Solution Architect - DIA R&D

Roche; Poznań; On-site; PLN 170,100 - 315,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus payment based on performance

Private healthcare (LuxMed packages)

Group life insurance (UNUM)

Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter)

Flex Location

Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave)

Stock share purchase options

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Solution Architect - DIA R&D to design business-driven, standards-based solutions. In this role, you will manage technical oversight, create data models, and develop technology roadmaps. The ideal candidate will have experience maintaining product visions and managing risks.

Key qualifications include strong problem-solving abilities, stakeholder management, and fluency in English. The position offers a competitive salary and attractive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience designing standards-based, future-ready solutions.
• Ability to maintain a product roadmap and assess technical impacts.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Design standards-based solutions that meet product requirements.
• Manage Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and fitness functions.
• Develop and maintain product technology roadmap.

Skills

Business-driven solution design

Technical oversight

Data Modeling (Conceptual & Logical)

Stakeholder Management

Proficiency in technology assessment

Job description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Solution Architect - DIA R&D

The Solution Architect focuses on designing business-driven, standards-based, and future-ready solutions within a specific solution context. In this role, you will design solutions that meet product requirements, business priorities, and enterprise standards while managing non-functional requirements (NFRs) and fitness functions. You will develop and maintain the product's technology roadmap, provide technical oversight to product teams, and evaluate new technologies to continuously improve existing solutions and manage technical debt.

The Opportunity

• Scope / (Content Leadership): Designs solutions that meet product requirements, business priorities, and enterprise standards within a specific Solution Context. Manages Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) and fitness functions. Documents and evolves the architecture throughout the product life cycle and aligns with the architecture community for governance.
• Accountability/Problem Solving: Solves complex problems by taking a new perspective on existing solutions and exercising judgment based on the analysis of multiple information sources. Maintains the vision, roadmap, and current landscape for the solution. Assesses and consults on the impacts and dependencies of initiatives on capabilities, risk, and the application landscape. Creates Conceptual & Logical Data Models, Taxonomies, and Ontologies for the solution and its interfaces. Defines and drives reference architectures, patterns, and ensures Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) are appropriately recorded.
• Stakeholder Management: Explains difficult or sensitive information clearly and actively works to build consensus among stakeholders. Drives information sharing and exchange about the solution.
• Impact/Strategy: Develops and maintains the product's technology roadmap. Provides technical oversight, guidance, and consultation on specific technologies for product teams. Improves existing solutions, manages technical debt, and researches, evaluates, pilots, and drives the adoption of new technologies. Identifies opportunities to enhance value and business processes.
• Complexity / (Product Size): Operates primarily within a defined Solution Context.
• Business / Technical ability: Applies general and in-depth knowledge in one or two technology areas. Contributes minimally but effectively to Architecture Practices development and mentoring.

Who you are

Education / Experience

• Demonstrated experience designing business-driven, standards-based, future-ready solutions within a specific solution context.
• Experience maintaining the vision, roadmap, and current landscape for technical solutions, and assessing the impacts of initiatives on risk and application landscapes.

Technical Skills

• General and in-depth knowledge in one or two technology areas.
• Proficiency in creating Conceptual & Logical Data Models, Taxonomies, and Ontologies for solutions and interfaces.
• Ability to define and drive reference architectures, patterns, NFRs, and fitness functions.
• Strong capability to drive external technology trends and assess feasibility for the solution, including conducting vendor assessments.

Additional Qualifications

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain difficult or sensitive information and successfully build consensus.
• Proactive mindset to identify opportunities to enhance value and business processes, improve existing solutions, and manage technical debt.
• Pharma (GxP, CSV, …) experience would be an advantage.
• Fluency in English.

What you get

• Employment contract (Umowa o pracę)
• Annual bonus payment based on your performance
• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport
• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter)
• Take Time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose)
• Flex Location (possibility to perform our work from different places in the world for a certain period of time)
• Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave of maximum 2 weeks to engage in the charity action of your choice)
• Stock share purchase additions
• Yearly sales of company equipment and many more!

Compensation & Benefits

The expected salary range for this position, based on the primary location of Warsaw Grafit is 170,100.00 PLN - 315,900.00 PLN. Final compensation will be determined by a number of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, and location. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 15% subject to both individual and company performance.

This position also offers an attractive benefits package.

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