Associate Director, Global Discovery Solution Architect

At Eisai, satisfying unmet medical needs and increasing the benefits healthcare provides to patients, their families, and caregivers is Eisai’s human health care (hhc) mission. We’re a growing pharmaceutical company that is breaking through in neurology and oncology, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Our history includes the development of many innovative medicines, notably the discovery of the world's most widely-used treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. As we continue to expand, we are seeking highly-motivated individuals who want to work in a fast-paced environment and make a difference.  If this is your profile, we want to hear from you.

Job Summary
The Associate Director, Global Discovery Solution Architect is responsible for architecture, design, and development of complex pre-clinical research architecture supporting Eisai’s R&D business functions. The Solutions Architect will be responsible for strategic planning and hands-on engineering of on-premises and cloud environments that support advanced data generation, analytics, data science, and other initiatives.
Under the direction of the Global R&D Discovery IT Lead, this role contributes to the overall mission of establishing a future-proof architecture and associated IT services for the R&D functions.
The Solution Architect collaborates with IT leaders and peers, business stakeholders, consultants, technology vendors and Eisai Managed Service providers, and is expected to be the technical expert for global discovery systems

Essential Functions

Solutions Architect:

• Designs and models Data and Delivery architecture, standards, and processes to improve the management of information and data throughout their lifecycles.
• Manages the design and implementation of discovery systems by collaborating with AWS, AWS partners, ecosystem vendors and Data Scientists
• Collaborates with Eisai Infrastructure and Security Architects to ensure alignment with Enterprise standards and designs.
• Manages the R&D Discovery IT technology roadmap aligned to evolving business needs.
• Communicates designs and architectures to key IT and Business stakeholders.
• Participates in the design, development, and implementation of architectural and integration approaches and deliverables, including components of the assessment, optimization of system design, and review of user requirements.
• Researches and evaluates potential solutions and recommends the most efficient and cost-effective application/technology solution that meets business requirements.
• May code new or modify programs, reuse existing code using program development software alternatives, and/or integrate purchased solutions.
• Understands and adheres to corporate standards regarding applicable Eisai Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle.
• Delivers new and ongoing projects on time.
• Manages time allocations and work priorities across teams and projects.
• Understands, researches, and engages with the users’ needs to drive projects and ensures that projects deliver to these needs.

Organizational Leadership:

• Leads and manages a technical architecture and engineering team, comprised of Eisai, Vendor, and Partner resources for the purpose of design and development of discovery IT systems.
• Contributes by interviewing and selecting technical resources for projects related to Big Data systems.
• Coaches support teams on technical concepts, designs, and system functionality.

Requirements

• Work Experience and Education
  • 10+ years of experience working in a data-driven research environment.
  • 10+ years of IT domain experience is required.
  • 5+ years working in a solutions architecture capacity, preferably in a biopharmaceutical or research environment.
  • Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends
  • 5+ years of experience designing, migrating, and implementing computation, hosting, and storage solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • 2+ years of experience using Data management tools such as Databricks, Immuta, Informatica.
  • Strong security-first mindset. Track-record of partnering with security teams to delivery cutting edge solutions at research pace.
  • Deeply passionate about learning and innovating new technology to drive biological, chemical, and gene-based research.
  • An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in computer science, engineering, finance, business management or a related field, or equivalent experience, is required.

• Leadership and Teamwork
  • Strong history of effective cross-functional team collaboration and execution
  • Ready to think, behave and act in an innovative consulting manner to drive the priorities of the R&D functions.
  • Effective leadership skills. These include team building, consensus building, the ability to balance team and individual responsibilities and achieving goals through others not directly under the leader's supervision, by working ethically and with integrity.

• Communication, Organization and Critical Thinking Skills
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to network, strong personal integrity, collaborative mindset, and a strong customer focus are necessary.
  • Ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking skills, including taking ownership to ensure timely resolution, a strong sense of urgency, keen attention to detail, and the ability to plan, organize and successfully execute in an environment under time and resource pressures.

• Eisai Core Values
  • Consistent demonstration and embodiment of Eisai company core values Collaboration, Excellence, Innovation, Integrity, Passion, Patient/Stakeholder Centricity.

Eisai Salary Transparency Language:

The base salary range for the Associate Director, Global Discovery Solution Architect is from :155,000-203,500

Under current guidelines, this position is eligible to participate in : Eisai Inc. Annual Incentive Plan & Eisai Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan.

Final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to experience level, education, knowledge, and skills.

Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. For additional information on Company employee benefits programs, visit https://us.eisai.com/careers-at-eisai/benefits.

Certain other benefits may be available for this position, please discuss any questions with your recruiter.

Eisai is an equal opportunity employer and as such, is committed in policy and in practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.  Similarly, considering the need for reasonable accommodations, Eisai prohibits discrimination against persons because of disability, including disabled veterans.

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