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Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those arent words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. Youll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: .Position Summary:At BMS, digital innovation and Information Technology are central to our vision of transforming patients lives through science. To accelerate our ability to serve patients around the world, we must unleash the power of technology. We are committed to being at the forefront of transforming the way medicine is made and delivered by harnessing the power of computer and data science, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to promote scientific discovery, faster decision making, and enhanced patient care.Associate Director, Global Drug Development (GDD) IT Architecture will own the full architecture across everything done in GDD from Hyderabad. The incumbent will work closely with IT product teams including business stakeholders in Hyderabad and globally to analyze business and technology requirements and define, prototype, and scale solutions that deliver value to our patients. As the Lead Architect for the GDD IT team in India, the incumbent will work closely with the global GDD Architecture Council and other IT technology organizations to ensure alignment with GDD IT and BMS architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guidelines. The successful candidate will need to maintain a broad and deep understanding of the GDD IT architecture and external technology landscape and will act as a champion for innovation with an eye toward delivering value against the most important priorities for the GDD organization. This position will require the incumbent to model and promote effective teamwork, collaboration, and communication across the entire global IT product teams. To be successful, the incumbent will need to instill a learning culture whereby the team gains a strong understanding of the GDD business and supporting technologies and external technology landscape and acts as a mentor to the teams for architecture and technology.If you want an exciting and rewarding career that is meaningful, consider joining our diverse team!Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand requirements, identify pain points, and define solution architectures to address while ensuring robustness, simplicity and interoperability across the enterprise.

• Develop and communicate full architecture descriptions, including purpose, risks, and tradeoffs

• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps to guide the organization in making strategic technology decisions.

• Define technology standards, principles, and best practices to ensure consistency and quality across the organization.

• Conduct technology assessments and provide recommendations for improving existing systems and processes.

• Create and maintain architecture models, including application, data, infrastructure, and security architecture.

• Evaluate and select technology solutions to support business needs and align with GDD IT and BMS architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guidelines.

• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors and other external partners to influence their roadmaps to meet BMS needs

• Act as an architecture and technology mentor to the product teams in Hyderabad and globally

Qualifications & Experience

• 12-15 years of experience in enterprise architecture, with a focus on large-scale systems and distributed architectures.

• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, Zachman, or FEAF.

• Experience with cloud computing technologies and architectures, modern architectures, such as microservices and event driven architecture, and modern software development methodologies.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and make sound decisions.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing projects

• Experience managing vendor and partner delivery with a focus on outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and teach others on architecture and technology topics
• Experience managing vendor and partner delivery with a focus on outcomes

Why You Should ApplyAround the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, or any part of the recruitment process direct your inquiries to Visit to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.#HYDIT #LI-HybridIf you come across a role that intrigues you but doesnt perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients lives through science , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.On-site ProtocolBMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to . Visit to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

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