Technical Specialist

Short Tip: The professional responsible for the program’s general technical aspects.

What is it?

It is the professional who works with technical aspects within the program. Their objective is to provide an integrated infrastructure across the different products so as to minimize risks and resources.

The name of this professional varies according to their industry, but it is always associated with a senior position. In the IT field, for example, the solution architect or enterprise architect usually takes on this role.

Duties

The main duties of a technical specialist are:

• Providing an integrated technical vision across the various products;
• Creating new technical standards resulting from the products’ needs;
• Identifying technical risks related to the interdependence of products;
• Proposing good practices related to the technical aspects of products;
• Identifying resource optimization opportunities by reusing technical solutions across multiple products.