Job Description

　　Position Description:

　　Senior Specialist, Business Architect

　　Our Research & Development Division Clinical and Real-World Evidence Generation (CRWEG) Process Excellence, Augmentation and Architecture (PEAAr) group is seeking a highly motivated Senior Specialist / Business Architect responsible for developing business architectural models and plans for our value team.

　　Under the guidance of a senior business architect, the Senior Specialist / Business Architect will contribute to align the outcomes of technology improvements with the goal of business transformations. The initial areas of focus are creating new capabilities to enable clinical trial data strategy and business performance improvement through Generative AI applications.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Develop business acumen and in-depth knowledge of data/data standards in the clinical development and real-world evidence/value generation domain.

　　Apply the domain knowledge in day-to-day architectural practice and influencing system design and process improvements.

　　Build target-state business capabilitymaps and value streams in alignment with strategic drivers and business objectives.

　　Develop specific architectural deliverablesand insightsfrom collated informationto improve clarity and effectiveness in communication and strategy management processes.

　　Perform gap assessment between current-state and target-state business architecture. Identifycandidate roadmap componentsbased on the gap assessment results.

　　Partner with other stakeholders in IT and business to develop transitional architectures and implementation roadmaps.

　　Act as liaison to convey information between IT and business.Ensure all stakeholders are aware of the strategic management approach and timetable.

　　Help to align value team level activities with divisional and enterprise architectures.

　　Maintain strong relationships with business partners, IT product lines and key vendors.

　　Stay up-to-date with emerging industry technologies.

　　Position Qualifications :

　　Education Minimum Requirement:

　　Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related disciplineRequired Experience and Skills :

　　Minimum of 7 years’ architecture, business/technical analysis, or solution deliveryIT experience in life science industry

　　Experience in business process modeling and process improvement

　　Experience in strategic planning focused on business capability enablement

　　Experience in system design

　　Strong analytical thinking for problem solving

　　Strong written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and business audiences

　　Strong organization, influencing, and follow-up skills

　　Strong collaboration and teamwork experience

　　Preferred Experience and Skills

　　Knowledge of development process in pharmaceutical industry

　　Knowledge of data and data standards in life science industry

　　Familiarity with application development, testing and implementation in cloud environments

　　Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks

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　　Expected salary range:

　　$91,600.00 - $144,100.00

　　Available benefits include bonus eligibility, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. For Washington State Jobs, a summary of benefits is listed here (https://www.benefitsatmerck.com/) .

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　　Employee Status:

　　Regular

　　Relocation:

　　No relocation

　　VISA Sponsorship:

　　No

　　Travel Requirements:

　　10%

　　Flexible Work Arrangements:

　　Hybrid

　　Shift:

　　Not Indicated

　　Valid Driving License:

　　No

　　Hazardous Material(s):

　　na

　　Requisition ID: R276771