Senior Enterprise Architect

Cambridge, UK

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, Enterprise Architecture? We currently have a new, exciting opportunity for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join our of our office in Cambridge.

JOB ROLE

The Senior Enterprise Architect will ensure that common architecture decisions support both business and IT strategy, and that architectures delivered are compliant with relevant AZ architecture standards, blueprints, and roadmaps. The role will assess and review the work of both Enterprise and Solution architecture and create a balance between the immediate and the strategic.  As a Senior Enterprise Architect in Enabling Units IT, the role is focused on strategic planning typically over the 1-5-year horizon.  The role will be accountable for the development of architecture standards, domain IT strategy, roadmaps (1-5 years) and blueprints for one or more architecture focus areas, primarily in the Global Business Services domain.

The role will understand implications of architecture requirements to ‘As-Is’ architectures and define/update ‘To-Be’ architectures applying AZ architecture guiding principles. The Enterprise Architect will also support solution development efforts originating from portfolios, participate in and/or lead IT initiatives, domain groups and provide active guidance for better planning and decision making.

This role sits in the Enabling Units part of AZ IT, which has a broad portfolio covering HR, Finance, Legal, Global Sustainability, Corporate Affairs, Global Business Services and Mergers & Acquisitions. The Senior Enterprise Architect will mainly work in the Global Business Services domain but must be flexible to work in other mentioned domains as and when required, applying the enterprise architecture expertise.

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

TYPICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide Enterprise Design thinking & support to AZ’s Enterprise covering following domains of architecture

• Business

• Data

• Application

• Integration

• Cloud

• Lead the effort to ensure that common architecture decisions support the business and IT strategy, and that the architectures delivered are compliant with relevant AZ architecture standards, blueprints and roadmaps.

• Participate in Architecture Assessments & Reviews either as Lead Reviewing Architect or as a Subject Matter Expert in the review team.

• Contribute to the development of the Architecture Capability and practice for the Enabling Units IT, by documenting and sharing knowledge and best practices with peer Architects

• Be accountable for the development of architecture standards, technology domain strategies, roadmaps and blueprints for one or more architecture focus areas.

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

• Support solution development efforts originating from portfolios, participate in IT initiatives and provide active guidance and value for better planning and decision making.

• Maintain a view of the current and future state (1-5 years) architecture within a defined architecture focus area.

• Develop Architecture Building Blocks to support implementation of Enterprise Architecture in the specific area.

• Lead and/or provide active participation in Enterprise domain teams and working groups applicable to domain accountability.

WHY ASTRAZENECA

Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. Focused and committed, and backed with the investment to succeed, we’re driving cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Relevant technical degree or equivalent

• Experience producing application strategies/roadmaps for a global enterprise in their focused architecture domain

• Experience with rationalisation, consolidation, and integration across business domains

• Experience with large Justification phase work – product evaluation, business case formulation

• Experience developing and influencing business strategies with cross functional team impact.

• Experience developing and leading innovative solutions

• Proven experience of leading change and challenging approaches/ideas

• Experience developing and managing relationships with third party suppliers

• Experience working within and developing policies, procedures, and guidelines within a secure, quality, and compliance environment

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

Where can I find out more?

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Closing date: 29th June

Competitive salary and benefits offered

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.