Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee architectural activities for a specific business or technology domain, or architectural practice area, or handle the development of solution architectures for projects or programs within a business area.
• 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 in the specific business or technical domain 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
• 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.
• Contribute to DDIT Level Architectural initiatives, including Architecture Simplification and Enterprise Level technology evaluations.
• Drive end2end overview and governance of standard solution portfolio for the Drug Development Domain and support business partners when discussing with the business topics related to technology architecture

Essential Requirements
 

• 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.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are 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.

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