Job Description
Position Description:
Senior Specialist, Business Architect
Our Research & Development Division Clinical and Real-World Evidence Generation (CRWEG) Process Excellence, Augmentation and Architecture (PEAAr) group is seeking a highly motivated Senior Specialist / Business Architect responsible for developing business architectural models and plans for our value team.
Under the guidance of a senior business architect, the Senior Specialist / Business Architect will contribute to align the outcomes of technology improvements with the goal of business transformations. The initial areas of focus are creating new capabilities to enable clinical trial data strategy and business performance improvement through Generative AI applications.
Develop business acumen and in-depth knowledge of data/data standards in the clinical development and real-world evidence/value generation domain.
Apply the domain knowledge in day-to-day architectural practice and influencing system design and process improvements.
Build target-state business capability maps and value streams in alignment with strategic drivers and business objectives.
Develop specific architectural deliverables and insights from collated information to improve clarity and effectiveness in communication and strategy management processes.
Perform gap assessment between current-state and target-state business architecture. Identify candidate roadmap components based on the gap assessment results.
Partner with other stakeholders in IT and business to develop transitional architectures and implementation roadmaps.
Act as liaison to convey information between IT and business. Ensure all stakeholders are aware of the strategic management approach and timetable.
Help to align value team level activities with divisional and enterprise architectures.
Maintain strong relationships with business partners, IT product lines and key vendors.
Stay up-to-date with emerging industry technologies.
Position Qualifications:
Education Minimum Requirement:
Required Experience and Skills:
Minimum of 7 years’ architecture, business/technical analysis, or solution delivery IT experience in life science industry
Experience in business process modeling and process improvement
Experience in strategic planning focused on business capability enablement
Experience in system design
Strong analytical thinking for problem solving
Strong written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and business audiences
Strong organization, influencing, and follow-up skills
Strong collaboration and teamwork experience
Preferred Experience and Skills
Knowledge of development process in pharmaceutical industry
Knowledge of data and data standards in life science industry
Familiarity with application development, testing and implementation in cloud environments
Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks
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Expected salary range:
$91,600.00 - $144,100.00
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Shift:
Not Indicated
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
na
