Purpose and Scope:

A Solution Architect will leverage in-depth expertise in business applications, platforms, capabilities, and processes to design, implement and innovate solutions to optimize the Astellas commercial and medical affairs architecture landscape.  The domain covers omni-channel customer engagement, marketing, CRM, content management and digital channels, and is pivotal to the Astellas Growth Strategy.

This is a senior level role and includes developing a domain architecture vision and roadmap, leading collaboration with stakeholders, analyzing functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring consistency design standards, providing technology recommendations, creating solution prototypes, and managing epic story constraints like cost, quality, scope, and resources, assisting delivery leads in estimating costs, resources, and timelines, and remaining involved throughout the epics lifecycle.  You will be at the forefront of implementing innovative solutions and will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

·       Architecture Vision and Roadmap: Lead and own the domain strategic blueprint to ensure solutions are based on strategic integrated capabilities with a forward view of maturity aligned to business objectives

·       Solution Design and Development: Design comprehensive application solutions that address business needs and challenges. This involves creating architectural designs that are scalable, secure, maintainable.

·       Technology Selection: Evaluate and select appropriate technologies and platforms for application development initiatives, considering factors such as performance, scalability, security, and integration capabilities.

·       Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with business analysts, project managers, and Digital teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Ensure that the proposed solutions align with the organization's strategic goals and technology standards.

·       Initiatives & CI/CD Oversight: Provide technical leadership throughout the development life cycle, from initial concept through to implementation and support. Guide development teams to ensure adherence to architectural designs and best practices.

·       Integration Architecture: Design and oversee the integration of new applications with existing systems and software, ensuring seamless operation and data consistency across the enterprise.

·       Performance Optimization: Ensure application solutions are optimized for performance and user experience. Conduct system performance analysis and recommend improvements.

·       Compliance and Security: Ensure application architectures comply with relevant regulations and standards. Incorporate security measures into the design to protect against threats and vulnerabilities.

·       Documentation: Create detailed documentation for application architectures, including design specifications, integration patterns, and deployment guidelines.

·       Collaboration: Work collaboratively with team members within the subdivision and across other digital and business units.

·       Continuous Learning: Engage in continuous learning and professional development to stay abreast of the latest trends and technologies in a specific area of expertise.

·       Innovation: Contribute innovative ideas and approaches to enhance project outcomes and digital capabilities.

·       Reporting: Regularly report on initiative progress and outcomes/value to your Capability Lead and team members.

·       Problem-Solving: Employ analytical and problem-solving skills to overcome challenges and deliver effective solutions.

·       Quality Assurance: Ensure the highest quality and consistency in the work delivered.