Strategic Solution Architect

Strategic Solution Architect

• Location: Barcelona, Spain

• Full time

• Hybrid

About the Job

Are you ready to push the boundaries of what’s possible? At Sanofi, we are committed to providing next-generation healthcare solutions that patients and customers need. By harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly, we aim to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our Digital Architecture Center of Excellence team and play a key role in shaping and driving architecture on a global enterprise level to support Sanofi’s Digital transformation. As a Strategic Solution Architect, you will be a visionary leader responsible for designing and governing enterprise-wide solutions that span across all business domains. You will focus on transversal topics to ensure strategic alignment, reusability, and consistency across the organization, making a significant impact on the entire enterprise landscape to support Sanofi's Digital strategy.

At Sanofi, we have one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve lives. We are a place where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to stretch the limits of what’s possible.

• Design internal transversal platforms utilized across all business verticals, collaborating with business, technology, and product stakeholders to tailor architecture designs that meet diverse needs.

• Define and standardize Digital technology standards applicable across the entire organization, identifying constraints and decision drivers for technology services selection.

• Establish, publish, and communicate reference architectures, and design patterns that promote consistency and efficiency across the enterprise.

• Conduct pilot designs and implementations for high-value business cases, defining metrics, creating technical architectures, and leveraging standard CI/CD pipelines.

• Incorporate regulatory requirements (Data Privacy, GxP, SOX) and cybersecurity requirements into architecture designs, ensuring compliance with all applicable standards.

• Stay update to date on industry practices and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on Sanofi's systems landscape and recommending solutions that could improve operations or competitiveness.

Experience:​

• Proven track record in architecture with extensive experience designing and implementing complex technology solutions across multiple lines of business

• Experience guiding and facilitating engineering teams through implementations from concept to delivery

• Diverse exposure to various platforms, frameworks, programming languages, and technologies

• Strong background in modern software delivery approaches

• Business domain knowledge relevant to the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry is a plus

Soft and technical skills:

• ​Strong facilitation abilities for leading design sessions and whiteboarding with stakeholders
• Skilled at balancing long-term strategic objectives with practical implementation needs
• Design thinking approach to problem-solving with focus on user needs
• Deep expertise across multiple technology domains including security, cloud architecture, software architecture, integration patterns, and data management
• Hands-on engineering experience beyond creating static diagrams
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) and cloud-native architectures
• Knowledge of AI/machine learning architectures, frameworks, and implementation patterns
• Understanding of data science workflows and MLOps practices for operationalizing AI solutions
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks relevant to pharmaceutical industry (GxP, SOX, data privacy)
• Experience with architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) and documentation approaches

Education: A degree in Computer Sc