> On that note, keep in mind that you will likely also be a project manager and responsible for hiring and / or indicating that your company needs to hire peopl

> On that note, keep in mind that you will likely also be a project manager and responsible for hiring and / or indicating that your company needs to hire people. You have been empowered, it's up to you to push to your management to make investments in e.g. hiring, training, etc. +1 for this. We've been struggling for a while with backfilling roles, and it's killing projects. But only one person was clamoring for more bodies and specific skilsets -- and they didn't have the budget for it. Once another PM and an Architect started on the "we need new blood" chorus we finally got some extra hires and contractors (that is, 1 hire, and 3 contractors -- but that was enough). As an architect you're going to have to foresee that kind of stuff, and then advocate for it. "We might be able to get by without [X]" means we don't need that to accountants, so you're going to have to pick battles.