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Pfizer · 5 hours ago

Director, Enterprise Architecture - Commercial

Tampa, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$163K/yr - $261K/yr

7+ years exp

Pfizer is a leading biopharmaceutical company, and they are seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to act as a strategic advisor and technical authority. The role involves shaping the architecture of business-critical platforms, partnering with leaders to implement architectures that drive business value, and mentoring solution architects and engineers.

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain architecture roadmaps aligned with business strategy and regulatory requirements

Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide solutions, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and compliance

Advise senior leadership on technology trends, risks, and opportunities, translating business needs into actionable architecture

Facilitate architecture governance, standards, and best practices across teams and projects

Mentor and guide solution architects, engineers, and business stakeholders

Quantify and communicate the business value of architectural decisions. Demonstrate business acumen and quantify the impact of architectural decisions

Foster innovation, continuous improvement, and change management in support of business outcomes

Collaborate with platform engineering, data & AI, and other horizontal teams to ensure cohesive delivery

Be the trusted voice for the enterprise as it relates to technical architecture - operate as a strategic advisor, not just a technologist

Mentor more junior colleagues and provide them with guidance and growth opportunities

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

Directs and proposes Enterprise Architecture fit for new and existing technical components

Understands customers’ operational needs and helps to drive strategic direction

Anticipates internal/external business and regulatory/compliance issues that impact the system design

Leads proactive initiatives to drive Enterprise Architecture Strategy directly or at the direction of EA Leadership

Develop business-driven vision and target state for architecture, with clear roadmaps for implementation

Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determine corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the targeted business outcomes

Accountable for the formulation of solution implementation approach, building consensus on approach, and providing technical execution oversight of such solutions

Influences management/senior staff decisions via focused innovation engineering exercises and proof-based experimentation

Knowledgeable about the regulatory constraints of leveraging cloud solutions in the healthcare industry with input from others

Understands modern cloud architecture best practices

Is recognized as an Expert in their given domain area within an organizational unit

Develops and sustains constructive partnerships between business and technical stakeholders to ensure success of projects

Can write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles, at all levels of the organization; can get messages across that have the desired effect

Ensures effective, accurate and timely communication across the portfolio; prepares and delivers regular updates on project status, both in written and presentation format, to sponsors, business leaders and stakeholder groups

Creates an environment where innovation is standard taking appropriate risks to advance innovative processes

Support change management initiatives to ensure successful adoption of new architectures

Effectively manages project budget resources in alignment with product / program needs

Qualification

Enterprise ArchitectureCloud SolutionsArchitecture GovernanceBusiness Strategy AlignmentAWS CertificationAzure CertificationCore Platforms ExperienceChange ManagementInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsMentoring Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree from accredited institution and 8+ years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 7+ years of experience or a PHD plus 5+ years of experience

Demonstrated experience with cloud solutions (i.e.: Amazon, Google, Microsoft Azure)

Strong interpersonal skills

Demonstrated ability to translate marketing material into actionable and understandable truth

An “execution mindset” focused on getting things done quickly and simply

Demonstrated experience with one or more core platforms (Adobe AEM, Salesforce)