Principal Enterprise Architect

Job Description

About This Role

Enterprise Architecture plays a critical role with technology selection and implementation within the Biogen global landscape. As a key role within Enterprise Application Services, the Principal Enterprise Architect is accountable for ensuring that the IT technical landscape is proactively managed through proper architecture design and implementation, technology selection and lifecycle. Enterprise Architects establish standards and roadmaps for technology and applications, participate in the large product selection processes, and play key role in governance processes including the Architecture Review Board (ARB), Reference Architectures, Standards and Models. For large cross-functional projects, Enterprise Architect takes overall responsibility for the program architecture.

What You’ll Do

• Drive the Governance processes of Enterprise Architecture (ARB/TRB, Reference Architecture/Standards)
• Advise on technology selection and implementation processes across all functions
• Create project/program architecture for large, cross-functional projects
• Define and maintain architecture models
• Develop and maintain standards, policies, technical, and process roadmaps across all stakeholder facing groups
• Participate in the Enterprise Architecture Community efforts to build standard roadmaps and ensure governance across the functional IT groups

Who You Are

You are an experienced enterprise architect with expertise across multiple architecture domains - business, technology, application, data. You have strategic mindset and excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex problems and tradeoffs to different audiences.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Expert understanding of foundational architectural concepts and architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman) and tools
• Advanced architecture modeling and roadmapping skills
• 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
• Biotech/pharma experience and understanding of the compliance requirements in the industry  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Preferred Skills

• Practical experience with major cloud platforms and providers
• Experience with AI platforms and methods
• Experience with SAFe and adjusting architecture processes to the SAFe processes

Additional Information

“Diversity is key for the survival of our ecosystem. I believe it is the single most important factor for a balanced flourishing environment where everyone thrives.”

• Guy Hadari – Chief Information Officer- Biogen

Why Biogen?

Our mission to find therapies for neurological and rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry and this shared purpose is what connects us as a team. We work together to overcome obstacles and to follow the science. We are resilient as we strive to make an impact on our patients’ lives and on changing the course of medicine. Together, we pioneer. Together, we thrive.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.