Job DescriptionOur company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.We know that our people are the key to our success, which is why this team works to attract, develop, retain and inspire our people so that they can learn, grow and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich, diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.We have an amazing opportunity for an Entrepreneurial Healthcare and Finance Technology Leader who will thrive in this ecosystem. It will require a strong leader who is collaborative, self-motivated, accountable and results oriented. This is a key leadership role in the EIT Finance, DnA & IA team. This role applies the Enterprise Architecture to the Finance, DnA & IA Team, aligns the outcomes being drive across the team and ensures that all investments are being made in alignment with the strategic technology decisions made by the enterprise and driven towards business outcomes that they will bring. The architecture capability will underpin the company’s Digital Strategy.Value Team Architect for EIT Finance, DnA & IAValue Team architect will guide architecture capabilities across the team, including providing leadership to the solution architects and Information architects aligned with each Product Line. This includes various Finance functions (Finance Planning & Analytics, Audit Management, Tax Management, Treasury Management, Account to Report, Close & Consolidation among others) as well as Data & Analytics and Intelligent Automation across Enterprise Functions (Finance, HR, Business Development, Supplier Management among others). This role will collaborate closely with Business and IT leaders aligned to the Value Team and will serve as a member of the Value Team Leadership team. The role will be responsible for aligning technology solution with business strategy and company Digital strategy.The Value team architect primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Aligns technology solutions with business strategies & outcomes and company Digital Strategy across Finance, DnA and IA domains
Lead the end-to-end development of systems, technology, Data & Technology & Intelligent Automation blueprints
Contributes to the development of the SAP Ecosystem including the move for S4, to drive value based solutions and support the finance business processes.
Drives architecture adoption that optimizes the Total cost of Ownership across the Value team portfolio balancing business outcomes, speed, flexibility and adherence to organizational standards. Connects the End to End business process to the underlying technology architecture
Runs the Architecture function as an Agile, value-centric, business outcome-oriented squad to guide decision making and to provide transparency in our Digital decision-making.
Drives the architecture function to maximize value and shared goals without becoming a bottleneck in the Product delivery functions.
Leads the Architecture community within the Value Team and partners with Enterprise Architecture and architects in other Value Teams.
Develops a documented business, solution, information and technical architecture for the Value Team with a focus on business outcome, Total Cost of Ownership and Value realization
Supports the Product Line Leads in developing their strategy around Digital solutions, Data & Analytics and Intelligent automation
Establishes strong working relationships with business and technology leaders in order to align investment planning, portfolio planning and delivery execution with defined roadmap and architecture choices.
Stays current with Industry technology trends across the Value Team Technology landscape, pilots New Innovation capabilities and introduces best practices to the Value Team
Creates and owns architecture deliverables and artifacts for Value Team and ensures that they are catalogued, up-to-date and easily accessible.
Applies risk-based and outcome-focused decision making to complex problems and consults with relevant internal and external subject matter experts to inform the decisions.
Prepares and delivers executive level briefings to Business and Technology leaders
Provides strategic consultancy support to clients, Senior technical resources in all aspects of enabling technology to meet business needs. Provides expertise on application architecture design or improvement in areas of SAP and non-SAP solutions.
Performs technical oversight of implementation projects to ensure alignment with architecture and technology standards
Required Education, Experience and Skills:
Bachelor's Degree required.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, with demonstrated expertise in the various disciplines of Business, Solution, Information & Technology Architecture, including strong technical understanding of tools and architecture.
Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders.
Preferred Experience & Skills:
Demonstrated experience in architecting large-scale IT solutions using modern technologies.
Strong knowledge, expertise and implementation experience in SAP and Oracle suite of ERP products, various Data Technology capabilities including AWS, Data Governance, Data Analytics and Data Platforming technologies
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, quickly establishing credibility and trust with stakeholders.
Strong strategic acumen, analytical, innovative, proactive, and self-directed. Effective at navigating whitespace/greenfield opportunities.
Leadership and management skills, with proven abilities to set direction, lead, and motivate team members.
Experience in leading and managing teams, committees, or task forces. Ability to influence a wide variety of stakeholders.
Critical thinker who can embrace new ideas and technologies.
Strong leadership skills, effectively managing teams, driving change, and fostering collaboration.
Demonstrated entrepreneurial capabilities inside and outside of corporate environments.
Ability to demonstrate leadership behaviors in alignment with the our Comp leadership standards.
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