Principal IT Architect

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the role:
The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for delivering thought leadership, strategic direction, consulting, standards, and technology guidance to both IT service providers and business lines, with the goal of achieving business objectives. Leads and participates in the development of architecture strategies, frameworks, and architecture governance processes. Establishes long-term architecture direction to ensure sound investment decisions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Accountable for delivering thought leadership, strategic direction, consulting, standards, and technology guidance to both IT service providers and business lines, with the goal of achieving business objectives. Leads and participates in the development of architecture strategies, frameworks, and architecture governance processes. Establishes long-term architecture direction to ensure sound investment decisions.
• Your responsibilities will include:
• Leads architectural updates to modernize existing systems and build architectural plans for new solutions
• Ensure architectural adherence for the services developed by Enterprise Architecture
• Research industry trends in architecture disciplines and uses them to develop IT architecture strategies in support BSC’s enterprise-wide IT strategies
• Anticipates future architectural risks based on industry trends and business needs at the enterprise level
• Lead the appropriate architecture work streams to develop long term strategies/plans (blueprints/roadmaps)
• Provide IT Point of View on emerging technology (e.g., Cloud Services, IoT, best in class industry solutions, etc.) to assist in the strategic business plans
• Guide more junior architects working in technologies
• Architecturally consult and support regional or divisional projects and initiatives
• Implement recommended architecture changes throughout area of responsibility.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline
• 10+ years architecture experience
• Demonstrated ability to create implementation roadmaps that provide realistic progress to achieving a future state.
• Ability to create architectures for complex solutions leveraging approved strategic and standard technologies
• Apply architecture principles to a given context.
• Able to articulate in IT and non-IT terms the architecture principles in more than one architecture domain.
• Proficient at tailoring communication/influencing techniques depending on stakeholder.
• Distill research into relevant points and form logical conclusions on the topic.
• Discover innovative technologies and/or novel applications of technology to solve unique technical and business problems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in medical device or life sciences industry
• Leader in facilitating alignment on opposing points of view.
• Avoid over engineering and produces simple solutions when solving business challenges.
• Utilize influencing techniques when interacting with stakeholders.
• Challenge conventional wisdom; work well with ambiguity.
  
  

Requisition ID: 563010

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. Boston Scientific is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Boston Scientific maintains a drug-free workplace. Pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-4312 (2000), Boston Scientific is providing notification that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the workplace and that violations will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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