Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Lead Consultant - Solution Architect
Introduction to role
Career level: E
Are you ready to connect the dots and propel AstraZeneca forward? As a Lead Consultant - Solution Architect, you'll be at the heart of our digital transformation journey, motivating change and embodying innovation. This role is your chance to influence and impact business performance by improving the agility and functionality of our processes. With a complete view, you'll integrate emerging trends with business ambitions, guiding the right way to work and behave across the enterprise. Are you up for the challenge?
Accountabilities
- Design architectures and solution blueprints for projects or solutions that address business/application/data/infrastructure requirements.
- Collaborate with Business Analysis and Solution Engineering functions, supporting functional & technical requirements management, including driving software selection processes.
- Ensure solution architectures and designs are robust and address business, application, information, and infrastructure architectural requirements.
- Architect and design comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements and align with AstraZeneca’s Enterprise Architecture.
- Partner with project managers, business analysts, and solution engineers to create solutions aligned with AstraZeneca architecture standards and principles.
- Accountable for solution evaluation and selection, buy vs. build decisions, and early-phase project estimates contributing to the argument.
- Provide technical & IT expertise support to project teams and conduct AZ architectural reviews throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure compliance with existing EA guidelines and standards.
- Contribute to project and service teams in developing, implementing, and maintaining standard architectural components.
- Work with third-party suppliers as required and contribute to creating local or functional design documents.
- Verify technical development and delivery consistency with the Architecture Roadmap, Blueprint, and Information Services Strategy.
- Document all architecture analysis and design work.
- Develop strong knowledge and expertise in at least one architecture domain.
- Contribute to developing the Architecture Capability within Information Services by documenting and sharing knowledge and standard methodologies with peer Architects.
Essential Skills/Experience
- Relevant technical degree or equivalent
- Proven development/design experience in at least one technical domain
- Experience of developing innovative solutions, blueprints, and standards for solution design
- Experience implementing and maintaining business solution architectures under any formal framework for their domain of architecture
- Experience of developing and managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers
- Strong networking skills with good internal/external links
- Well-developed communication and facilitation skills
- Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language
- Awareness of developments in the marketplace for domain focus and potential impact to AZ IS
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Proven eye for business
- Understanding of the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry and competitor activity on a particular architecture and Information Management
- Ability to work well in diverse, multinational teams and proven ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes
- Demonstrated initiative, strong customer orientation
- Third Party suppliers
- Vendor/System integrators Support
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
AstraZeneca offers an environment where you can explore industry-leading innovative technologies with the freedom to make a significant impact. Here, you'll find endless opportunities to learn, grow, and motivate change across the organization. Our commitment to delivering life-changing medicines means your work will ultimately benefit patients worldwide.
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now to join our team!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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