Associate Director, Senior Architect

Job Summary 

The Associate Director, Senior Architect - Reporting and Analytics, will collaborate with IT functional leaders, industry experts and vendors to identify, qualify, drive adoption, implement and deliver technology and service solutions that achieve business operational outcomes and strategic goals. The Associate Director will coordinate across various shared services groups within IT and other IT functional areas to successfully align, integrate, operate, and enable new and existing capabilities for Otsuka and our affiliates. The Senior Architect core responsibilities include: 

• Technology and/or Service Domain, Platform management and oversight 
• Business Process and Technology Strategy 
• Technology and/or Service Management and Optimization 
• Subject Matter Expertise 
• Portfolio Advisory and Management 
• IT Connector 
• Vendor Management 

At Otsuka, we defy limitation, so that others can too.  
We have an unwavering belief in doing more. In transcending expectations. In going above and beyond—under any circumstances—for patients, families, providers, and for each other. It’s this deep-rooted dedication that drives us to uncover answers to complex, underserved medical needs, so that patients can push past the limitations of their disease and achieve more than they thought was possible each and every day. 
We believe that the bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity. We are doing everything in our power to live up to our mission of creating new products for better health worldwide in two important therapeutic categories: neuroscience and nephrology. 

Job Description 

The Associate Director, Senior Architect will collaborate with IT functional leaders, industry experts and vendors to identify, design, qualify, implement, operate and drive adoption of technology and service solutions to achieve business operational outcomes and strategic goals. The Associate Director will coordinate across various shared services groups within IT and other functions to successfully align, integrate, and enable new capabilities for Otsuka and our affiliates. 

Core Responsibilities include but not limited to the following: 

• Technology / Service Management: Collaborate and partner with the business, IT Leaders, and vendors to design, implement, enable and support strategic technology, service programs and projects.  

• Manage business and IT Business Partner expectations, ensure alignment to business requirements and technology/service standards. 

• Business Process and Technology Strategy: Define the technology strategy for SAP Data Analytics in alignment with strategic business goals and objectives.