Applications, Architecture & Data Governance Lead Job Details | curium

Summary of Position

As application architect and Data governance lead, you will have responsibility for the operational application teams, for the application architecture process, for contributing to the Curium IT enterprise Architect group, for Data management, analytics and governance.

As part of the Leadership team, you will have responsibility in the build of our different roadmaps and application strategies in accordance with the other International IT leaders, to take the business forward.

Essential Functions

Application Operations & Architecture

• Lead application operations, ensuring support, maintenance, and lifecycle management
• Manage internal teams (application, business analysts) and external vendors
• Define and monitor KPIs/SLAs, budgets, and resource planning
• Oversee application architecture, data flows, and standardization
• Contribute to IT strategy and project intake as domain owner

Data, BI & Innovation

• Lead Data Governance and BI activities (data flows, reporting, data quality)
• Ensure reliable BI operations and user support
• Drive innovation and AI initiatives, promoting new technologies and best practices

People Management

• Lead, coach, and develop IT teams
• Plan workloads, monitor performance, and support career development

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with IT, data privacy, and regulatory standards (e.g. GDPR, NIS2)
• Promote best practices in quality, security, and ethics

Requirements

• Higher vocational education (specializing in informatics) and 10 years work experience
• GMP guidelines (PICs, GAMP) and quality policies
• Understand PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SSAE 16/ISAE 3402/SOC 1, or SOC 2 standards
• Experience with compliance and/or control frameworks and standards, e.g. 21 CFR Part11, GAMP5, GxP and PICS
• RGPD, NIS2
• Strong Knowledge in ERP platforms
• Knowledge on cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS)
• Knowledge on SDLC, waterfall concept
• Knowledge in pharma constraints (CSV, ...)
• Excellent English (another language is an advantage)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Curium is an equal opportunity employer and believes everyone deserves respect, dignity and equality. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.