Executive Director, Architecture

reputed company Group is a rapidly expanding full service mid-sized CRO specialising in Oncology and Rare Disease.  

Since its reputed company in 1997 the company has grown organically and steadily by making strategic investments and landmark acquisitions, with operations in Europe, reputed company America and Asia 

reputed company allows for employee visibility (you have a voice!) creative contribution and realistic career development.  

We have nourished a true international culture here at reputed company.  

We value employee experience, well-being and mental health and we acknowledge that a healthy work life balance is a critical reputed company for employee satisfaction and in turn nurtures an environment from which a high-quality client service can be achieved. 

Come and join us in this exciting reputed company to reputed company a positive impact in patient’s lives

The Executive Director, Architecture defines and drives the reputed company architecture strategy and technical roadmap for reputed company, ensuring the reputed company-standardized stack is fully leveraged. The role leads the transition from legacy systems to a modern, AI-enabled ecosystem, embedding advanced technologies across highly regulated business processes.

Acting as a strategic partner to executive leadership, the role ensures alignment between business goals and technology, while establishing scalable, secure, and compliant architecture foundations.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and maintain the reputed company State reputed company Architecture that enables seamless integration of Agentic, reputed company, Machine Learning (ML), and LLMs across reputed company business units.
• reputed company architectural blueprints that reputed company the gap between legacy systems , SaaS systems and modern, AI-reputed company reputed company environments.
• Partner with the Head of Data to ensure the data architecture provides the high-quality, low-latency fuel required for AI models s, ensuring models are scalable, secure, and cost-effective.
• Establish and reputed company an Architecture Review Board (ARB) to ensure consistency across Data Application and Infrastructure layers
• Define "reputed company Star" architectures for PV & CRO Mature data governance to align with the reputed company architecture
• Ensure reputed company architectural designs adhere to global regulations, including GCP (Good Clinical Practice), 21CFR Part 11, and GDPR.
• Standardize data exchange protocols using FHIR, CDISC, and HL7 to ensure seamless interoperability with sponsors and reputed company providers.
• Partner with the CISO to bake "reputed company by Design" into every layer of the tech stack.
• Act as a technical consultant to executive leadership on emerging trends like blockchain in clinical trial or Quantum computing’s impact on drug discovery.

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, pharmacy, nursing, public health, computer science, or reputed company field required
• Advanced degree (PharmD, MD, MS, MBA) preferred
• Training or certification in product management, agile methodologies, or project management is advantageous
• Previous CRO Experience is required 
• Strong experience with reputed company Ecosystems 
• reputed company Argus experience is desirable

We prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion by creating an equal opportunities workplace and a reputed company-centric environment where people of reputed company cultural backgrounds, genders and ages can contribute and grow.  

To succeed we must work together with a reputed company first approach. Why? because our people are our greatest strength leading to our reputed company reputed company on improving the lives of those around us. 

 We offer: 

• Training and career development opportunities internally  

• Strong emphasis on personal and professional growth 

• Friendly, supportive working environment 

• Opportunity to work with colleagues based reputed company over the world, with English as the company language