Senior Enterprise Architect

Introduction to Role:

Join AstraZeneca's Architecture Center of Enablement (ACoE) and be part of a team that is at the forefront of agility, strategy, and innovation. As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will own the creation, development, and governance of a CoE within the organization. This central hub will serve as the catalyst for best practices, standards, and reusable assets across technology and business units, enabling accelerated innovation and consistent delivery of digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

1. CoE Framework

• Lead the development of an Agile framework for the CoE, focusing on crafting reusable architectural patterns, tools, methodologies, and standards.

• Lead the development of architectural assurance and ensure that the agreed-on standards and principles are realized and adhered to.

• Identify key competencies and resources vital for the CoE to drive innovation and operational excellence.

2. Governance and Standards

• Lead the definition, implementation, and maintenance of architectural best practices, frameworks, and technology standards across all business and IT functions.

• Lead the development and application of governance policies for the use of new technologies, ensuring alignment to architecture standards and compliance requirements.

• Provide oversight and guidance to stakeholders on adhering to CoE standards and using reusable assets.

3. Cross-Departmental Collaboration

• Collaborate with architects across the enterprise, product owners, and IT teams to ensure that the CoE supports the delivery of strategic objectives.

• Act as a bridge across business and technology domains, ensuring alignment in priorities and accelerating the deployment of key digital solutions.

• Facilitate communication and knowledge-sharing across teams, encouraging a collaborative and innovative culture.

4. Solution Design and Enterprise Architecture

• Be accountable for supporting the development of agile architecture standards, technology domain strategies, roadmaps, and blueprint templates for core focus areas.

• Understand implications of IT architecture requirements to ‘As-Is’ architectures and define/update ‘To-Be’ architectures applying AZ architecture guiding principles.

• Design and develop enterprise-wide solutions that ensure integration, scalability, security, and maintainability.

• Establish and manage an architectural repository of design patterns, reference models, and technology standards for future projects.

• Support strategic projects and initiatives by providing architecture expertise and ensuring alignment with long-term business and IT strategies.

5. Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement

• Measure and report on the CoE’s efficiency in enabling project teams and optimizing technology investments.

• Drive continuous improvement by gathering feedback from stakeholders and regularly reviewing and improving CoE capabilities.

• Ensure the CoE operates as a centre of excellence, constantly refining methods to deliver faster, more reliable, and higher-quality solutions.

Crucial Skills/Experience:

• Demonstrated technical depth & experience in at least one technical or architectural domain.

• Experience influencing and/or developing solution direction and standard adoption through the use of architecture capability building blocks, strategies, and roadmaps.

• Proven experience inspiring change and challenging approaches/ideas.

• Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.

• Awareness of developments in the marketplace and understanding the relevance and potential impact to AZ IS.

• Exposure to large Justification phase work – product evaluation, business case formulation.

• Experience working in global diverse working environments.

• Good business insight.

• Understanding of the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry and competitor activity, particularly in architecture and Information Management.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are architects of change. We connect the dots across the business to improve agility and functionality, driving AstraZeneca to new heights. We champion our Technology ecosystem, uniting diverse areas and simplifying the way we work. We are always proactively hunting for new insights and problem-solving to identify better ways of doing things. We are self-starters, curious about new ways of doing things to get to better solutions. For us, change is not just what we do - it's who we are.

Are you ready to take on big challenges? To explore industry-leading innovative technologies? To make a real impact? Join us at AstraZeneca