Senior System Architect

Are you passionate about the intersection of System Integration, Leadership, and Purpose? Do you bring a wealth of experience in pharmaceuticals and possess technical expertise in developing integrated lab solutions and modernizing lab capabilities? Are you adept at facilitating discussions and empowering engineering teams to adhere to best software development practices and architectural principles? If that sounds interesting; then becoming a Lead System Architect at R&ED-DD&IT would be the path for you!

In this capacity, you will be an integral part of DD&IT, the digital, data, and IT partner to all divisions of Novo Nordisk. Join us on a journey of digital transformation and innovation, where IT plays a pivotal role in enhancing the lives of millions of patients worldwide. This is a global endeavor, with over 2100 colleagues worldwide, working on tasks that encompass digital, data, and IT.

What’s the role about?
We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect who will work in tandem with various Architects from DD&IT to shape the Research and Early Development IT landscape at Novo Nordisk. As an integral part of the Lab Operations cluster, you will play a pivotal role in defining and enabling IT architecture that drives standardization and efficiency across Novo Nordisk R&ED globally.

Your key responsibilities are to:

• Take technical leadership in defining and shaping the architectural runway to encapsulate our technical ambition
• Drive and maintain the architectural runway, ensuring a harmonized and standardized system landscape in collaboration with Program Management
• Lead and steer discussions on the future of product operations within Novo Nordisk R&ED, both internally and with external vendors
• Collaborate with and provide guidance to teams in Lab Operations. Work closely with IT architects from other ARTs and domains to shape the Target Architecture and Architectural Principles
• Drive the adoption of DevOps within lab operations and enhance the digital foundation of the IT landscape
• Provide hands-on technical design and implementation guidance to the teams to ensure successful execution of architectural strategies

You would play System Architect role for the ART where you would partner with other two Leads of ART i.e.: RTE (Release Train Engineer) and Product manager to act as their advisory and technical support and co-own the ART ceremonies and tasks

Candidate profile
We expect you have a BSc or MSc in Computer Science or other relevant field with a Strong technical leadership capabilities to drive and shape the Architectural Runway, ability to influence stakeholders on all levels (Senior Leadership and Scrum teams).

In addition you have:

• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as .NET 8.0+, C#, and/or Python
• Strong understanding of application design using domain-driven and event-driven design
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation
• Hands-on working experience with AWS or Azure cloud providers. (AWS preferred)
• Nice to have Lifesciences domain knowledge

Department overview

DDIT-Research and Early Development (R&ED) is a unit in Digital, Data, and IT that provides IT solutions when new treatments are discovered, and molecules are being developed. We are the IT partner of Research and Early Development. Our responsibility is to leverage new technology and digitalization and offer a sustainable IT infrastructure, data and integration solutions needed to bring forward all the work done through important research. To highlight what we do, we build IT solutions to help capture data, provide a cloud foundation to manage the data and do advanced analytics with high-performance computing.

With us in DDIT-R&ED, you will step into a sweet spot between IT and research and be part of the first step in the process, from research to the patient. Our area counts +125 engaged employees that span Denmark, India, the US, the UK, and China. We are on a growth journey with Novo Nordisk and expect our unit to grow accordingly.
 

You will become part of our Architecture & Systems Engineering department with 20+ people, in DDIT-R&ED located in Måløv but this role demands you to be available at all R&ED sites globally.

Join the Novo Nordisk family
Founded in Denmark in 1923, Novo Nordisk has become one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. At Novo Nordisk, we are committed to driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. To fulfil this purpose, we pioneer scientific breakthroughs, expand access to our medicines, and work to prevent and ultimately cure disease. That said, we are anything but linear.

With us, your skills, commitment, and ambition help us change patients’ lives worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a rewarding and purpose-driven culture with talented and diverse co-workers. Therefore, your professional and personal development is essential for us, and in Novo Nordisk, the sky is the limit for career opportunities.

Every day, our thousands of digital experts work in all areas of technology. We navigate the tech spectrum from front-end to back-end, from artificial intelligence to machine learning, and from cloud systems to quantum computing. All to make a tangible impact on lives across the globe. How? Go explore at TechLife at Novo Nordisk.

Deadline

25 November 2024 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.