Head of Architecture

2 months ago

Luton, United Kingdom AstraZeneca Full time

D_o you have _expertise_ in leading successful Architecture teams and passion for continuing your career in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? _If so, _AstraZeneca might be the one for you_

**ABOUT ASTRAZENECA**

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

**ABOUT OUR IT** ARCHITECTURE** TEAM**

ABOUT THE ROLE?

The Head of Architecture is responsible for running a world class enterprise architecture function for the Enabling Units (HR, Finance, Global Business Services, Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance, Global Sustainability) part of the organisation. The function will determine how information technology will be used in the future to support AstraZeneca’s business objectives. The role holder will lead a direct and a matrix team of architects in identifying innovative solutions, defining the technology roadmap and supporting implementation projects.

The role has overall accountability for the consistent implementation of architecture decisions across business and IT to support the AZ business strategy ensuring architectures are aligned with relevant AZ standards, blueprints and roadmaps. This position is responsible for defining and delivering the current and target state architecture at a fascinating time of technology evolution and transformation at AZ.

The role will be responsible for partnering with key business and IT Leadership teams, integrating information from business strategies and portfolios to develop the overall strategic direction, integration, and quality for AstraZeneca’s architecture portfolio.

The Head of Architecture, Enabling Units will also be accountable for the overall health and effectiveness of key architecture processes such as standards management and lifecycle management. The Head of Architecture, Enabling Units will motivate change in EA and will proactively address industry trends in the definition of AZ’s imperatives and guidelines and educate EA partners.

Head of Architecture, Enabling Units is accountable for;
- Driving business innovation through information technology across AZ.
- Driving an integrated technology landscape for the business areas they are accountable for.
- Setting technology strategy for the global business, including optimizing current landscape and identifying and evaluating future technologies, enabling the IT organization to plan effectively across technology domains and business process areas.
- Technology and platform selection.
- Driving global technology architecture strategy.
- Setting of performance guidelines for architecture.
- Supplier due diligence and selection.
- Signing off authority for solution and architectures as well as architecture blueprints and roadmaps.
- Acting as an authority to the architecture community and the business regarding strategic architecture decisions for the relevant architecture.
- Analysing business priorities & strategies and translate these into architecture requirements for the enterprise.
- Ensuring suitability of technical architectures in areas of Cloud, Data & Analytics, AI, Integration, Application and Infrastructure to achieve key business goals.
- Acting as a figurehead for the Enterprise Architecture team in Enabling Units - guiding, motivating and developing global resource.

The Head of Architecture, Enabling Units must successfully recognise, and exploit business opportunities provided by digital to ensure more efficient and effective performance of organisations, to explore possibilities for new ways of conducting business and organisational processes. Further duties of this position include:

- Accountable for the direction, performance and ongoing health of architectures in the Enabling Units scope.
- Contribute to cross-functional decision-making bodies.
- Champion EA initiatives across the enterprise.
- Act as strategic architectural advisor for senior IT and Business management.
- Develop a future technology state to meet AZ current and future business objectives.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to project implementation teams.
- Provide a lean approach to technology standards development and architecture governance.
- Work with teams across AZ IT to identify technology that meets business challenges.
- Test emerging technology and validate that it fits with AZ’s business objectives.
- Work with teams across

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