Senior Solutions Architect (Consultant)

LaunchWell Group

7d • $110 - $125 • Remote

About The Position

We seek a senior technology consultant/solutions architect to provide technical leadership, solution architecture and technical design to deliver a next generation enterprise digital trial solution to accelerate clinical research in pharma/life sciences. You'll be responsible for future-state solution design and architecture, map downstream consumption use cases into capability requirements, and drive a pragmatic build vs buy vs accelerate strategy. You will lead a structured market scan and vendor/accelerator evaluation, translate findings into architecture options and recommendations, and support decision-making on which capabilities to develop internally versus procure/partner for.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or senior technical consulting, with clear ownership of large-scale enterprise, multi-system architectures
• 5+ years of experience serving as a technical or solution architecture leader on enterprise transformation programs, with a background in technology strategy or IT consulting within a professional services or advisory environment; experience in pharma, life sciences, digital health, or enterprise SaaS/PaaS strongly preferred.
• Pharma, life sciences, or regulated healthcare experience strongly preferred, with a solid understanding of clinical, data, and compliance-driven technology environments
• Technology Assessment & Strategy - has led build vs. buy decisions and vendor selections; Strong experience driving build vs buy decisions, including structured vendor/accelerator evaluations (criteria/weightings, evidence standards, scorecards, recommendations)
• Demonstrated depth and breadth of knowledge of IT generalist skills in at least one of the following core capabilities: IT Strategic Planning, Enterprise Architecture and Solution Design, Technology Blueprinting & Roadmap Development
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with product teams, engineering teams, business stakeholders and external partners to deliver comprehensive digital solutions
• Demonstrated experience leading vendor/solution evaluations (requirements, criteria/weightings, evidence standards, scoring, recommendation)
• Strong technical fluency in integration patterns (APIs/events/data flows), identity/SSO, security posture discussions, and non-functional requirements

Responsibilities

• Architecture Discovery
• Quickly develop a working view of the current solution landscape: systems, integrations, data flows, constraints, and decision rights
• Define functional requirements (must-haves vs nice-to-haves) grounded in use cases and release roadmap
• Partner with stakeholders to translate the Release 1+ roadmap into capability requirements and downstream consumer needs
• Partner with downstream use-cases to capture consumption needs: workflows, data, technical capabilities and adoption constraints
• Market Scan & Technology Assessment
• Translate use cases into a capability map and prioritized functional and technical requirements that inform solution design and vendor evaluation
• Establish criteria and weightings (functional fit, integration fit, compliance/validation readiness, security, implementation effort, vendor maturity/viability, TCO, time-to-value)
• Define evaluation depth and decision gates (scan → deep-dive → shortlist → POC) and evidence standards (what counts as proof vs claims)
• Conduct scenario and workflow-based demos and technical fit sessions; score and document risks (as needed)
• Produce a concise executive narrative connecting use cases → capabilities → architecture → accelerators → recommendation
• Support decision forums (e.g., steering committee) with clear tradeoffs, risks, and next steps
• Develop a build-vs-buy acceleration hypothesis tied to capability gaps, time-to-value, and implementation feasibility
• Solution Design
• Define target capabilities, architectural principles, and design guardrails
• Establish a clear architectural view of the clinical digital data flow solution’s future state, grounded in the client’s vision and Release 1+ roadmap
• Establish reference patterns for downstream consumption (integration patterns, onboarding expectations, dependency gates)
• Identify which capabilities should be built in-house versus accelerated through commercial solutions, open-source components, or vendor partnerships
• Create an “acceleration opportunity matrix” tying capability gaps to time-to-value, risk, total cost of ownership, and downstream enablement impact
• Drive alignment on architecture tradeoffs and sequencing (what must exist now vs what can be staged)
• Define pragmatic future-state architecture option(s) aligned to roadmap sequencing and consumer enablement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed