Our client, a leading pharmaceutical company, is hiring a Solutions Architect consultant on a contract basis.
Work Location
Princeton, NJ/Hybrid
Summary:
The positions main responsibility will be to provide solution architecture and technical oversight to multiple projects in the SAP Ariba Source-to- Pay SaaS Platform(Sourcing, SLP, Guided Buy, B&I, Network, CIG, API, SCC). The candidate will be responsible for providing overall technical development, configuration and implementation, but also be able to take responsibility to document the architecture, including conceptual, logical, data, and solution for all Ariba projects.
Position Responsibilities
• Ability to lead and/or develop conceptual, logical and solution architectures across application, data and technology domains
• Ability to Develop and review project deliverables, including requirement document, design document, for completeness, quality, risk and compliance with established project architecture standards, enterprise standards, and business vision and expected outcomes
• Ability to develop and manage all aspects of the architecture effort, including the plans, interdependencies, schedule, budget, and required personnel
• Ability to define and present the solution to IT and Business
• Ability to design and develop cost effective solutions that meet functional, technical, performance requirements and align to business outcomes
• Experience designing and overseeing the implementation of solution designs, including solution integrations
• Experience in interacting with development teams, communicating design and overseeing technical implementation and deployments
• Ability to coordinate and work with multiple teams to successfully implement a solution, including, but not limited to, Integration teams, Data Architecture team, vendors and/or solution development team
• Ability to identify, document, communicate and resolve/mitigate design and system development risks and issues
Position Requirements
• 5 to 6 years Solution Architect experience with at least 4 years of prior Technical Lead experience in Ariba Source-to-Pay SaaS platform
• 2 to 3 years experience working with AWS cloud technologies and architectures
• 3 to 4 years experience designing, develop and overseeing solution integrations
• Proven analytical skills to properly turn requirements into solution architecture the meets business outcomes
• Proven analytical skills to properly evaluate vendor solution architecture
• Good understanding of master data strategies, data lakes, and information hubs
• Ability to clearly communicate architecture decisions, risks and benefits to all levels of the business.
• Ability to work within a project team
• Able to manage technical activities for a cross functional technical team.
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communications skills
• Must exhibit ability to be collaborative and results oriented
• Strong understanding of the Clinical, Regulatory and Safety pharmaceutical domains
• Ability to work independently