Astrazeneca
Healthcare
PrincipalEnterpriseArchitect
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“Principal Enterprise Architect at Astrazeneca. Skills: Enterprise Architecture, AI/ML Solutions, Technology Strategy. Provide enterprise design thinking. Support architecture domains”
Industry & Context.
Analytical skills; Architecture trade-offs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Relevant technical degree or equivalent, Enterprise architect authoring roadmaps, Producing application strategies/roadmaps, Rationalisation, consolidation, integration, Large justification phase work, Developing/influencing business strategies, Developing/leading innovative solutions, Leading change and challenging approaches, Developing/managing supplier relationships, Designing complex technology solutions, Designing AI/ML solutions, Networking skills, Communication, facilitation, relationship-building, Interpret/communicate technical info, Awareness of marketplace developments, Work well in diverse teams, Open mind to learning, Follow agile/incremental architecture, Analytical skills on trade-offs
Nice to Have
Initiative, customer orientation, cross-cultural working, People development experience, Budget management experience, Masters or equivalent experience, Professional certification, Sustainability initiatives experience, Agentic AI understanding, Good eye for business, Pharmaceutical/healthcare industry understanding
What You'll Do.
Provide enterprise design thinking
Support architecture domains
Lead architecture decision alignment
Ensure compliance with standards
Participate in architecture assessments
Contribute as reviewing architect
Document/share knowledge
Develop architecture capability
Develop architecture standards
Develop technology domain strategies
Define/update 'To-Be' architectures
Support solution development
Provide guidance for planning
Maintain current/future state architecture
Develop architecture building blocks
Lead enterprise domain teams
Participate in working groups
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Multifunctional teams; Diverse, multinational teams; Enterprise domain teams; Working groups
Communication Scope
Relationship-building; Interpret technical information; Communicate technical information
Process & Methodology
Agile, Incremental architecture
Full Job Description
**Principal Enterprise Architect** **Introduction to role:** Are you ready to inspire change and make a significant impact? At AstraZeneca, we are committed to delivering life-changing medicines while embedding sustainability into every aspect of our work. As a Principal Enterprise Architect in Sustainability, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our architecture decisions align with both business ambitions and IT strategy. This position is focused on strategic planning over a 1-5 year horizon, as well as immediate solution design projects. You will be instrumental in developing architecture standards, technology strategies, and roadmaps that support our mission to tackle the biggest sustainability challenges of our time. **Accountabilities:** As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will: \- Provide enterprise design thinking and support across various domains of architecture including Business, Application, Integration, Cloud, Data & Analytics, and AI/ML. \- Lead efforts to ensure architecture decisions support business and IT strategy, ensuring compliance with AZ standards, blueprints, and roadmaps. \- Participate in architecture assessments and reviews, contributing as a lead reviewing architect or domain expert. \- Document and share knowledge and standard methodologies to develop the architecture capability and practice. \- Be accountable for developing architecture standards, technology domain strategies, roadmaps, and blueprints. \- Define and update 'Transition' and 'To-Be' architectures applying AZ guiding principles. \- Support solution development efforts from portfolios, participate in IT initiatives, and provide guidance for better planning and decision-making. \- Maintain a view of current and future state architecture within defined focus areas. \- Develop architecture building blocks to support enterprise architecture implementation. \- Lead or actively participate in enterprise domain teams and working groups. **Essential Skills/Experience:** \
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