Enterprise Architect - Point of View (PoV) Development - Biopharma / Life Sciences industry

VTekis Consulting LLP•Bridgewater Township, NJ

About The Position

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables: Architecture Strategy & Point of View (PoV) Development Current State Assessment: Deep dive into existing architectures to identify bottlenecks, technical debt, and scalability limitations. Option Appraisal: Evaluate multiple architectural alternatives, providing a clear-eyed analysis of pros, cons, costs, risks & impact for each by keeping an unbiased & vendor neutral approach. Target State Definition: Define robust target state architectures and create Architecture Point of Views (POVs) for high priority use cases in Data, AI, Cloud, Integrations and Collaboration platforms Standardization: Develop and document architecture best practices, standards and Reference Architectures for common, repeatable use cases to ensure consistency across the enterprise. Governance & The ARB ARB Leadership: Present PoVs and architectural designs to the Architecture Review Board (ARB), defending technical choices while remaining open to collaborative refinement. Process Improvement: Act as a key contributor to the evolution of our EA governance process, making it more agile, effective & non-disruptive. Finalization: Work closely with the ARB to finalize and formalize all architectural artifacts. Stakeholder Collaboration & Socialization Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the "connective tissue" between Data, Analytics, AI, and Enterprise Integration functions. Partner Enablement: Socialize finalized standards and best practices with the application / data / solution teams & external consulting partners to ensure high-quality delivery. Business Alignment: Translate complex technical roadmaps into business value for non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

15+ years in IT, with at least 5+ years in an Enterprise Architecture role and 5+ years in a Solution / Application / Data Architecture role preferably within the Life Sciences, Med Tech or Healthcare sector
Proven experience in Cloud (GCP / AWS), Data Lake & Warehouses (Snowflake), AI/ML (Predictive AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI), Integrations (APIs, Pub-Sub, Streams, File Transfers)
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management or a related discipline
Certified or strong familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman Ontology Framework or similar EA framework or methodologies (but with a practical, non-dogmatic application mindset)

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in the Biopharma / Life Sciences industry is recommended or nice-to-have
Familiarity with Life Sciences capabilities, functions (R&D, Drug Development or Clinical, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Manufacturing, Medical Affairs, Commercial), and common GxP / regulated use cases

Responsibilities

Deep dive into existing architectures to identify bottlenecks, technical debt, and scalability limitations.
Evaluate multiple architectural alternatives, providing a clear-eyed analysis of pros, cons, costs, risks & impact for each by keeping an unbiased & vendor neutral approach.
Define robust target state architectures and create Architecture Point of Views (POVs) for high priority use cases in Data, AI, Cloud, Integrations and Collaboration platforms
Develop and document architecture best practices, standards and Reference Architectures for common, repeatable use cases to ensure consistency across the enterprise.
Present PoVs and architectural designs to the Architecture Review Board (ARB), defending technical choices while remaining open to collaborative refinement.
Act as a key contributor to the evolution of our EA governance process, making it more agile, effective & non-disruptive.
Work closely with the ARB to finalize and formalize all architectural artifacts.
Act as the "connective tissue" between Data, Analytics, AI, and Enterprise Integration functions.
Socialize finalized standards and best practices with the application / data / solution teams & external consulting partners to ensure high-quality delivery.
Translate complex technical roadmaps into business value for non-technical stakeholders.