Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture, Global Commercial & Medical IT

Biogen

Associate Director of Enterprise Architecture defining technology solutions for Biogen's Global Commercial & Medical IT. Leading strategic architecture initiatives to align technology with business goals.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeResearch Triangle Park • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $152,000 - $209,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and govern GCM enterprise architecture standards across Commercial & Medical IT, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security, compliance, and business strategy.
Serve as the primary architecture leader for strategic GCM initiatives, shaping early solution designs and guiding key architectural decisions to ensure alignment with the target-state architecture.
Lead GCM integration and data architecture strategy, defining how systems connect through scalable, secure patterns such as APIs, event-driven architecture, data-sharing models, and enterprise data flows.
Develop multi-year enterprise architecture and business capability roadmaps that guide the evolution of Commercial & Medical platforms in line with business priorities, value streams, and capability needs.
Identify opportunities to simplify and rationalize the application portfolio, including reducing overlapping systems, improving integration quality, lowering total cost of ownership, and avoiding unnecessary technology fragmentation.
Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies, including cloud services, automation, data products, AI/ML, and generative AI, evaluating their fit for GCM business needs and integrating high-value capabilities with the appropriate security and compliance controls.
Partner with cross-functional IT teams, including enterprise integration, data and analytics, security, infrastructure, delivery, and platform teams, to ensure architecture decisions are practical, scalable, and executable.
Mentor and guide solution architects, platform architects, technical leads, and delivery teams to drive consistency in solution design and adoption of architecture best practices.
Represent GCM in enterprise architecture forums, ensuring Commercial & Medical priorities are considered in cross-functional technology decisions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressively responsible IT experience, preferably including global or enterprise-level roles.
3–5+ years of experience in architecture leadership roles, such as Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, or equivalent.
Strong experience in Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture within life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotech, healthcare, or another regulated industry.
Experience supporting Commercial and/or Medical business domains, with understanding of business capabilities, value streams, regulatory considerations, and global operating needs.
Deep knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, data architecture, APIs, event-driven architecture, and secure system interoperability.
Proven ability to translate business priorities into target-state architecture, roadmaps, and practical solution designs.
Familiarity with formal architecture frameworks and modeling techniques (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, or equivalent).
Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across business, IT, and global delivery teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
80 hours of sick time per calendar year
Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
Employee Resource Groups participation

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Hard Skills & Tools

Enterprise Integration PatternsEvent-Driven ArchitectureSecure System InteroperabilityArchitecture FrameworksBusiness Capability RoadmapsCloud ServicesAI/MLGenerative AIData ProductsArchitecture Best Practices

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder ManagementInfluencing Skills