Director Enterprise Architect, Development- TRD

Job Description Summary

This role is to provide operational and technical management for the TRD Architecture team and become the trusted partner for our Business, business facing teams and IT leads to provide best in class services to our organization. This is a key role to continue to shape the future of our IT landscape and to support strategic business goals.
The purpose of the role is to drive technology standards definition in close collaboration with Enterprise Architects by bringing teams together and driving the design of the best solution to meet the business needs and deliver business outcomes. Handle the development of architectural standards, and the direction and design of architecture for a business or technical domain.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee architectural activities for Technical Research and Development (TRD) and handle the development of solution architectures for projects or programs within TRD.
• Coordinate with other teams to ensure right business and technical capabilities are incorporated into the solution with appropriate scaling model for future increase in capacity
• Define standards and direction of architecture for TRD and ensure business processes, business requirements & outcomes are defined to drive the architecture definition
• Define and develop the logical design and information management plans necessary to store, move and handle data in a new target state.
• Utilize architecture patterns to suggest the most adequate utilization of technical platforms in support of the holistic solution architecture design.
• Contribute and ensure adherence to Enterprise standards, Architecture Governance (e.g. architecture methods, tools, practices and standards) for DDIT, supporting the Architecture Governance team / Community of Practice
• Contribute to DDIT Level Architectural initiatives, including Architecture Simplification and Enterprise Level technology evaluations.
• Lead the integration of emerging technologies and innovative solutions into the TRD architecture to support digital transformation and business growth.
• Ensure overall user experience is taken into account when designing and deploying new solutions and services and adherence to ISC, Legal, ethics and other compliance policies and procedures in defining architecture standards, patterns, and solutions.
• Drive end2end overview and governance of standard solution portfolio for Technical Research and Development Domain and support business partners when discussing with the business topics related to technology architecture

Essential Requirements
 

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer or IT related field or technical discipline, MBA optional

Experience

• 10 years’ experience working in an IT environment with experience working in Pharmaceutical industries, preferably in Drug Development/ Clinical space
• Advanced knowledge of Lean/ Six Sigma, Design Thinking, Agile methodology
• Extensive project management and change management experience 
• Leveraging digital technology in Drug Development space
• Track record delivering global solutions at scale, and interactions with senior management
• Delivery of validated IT solutions and collaborating across boundaries
• Experience delivering and managing manufacturing IT system landscape in pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in delivering and managing manufacturing IT system landscape of pharmaceutical industry
• Deliver data driven recommendations to improve efficiency and add value.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message

Skills Desired

Business Architecture, Client Counseling, Decision Making Skills, Enterprise Architecture, Influencing Skills, IT Governance, Solution Architecture