Associate Director, Life Sciences and Health Care

Overview

In this role you will lead and shape technology architecture for large-scale transformations within the Life sciences, Healthcare & Consumer (LSHC) sector. You will work within the TSV&A team to turn business strategy into technology vision, guiding boards and C-suite through advisory insights and architecture options. You will mentor teams, develop architecture practices, and drive client engagement and business development across global clients. You’ll operate at the intersection of strategy and delivery, enabling measurable impact through modern cloud, data, and technology platforms.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working policy
• world-class development
• wellbeing support
• global client exposure
• career growth opportunities
• diverse, inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Drive large, complex transformation programmes through technology architecture leadership
• Lead teams delivering technology strategies and roadmaps
• Advise CTOs/CIOs and board stakeholders on future technology investments
• Define and deliver the client’s architecture vision and enable options analysis and design decisions
• Oversee architecture governance, management, and assurance processes
• Develop architecture methods and collateral to grow the architecture community
• Support business development and build external eminence in the LSHC domain
• Lead large client engagements with awareness of market trends in architecture, digital technologies, and cloud platforms
• Create propositions that drive business development across the LSHC industry
• Mentor and develop TSV&A team competencies in LSHC industry domain

Key requirements

• Understanding and communicating LSHC industry trends and implications for architecture and technology investments
• Breadth across Business, Data, Application, and Technology Architecture domains
• Experience leading architecture workstreams on large-scale technology-enabled transformations in LSHC
• Advisory experience to Board-level and C-suite stakeholders
• Capability development in teams, training, recruitment, and career planning
• Experience building external or internal eminence through thought leadership and publications
• Experience building diverse teams and commitment to inclusion
• Risk awareness and sound judgment in client and supplier risk management
• Certifications in Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, LeanIX, ArchiMate) and Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) or equivalent advantageous

• leadership
• stakeholder engagement
• communication
• SAP
• Oracle
• Salesforce

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