Description
**ABOUT AMGEN**
Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.
**ABOUT THE ROLE**
**Role Description:**
The role is responsible for developing and maintaining the overall IT architecture of the organization. This role involves defining the architecture vision, creating roadmaps, and ensuring that IT strategies align with business goals. You will be working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements, develop architectural blueprints, and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. Architects will be involved in defining the enterprise architecture strategy, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring that all IT projects adhere to established architectural principles.
**Roles & Responsibilities:**
+ Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
+ Create and maintain architectural roadmaps that guide the evolution of IT systems and capabilities
+ Establish and enforce architectural standards, policies, and governance frameworks
+ Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the enterprise/domain/solution architecture
+ Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring that IT systems are scalable, secure, and resilient
+ Maintain comprehensive documentation of the architecture, including principles, standards, and models
+ Drive continuous improvement in the architecture by identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency
+ Work with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that solutions meet both business and technical needs
+ Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools that best fit the solution requirements
+ Ensure seamless integration between systems and platforms, both within the organization and with external partners
+ Establish and enforce data standards, governance policies, and best practices
+ _Business Process Reengineering:_ Ability to identify and improve inefficiencies in business processes.
**Basic Qualifications and Experience:**
**[GCF Level 5A]**
+ Master’s degree with 4 – 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
+ Bachelor’s degree with 6 – 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
+ Diploma with 10 – 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field
**Functional Skills:**
**Must-Have Skills** **(Not more than 3 to 4)** **:**
+ Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies
+ Experience directing solution design, business processes redesign and aligning business requirements to technical solutions in a regulated environment
+ Experience working in agile methodology, including Product Teams and Product Development models
+ _Change Management:_ Experience in leading organizational change initiatives related to IT modernization.
+ _Strong_ skills in: ServiceNow, Jira, Lucid, Microsoft Suite, Smartsheet and ChatGPT/Co-Pilot
**Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):**
+ TOGAF (preferred)
+ ServiceNow Admin (preferred)
**Soft Skills:**
+ Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
+ Strong communication and collaboration skills
+ Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting
+ Demonstrated awareness of presentation skills
**Shift Information:**
This position requires you to work a later shift and may be assigned a second or third shift schedule. Candidates must be willing and able to work during evening or night shifts, as required based on business requirements.
**EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT**
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
