Enterprise Architect, R&D Patient Safety

At AstraZeneca, we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your ambitious spirit. We currently have a new opportunity for an Enterprise Architect (EA), you’ll be working with ground breaking technology. Care to join?

The marriage between our purposeful work and the use of high-tech platforms is what sets us apart. We have an ambitious goal to lead the way in digital healthcare – from exploring data and AI, to working in the cloud on new technologies. You will join a team at the forefront. It’s a dynamic and challenging environment to work in – but that’s why we like it. Shape your own path, with support all the way. Diverse minds that work cross-functionally and inclusively together. Be part of a team that has the backing to innovate, disrupt an industry and change lives.

Accountabilities:

As an Enterprise Architect, you will be accountable for the IT capability and road map (1-5 years) for patient safety within R&D. Currently Patient safety is going through transformation form inhouse tools to cloud solutions that you will need to drive. This role is pivotal in contributing to the R&D patient safety domain and ensuring it is aligned with enterprise architecture across AstraZeneca. You will also be involved app rationalization, portfolio review, and architecture framework development.

As an EA, you will ensure that common architecture decisions support both business and IS strategy within a domain focus. You will provide Enterprise Design thinking & support to AZ’s Enterprise in one of the below focused domains of architecture: Business, Data, Application, Infrastructure. You will participate in Architecture Assessments & Reviews either as Reviewing Architect or as a Subject Matter Expert in the review team. You will also contribute to the development of the Architecture Capability within IS, by documenting and sharing knowledge and best practices with peer Architects and developing/maturing services aligned to architecture.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Relevant technical degree or equivalent
• Demonstrated technical depth & experience in at least one technical or architectural domain.
• Experience influencing solution direction and standard adoption through the use of architecture capability building blocks, strategies, and roadmaps
• Experience developing and leading innovative business capability definition and creation activities within one or more technical or architectural domain.
• Proven experience influencing change and challenging approaches/ideas.
• Experience developing and managing relationships with business stakeholders & third party suppliers
• Experience working within and developing policies, procedures and guidelines within a secure, quality, and compliance environment
• Strong collaboration skills with good internal/external links
• Strong communication, facilitation and relationship building skills
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Demonstrate initiative, strong customer orientation, and cross-cultural working
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry and of competitor activity, on a particular architecture and Information Management

Technology at AstraZeneca is a home for purposeful disruptors!

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply no later than May 6, and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

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Why AstraZeneca?

As Architects at AstraZeneca, we connect the dots across the business to improve the agility and functionality of our processes to accelerate AstraZeneca to the next level. We are champions of our Technology ecosystem, making sure the rest of the business experiences the true benefits of our systems. Uniting diverse areas and simplifying the way we work, changing mindsets and behaviours along the way. Our reach goes beyond technology. We are a collective of technical experts, bringing deep specialism and forward thinking to resolve complex ideas. We are curious about new ways of doing things to get to better solutions. For the business and our patients. Connecting the dots is what we do everyday, we are right at the heart of AstraZeneca's exciting digital transformation journey.

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.