
Business Technology Architect – Life Sciences Industry Expert
Minor Hotels Europe and Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Atlanta • California • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $82,082 - $233,740 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Work with external or internal clients to build a holistic view of business strategy, capabilities, services, governance, organizational domains, and key business processes across Life Sciences.
- Lead or contribute to the development of capability maps, value streams, and process models spanning R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance functions.
- Support the definition and maintenance of business architecture frameworks and standards used across programs and product teams.
- Assist in aligning business architecture models with enterprise and solution architecture standards, ensuring traceability from business intent to technology implementation.
- Contribute to enterprise and domain architectures for Life Sciences systems, including package‑based platforms and custom solutions.
- Support the design of solution architectures that align with business capabilities, enterprise standards, and security, quality, and operational requirements.
- Produce architecture artifacts including capability models, process flows, value stream maps, and documentation for use by delivery teams.
- Participate in architecture and design reviews for major programs and feature sets.
- Support architecture across key Life Sciences systems such as ERP, LIMS, MES, QMS, CTMS, safety systems, regulatory content platforms, manufacturing and supply systems, and commercial platforms.
- Evaluate Life Sciences technologies for functional fit, scalability, reliability, interoperability, and regulatory readiness.
- Contribute to modernization initiatives including platform upgrades, capability expansion, and technology rationalization.
- Collaborate with senior architects to define architecture guidelines, integration patterns, and governance processes.
- Participate in vendor evaluations, RFP reviews, and solution assessments as part of technology selection activities.
- Support delivery teams during design, build, integration, testing, and deployment to ensure solutions align with intended architecture.
- Assist in troubleshooting architecture, process, or integration issues and ensure design decisions uphold quality and best practices.
- Ensure SRE, observability, and DevSecOps considerations are reflected in business and solution designs in alignment with enterprise standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field
- 7–10 years of experience in business architecture, solution architecture, systems engineering, software design, or enterprise transformation roles
- Strong understanding of Life Sciences operating models, regulated delivery expectations, and cross‑functional processes
- Hands‑on knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), integrations, APIs, and modern architectural patterns
- Ability to translate business requirements into capability models, process flows, and solution designs
- Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills with the ability to work across technical and non‑technical stakeholder groups.
- Familiarity with business or enterprise architecture frameworks (Capgemini Architecture Method, TOGAF, IAF, or similar) is a plus
- Comfort working in regulated environments, including quality, validation, and audit‑readiness considerations.
- Curiosity, learning agility, and a desire to grow into broader architecture leadership responsibilities.
- Hands‑on use of AI‑enabled productivity tools (e.g., Copilot‑class assistants) to accelerate analysis, documentation, and collaboration.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
- Company paid holidays
- Personal Days
- Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
business architecturesolution architecturesystems engineeringsoftware designenterprise transformationcapability modelsprocess flowscloud platformsAPIsmodern architectural patterns
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsdocumentation skillscollaborationlearning agilitycuriosityability to work across stakeholder groups