Are you an Enterprise Architect interested in using your business and technology skills to make a significant impact? Do you want to be in a position where you are truly empowered to design solutions that enable big bottom line benefits and impact the lives of the patients that Biogen serves? Do you have a proven track record of getting to the root of business opportunities and then designing architectures that enable all aspects of that opportunity? If so, this role may be right for you.

Job Category

Information Technology

Requisition Number

36044BR

Job Description

As part of the Enterprise Architecture team, contribute to development and alignment of strategic functional and platform roadmaps, identify opportunities for innovation and rationalization, ensure that program/project architecture meets strategic objectives and is aligned to technology and architecture standards.

Duties / Responsibilities include the following:

Collaborate with Infrastructure & Operations, Security, Data Engineering & Analytics and Functional IT teams on project/program architecture and continuous improvement of the Biogen Enterprise Architecture.

Analyze technology trends and identify relevant opportunities and POC candidates, and provide input to IT and business leadership.

Qualifications

• Expert understanding of foundational architectural concepts and architecture frameworks and tools.

• Experience with implementing enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, HRMS, MES, ITSM) and defining architecture on large projects.

• Modern technology trends awareness, experience with running POCs of innovative technologies and performing platform selection/trade-off analysis.

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google), XaaS concepts, in-depth understanding of at least one of the leading platforms a plus.

• Application Integration – experience designing and implementing solutions with multiple integration.
platforms and patterns (e.g. SOA, API, on-premise/cloud).

• Software development experience preferred.

• Life sciences/Biotech experience a plus, but not mandatory.

• Quality: experience designing solutions that optimize among quality attributes (e.g. security, scalability, usability, etc).

• Proven influence/negotiation skills.

• Systems Thinking – the ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking).

• Knowledge of the business for which the enterprise architecture is being developed.

• Interpersonal and leadership skills – servant leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills.

• Emotional intelligence – self-awareness, confidence, ability to manage conflict, empathy.

• Communication skills, both written and spoken.

• Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people understand.

• Knowledge of IT governance and operations.

• Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering.

• Project and program management planning and organizational skills.

• Customer service and consultative orientation.

• Time management and prioritization

Education

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related technology degree strongly preferred.

• Masters in Business or Masters in Technology preferred.

Employment Category

Full-Time Regular

Experience Level

Mid-Senior Level