Lead Solutions Architect H/F

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Job Details

Role: Solution Architect – focus on enterprise middleware and integration of systems within pharmaceutical, wholesale and/or logistics industry.

Responsibilities

• Design repeatable solutions that enable the desired business outcomes.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, subject matter experts and technology providers to define architecture for end‑to‑end solutions across the systems portfolio.
• Ensure fast delivery of standard‑based interfaces aligned to business pipelines, application roadmaps and enterprise architecture guidance.
• Improve speed of delivery using a standards‑based approach to design.
• Create componentised end‑to‑end solution designs to maximise re‑use.
• Ensure that solutions are scalable, sustainable and fully documented.
• Identify opportunities for synergy and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Standardise delivery of architectural artefacts through the PMO process.
• Help define repeatable pattern sets for key use cases.
• Consider current and future technology needs to deliver projects.

Key Competencies

• Develop high‑level solution designs for programmers or projects in collaboration with the presales director, utilizing domain expertise and third‑party solution providers to meet business needs.
• Take a holistic approach, considering business strategic goals, customer pipeline, future state vision, existing IT landscape and portfolio plan.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and become a trusted advisor on technology decisions.
• Work with third‑party providers to evaluate capabilities and identify opportunities.
• Assess suitability of products and services against functional and non‑functional requirements, technology standards and architecture principles.
• Ensure the application portfolio is managed and maintained within the Enterprise Architecture framework.
• Be commercially aware and work with country teams and vendors on pricing and licensing agreements.
• Identify and document application, data, infrastructure and integration requirements.
• Produce high‑level cost estimates in collaboration with project, engineering and test teams.
• Identify potential project pre‑requisites or interdependencies, communicate implications and avoid hard dependencies where possible.
• Work within the Enterprise Architecture Framework, maintaining the repository.
• Analyse current systems portfolio to identify weaknesses and improvement opportunities.
• Review business drivers and strategies to mitigate risks to solutions.
• Communicate design decisions and rationale to business and IT stakeholders.
• Seek design approval through the technical design authority.
• Provide design governance during delivery to ensure integrity and effective change evaluation.
• Develop migration strategies to close gaps between current and future states, prioritising removal of technical debt.
• Champion and communicate application and integration architecture in alignment with business leaders.
• Ensure all solutions meet agreed standards and documentation levels.

Job Holder Specification

• Can‑do attitude with strong accountability and ownership.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills and ability to multi‑task.
• Thrives under pressure and ambiguity while focusing on results.
• Passionate about delivering excellent standards of delivery.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
• Effective influence and negotiation skills.
• Good collaboration skills and team working.
• Creative thinker with initiative and self‑motivation.
• Detail orietated with ability to see projects to completion.
• Ability to work as part of an international team.
• English and French language skills.

Essential – Qualifications and Experience

• Enterprise middleware technology experience for 3PL/4PL in pharmaceutical, wholesale and/or logistics industry.
• Extensive knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Minimum 3‑5 years in a solution architecture role focused on integration using middleware.
• Experience with OpenText ECS and Delta.
• Experience with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).
• Experience line‑managing a small team of project‑based architects.
• Senior technical or technical management role experience.
• Experience producing project artefacts and communicating ideas to technical and non‑technical audiences.

Desirable

• Experience with Manhattan Active and Axway technologies.
• Experience with Applicom ERP.
• Experience working within a large multinational matrix organization.
• Ability to foster collaboration and align teams to common ways of working.
• Experience with EA tools such as Hopex, iServer, Planview.

What Cencora Offers

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

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. Harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non‑discriminatory. Cencora provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process in accordance with legal requirements.