a competitive salary together with Tabaqueira’ s employee benefits
• Life and Health insurance
• Employee Pension Plan
• Hybrid working model (or fully remote)
• Growing opportunities within the Company, both at national and international level
• Very diverse and international work environment
• Wide range of trainings and further education and professional qualification support possibility
   

HOW CAN YOU MAKE HISTORY WITH US?

• Define and steward M365 platform reference architecture and guardrails across SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive, including security, lifecycle, governance, and integration patterns.
• Own SharePoint Online storage and lifecycle architecture, defining consumption patterns, archiving strategies, provisioning, ownership, decommissioning, and search behavior in line with governance standards.
• Act as architectural authority for information discovery and data governance, ensuring permissions-aware search, compliant information architecture, document lifecycle adherence, and reduced oversharing.
• Collaborate across architecture and governance forums to enhance usability, security posture, data classification, sensitivity labelling, publishing policies, and user guidance.
• Validate and govern major architectural changes, leading PoCs and pilots, documenting designs and processes, supporting deployments, and assisting in critical incident resolution.
• Lead AI enablement and adoption for M365 experiences, including Copilot and enterprise agents, driving productivity, knowledge discovery, and content summarization.
• Define “AI‑ready collaboration” guardrails, focusing on permissions hygiene, content readiness, labeling strategies, monitoring, and safe exposure of information through AI.
• Serve as senior architecture leader within agile product teams, mentoring engineers, removing impediments, enforcing quality gates, and translating technology trends into roadmap updates and demand intake.

Please note that only on-line applications will be taken into consideration.
Each person who sends the application will receive information about its status.
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At PMI we run the business in line with ethical principles and encourage SpeakUp culture. We care for equal chances and fair treatment. If you find anything that violates these principles in this job offer or the recruitment process, you may contact our Ethics and Compliance Team at PMIEthicsandCompliance@pmi.com. Read more about Ethics&Compliance at PMI – here.