Enterprise Architect - Point of View (PoV) Development - Biopharma / Life Sciences industry

VTekis Consulting LLP•Bridgewater Township, NJ

About The Position

VTekis Consulting LLC provides complete solutions for staff augmentation, recruitment process outsourcing, contract hiring, direct hire, and outsourced solutions. Our goal is to deliver quality professional services to our clients, not just to find someone to do a job; we match the right professional for your staffing needs and earn confidence through the proper assignment of people. This alignment of people and companies allows us to create opportunity. Most importantly, we don’t consider the process complete until we find the perfect fit. Key Responsibilities & Deliverables: Architecture Strategy & Point of View (PoV) Development Current State Assessment: Deep dive into existing architectures to identify bottlenecks, technical debt, and scalability limitations. Option Appraisal: Evaluate multiple architectural alternatives, providing a clear-eyed analysis of pros, cons, costs, risks & impact for each by keeping an unbiased & vendor neutral approach. Target State Definition: Define robust target state architectures and create Architecture Point of Views (POVs) for high priority use cases in Data, AI, Cloud, Integrations and Collaboration platforms Standardization: Develop and document architecture best practices, standards and Reference Architectures for common, repeatable use cases to ensure consistency across the enterprise. Governance & The ARB ARB Leadership: Present PoVs and architectural designs to the Architecture Review Board (ARB), defending technical choices while remaining open to collaborative refinement. Process Improvement: Act as a key contributor to the evolution of our EA governance process, making it more agile, effective & non-disruptive. Finalization: Work closely with the ARB to finalize and formalize all architectural artifacts. Stakeholder Collaboration & Socialization Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the "connective tissue" between Data, Analytics, AI, and Enterprise Integration functions. Partner Enablement: Socialize finalized standards and best practices with the application / data / solution teams & external consulting partners to ensure high-quality delivery. Business Alignment: Translate complex technical roadmaps into business value for non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

15+ years in IT, with at least 5+ years in an Enterprise Architecture role and 5+ years in a Solution / Application / Data Architecture role preferably within the Life Sciences, Med Tech or Healthcare sector
Proven experience in Cloud (GCP / AWS), Data Lake & Warehouses (Snowflake), AI/ML (Predictive AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI), Integrations (APIs, Pub-Sub, Streams, File Transfers)
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management or a related discipline
Certified or strong familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman Ontology Framework or similar EA framework or methodologies (but with a practical, non-dogmatic application mindset)
English Read, Write, Speak

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in the Biopharma / Life Sciences industry is recommended or nice-to-have
Familiarity with Life Sciences capabilities, functions (R&D, Drug Development or Clinical, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Manufacturing, Medical Affairs, Commercial), and common GxP / regulated use cases

Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Point of View (PoV) Development
Current State Assessment: Deep dive into existing architectures to identify bottlenecks, technical debt, and scalability limitations.
Option Appraisal: Evaluate multiple architectural alternatives, providing a clear-eyed analysis of pros, cons, costs, risks & impact for each by keeping an unbiased & vendor neutral approach.
Target State Definition: Define robust target state architectures and create Architecture Point of Views (POVs) for high priority use cases in Data, AI, Cloud, Integrations and Collaboration platforms
Standardization: Develop and document architecture best practices, standards and Reference Architectures for common, repeatable use cases to ensure consistency across the enterprise.
ARB Leadership: Present PoVs and architectural designs to the Architecture Review Board (ARB), defending technical choices while remaining open to collaborative refinement.
Process Improvement: Act as a key contributor to the evolution of our EA governance process, making it more agile, effective & non-disruptive.
Finalization: Work closely with the ARB to finalize and formalize all architectural artifacts.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the "connective tissue" between Data, Analytics, AI, and Enterprise Integration functions.
Partner Enablement: Socialize finalized standards and best practices with the application / data / solution teams & external consulting partners to ensure high-quality delivery.
Business Alignment: Translate complex technical roadmaps into business value for non-technical stakeholders.