Director, Principal Enterprise Architect - GCS, Vaccines

The Director, Principal Enterprise Architect - GCS, Vaccines is responsible for directly overseeing and organizing Pfizer initiatives through a business aligned vertical, functionally aligned horizontal or as an expert in platform strategy. As an individual contributor, your primary impact is through your direct work. You are a widely recognized expert in your technical domain able to articulate clearly to a deep technical level and you are comfortable understanding the business direction with input from business leadership.

The incumbent in this role leads the enterprise-wide Architecture and platform strategy supporting Pfizer Digital.  This position provides leadership to business stakeholders, Pfizer Digital client partners, product owners and solution engineers to help them adapt and adopt Pfizer’s Digital solutions and platforms. This position is accountable for technology selection and architecture, finding the most effective ways for technology to support Pfizer’s business objectives in a given domain, assisting the Digital Creation Centers and Product group in advancing Pfizer’s digital strategy.

This position will be directly responsible for identifying gaps in our strategic solutions and platforms, aiding in onboarding, support, documentation, developer experience, and other elements of great platforms and products.  The incumbent will be responsible for gaining buy-in from the stakeholders responsible for the platforms and help them navigate challenges to achieve excellence.

This role is part of the Pfizer Digital Enterprise Architecture organization, which leads technology selection and the strategic efforts in creating an enterprise architecture and master plan that ties together our experiences, data, workflows, capabilities, applications, integration, and back-end services in a cohesive and integrated way.  Specifically, the incumbent will report to the [VP/Sr. Director Enterprise Architecture Role].

Key accountabilities:

• Deliver Enterprise Architecture services including creation of detailed Enterprise Architecture blueprints (to include Business Capability maps, maturity assessments, roadmaps and investment prioritization recommendations), new technology assessments, existing technology rationalization plans, strategic foresight services and platform adoption plans.
• Creates and publishes architecture artifacts supporting the services mentioned above.
• Evangelizes reuse of solutions, platforms and architectural patterns horizontally across the enterprise and influences stakeholders to align to Enterprise Architecture strategy and vision, aligned with overall Pfizer business objectives.
• Works on a variety of strategic initiatives within area of remit, leading complex projects within a business unit – providing technical and strategic context. Constantly shapes and influences initiatives and platforms to achieve measurable value along all dimensions possible – overall total cost reduction, speed to value, reduced complexity and risk, improved security and protection of Pfizer data and assets.
• Advise Senior leadership on both technical constraints and the business constraints – telling the common narrative of how those things interact with one another.
• Be the trusted voice for the enterprise as it relates to technical architecture, building value metrics into the foundations of every initiative and documenting the success stories and measurable value that results from working with Enterprise Architecture.
• Consistently demonstrates excellent communication skills and can work effectively in a cross-functional and matrixed organization. Ensures accurate and timely communication of the project milestones and creates a high-functioning team environment.
• Mentor more junior colleagues and provide them with guidance and growth opportunities.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Service Delivery:

• Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
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