Senior Solutions Architect

This role is in support of Cencora's wholesale distribution services in Europe operating through our Alliance Healthcare business.
 

Job Summary:

The Senior Solution Architect's role entails comprehending business requirements and converting them into well-suited designs that facilitate the achievement of intended business objectives. Collaborating closely with vital stakeholders, subject matter experts, and technology vendors to delineate the architecture for comprehensive solutions spanning the system portfolio, all while ensuring adherence to the strategic vision, roadmaps, and enterprise architectural principles. Stakeholder management and leadership are key elements to this role.
 
This includes: - 
•    Ensuring that solutions are designed & developed are both scalable and sustainable. 
•    Making efficient and effective use of technology 
•    Looking holistically and identifying opportunities for synergy 
•    Considering the current and future needs of the Enterprise 
 
Furthermore, this position carries the responsibility of actively participating in the broader enterprise architecture community, enhancing overall operational practices, and fostering the exchange of cross-functional expertise throughout the organization. It involves establishing and overseeing an AHUK solution architecture service aimed at providing designs for both strategic (roadmap) and tactical (project) needs across the business, in alignment with local candidate assessments and the delivery of technical design authority content. 

Principal Accountabilities:

1.  Solutions Design

•    Develops high-level solution designs for programs or projects, leveraging expertise from domain specialists and third-party solution providers to ensure alignment with business needs, suitability, and supportability. 
•    Adopts a comprehensive approach to solution design, considering broader factors such as business strategic goals, future architectural vision, the existing IT landscape, and the IT portfolio plan. 
•    Provides high-level cost estimates to facilitate comparison of options and design recommendations. 
•    Seeks design approval from the Architecture Governance Forum. 

2.  Stakeholder & Relationship Management

•    Cultivates strong relationships with business stakeholders, gaining insight into their objectives and serving as a trusted advisor for technology decisions, effectively communicating architectural considerations. 
•    Collaborates with third-party solution providers to explore opportunities and assess their compatibility with our requirements. 
•    Engages with business stakeholders to evaluate the suitability of products and services based on functional and non-functional requirements, technology standards, and architectural principles. 
•    Demonstrates commercial awareness, working with technology vendors to comprehend their commercial models and decipher complex licensing agreements. Demonstrates commercial awareness, working with technology vendors to comprehend their commercial models and decipher complex licensing agreements.
•    Effectively communicates design decisions and recommendations, along with their rationale, to both business and IT stakeholders. 

3.   Application Portfolio & Enterprise Architecture Framework

•    Ensures the management and maintenance of the application portfolio for Alliance Healthcare UK, integrating it into the broader context. 
•    Ensures that application, data, infrastructure requirements, as well as system interdependencies and integration needs, are identified, documented, and incorporated into the solution design. 
•    Operates within the guidelines of the Enterprise Architecture Framework and maintains the information within the Enterprise Architecture repository. 

4.  Project Delivery

•    Identifies potential project prerequisites or interdependencies, understands their implications, and communicates them to affected projects, aiming to minimize rigid dependencies between projects. 
•    Offers design governance during the project delivery phase to uphold the integrity of the solution design and facilitate the thorough evaluation of changes. 

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Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

1.    Proven experience working in IT across a range of roles 
2.    Proven experience working as a Solution Architect  
3.    Experience of working in a large enterprise with matrix management 
4.    Degree in a relevant subject or evidence of significant experience in Architecture teams 
5.    Experience working within a large international matrix managed organisation 
6.    Knowledge of SAP S4, Azure, Manhattan, Salesforce and other leading Software providers 
7.    Experience in the pharmaceutical, wholesale or logistics industry 
8.    Multinational / Global organisation 
9.    Use of Architecture tools and frameworks 

Essential Requirements:

1.    Demonstrates a proactive, can-do attitude and takes full accountability and ownership. Adaptable to a fast-paced environment, adept at managing competing priorities. 
2.    Possesses exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities, adept at multitasking effectively. 
3.    Excels under pressure, thrives in ambiguous situations while maintaining a steadfast focus on achieving results. 
4.    Enthusiastically committed to delivering a consistently high standard of work. 
5.    Exhibits strong written and verbal communication skills. 
6.    Cultivates robust relationship-building and stakeholder management abilities. 
7.    Demonstrates an ability for influencing effectively. 
8.    Collaborates effectively within teams and values teamwork. 
9.    Offers creative insights and contributes effectively to a team while being self-motivated and capable of taking initiative. 
10.    Balances meticulous attention to detail with the commitment to see projects through to completion. 
11.    Works seamlessly as part of an international team. 

We offer a competitive salary, hybrid working, generous bonus scheme, pension contributions, car allowance, 25 days holiday increasing with service, private health cover and the opportunity to make a real difference. 

What Cencora offers

​Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited

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