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Opportunity, growth, and meaningful rewards! We offer:

Health, dental and vision insurance

Generous paid time off (vacation, flex or sick)

*401(k) retirement plan

*Company paid life insurance

*Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Training and exciting career growth opportunities

Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus

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Location: Corporate Systems Advertised Compensation: $120,900.00 to $146,500.00

Purpose: The Senior Systems Architect leads the implementation of digital technology solutions across new and existing store locations. This role coordinates internal teams, brand partners, and external vendors to deliver each deployment on schedule, to brand and technical standard, and within budget.

Essential Functions:

Leads end-to-end deployment of digital solutions including self-order kiosks, mobile and QR ordering, self-checkout, and related technologies for new store openings, remodels, conversions, and existing locations requiring technology enhancements

Serves as the primary point of coordination between internal teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors throughout the deployment lifecycle

Partners with Design & Construction to confirm site readiness and alignment deployment activity with construction schedules.

Partners with Network Services to coordinate connectivity, infrastructure readiness, and technical requirements

Coordinates with CDM team to ensure menu configuration, pricing, promotions, and integrations are completed prior to deployment

Works with Digital Menu teams and Brand teams to ensure content and standards are launch-ready

Manages vendor relationships covering sales orders, scheduling, installation, configuration, testing, and implementation support

Tracks equipment deliveries, installation schedules, project milestones, and deployment readiness activities

Facilitates menu reviews, solution validation, hypercare bridge calls, issue tracking, stakeholder communications, and escalation management

Tracks project financials through Design & Construction financial systems to ensure charges are allocated to the correct projects throughout the NSO lifecycle; provides weekly progress reports, implementation metrics, risk assessments, and project updates to leadership

Reporting Relationship: The Senior Systems Architect reports to the Director of Digital Integrations

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

Education and Experience: The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 6 years:

In a leadership role: Preferred 2 years of experience supervising or influencing a team of professionals engaged in implementing digital technology solution implementation

In a technical role: Requires 6-8 years of experience engaged in executing technology deployments, digital rollouts

A bachelor’s degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 3 of the 6-year requirement

In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience

Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits:

Strong project coordination and organizational skills, with ability to manage concurrent deployments across multiple locations and competing timelines

Proven vendor management experience including scheduling, installation oversight, and holding third parties accountable to delivery commitments

Stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to translate technical requirements for operations, brand, and construction partners

Analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to identify deployment risks early and drive issues to resolution through escalation

Knowledge of POS, kiosks, mobile ordering, digital menu boards, and payment technologies preferred

Working knowledge of project financial tracking and cost allocation

Business acumen and also has the mindset required to understand the long-term implications of digital management planning and to advance the organization’s goals

Demonstrated history of understanding the needs of the business, stakeholders, the employee population and individual circumstances

Demonstrated history of creating and maintaining positive work environments

Location: This role is based at the North America Support Center in Bethesda, Maryland

Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates (“the Company”), is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and to comply with anti-discrimination laws and regulations. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal opportunities to applicants and team members without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, age, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military service and veteran status, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances (referred to as “protected characteristics”).