Enterprise Architecture Consultant

Madison-Davis; New Jersey; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC seeks a senior Enterprise Architecture Consultant to guide enterprise-wide decisions across business capabilities, applications, data, cloud, AI, integrations, and technology platforms. The role assesses current-state environments, defines target-state directions, and develops reusable architecture standards and artifacts to support governance and business value.

You will collaborate with Data, Analytics, AI, Integration, and application teams to translate technical strategy

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience across Business, Application, Data, and Technology Architecture.
• Direct biopharma or life-sciences industry experience.
• Data strategy and architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop business, application, data, and technology architecture artifacts.
• Assess current-state environments and identify technical debt, risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Create architecture strategies, POVs, target states, standards, and reference architectures.
• Evaluate architecture alternatives across cost, risk, impact, benefits, and tradeoffs.
• Support application portfolio, technology lifecycle, and data-governance initiatives.
• Present architecture recommendations through formal governance and review processes.
• Partner across Data, Analytics, AI, Integration, application, and solution teams.
• Translate technical strategy into clear business value.

Skills

Business architecture

Application architecture

Data architecture

Technology architecture

Cloud

AI/ML

Integration

Enterprise platforms

Stakeholder communication

Regulated life-sciences familiarity

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

TOGAF

ArchiMate

BPMN

CSDM

Job description

A growth-focused life-sciences organization is seeking a senior Enterprise Architecture Consultant to help guide enterprise-wide architecture decisions across business capabilities, applications, data, cloud, AI, integrations, and technology platforms. The role will assess complex current-state environments, develop practical target-state direction, create reusable architecture standards and artifacts, and support governance processes that align technology decisions with business value.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop business, application, data, and technology architecture artifacts.
• Assess current-state environments and identify technical debt, risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Create architecture strategies, POVs, target states, standards, and reference architectures.
• Evaluate architecture alternatives across cost, risk, impact, benefits, and tradeoffs.
• Support application portfolio, technology lifecycle, and data-governance initiatives.
• Present architecture recommendations through formal governance and review processes.
• Partner across Data, Analytics, AI, Integration, application, and solution teams.
• Translate technical strategy into clear business value.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• 15+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience across Business, Application, Data, and Technology Architecture.
• Direct biopharma or life-sciences industry experience.
• Business capability, process, and maturity-modeling experience.
• Data strategy and architecture experience.
• Broad cloud, data, AI/ML, integration, and enterprise-platform knowledge.
• Experience with current-state assessment, target-state architecture, and reference architecture.
• Architecture governance experience.
• Familiarity with regulated life-sciences environments.
• Strong stakeholder communication and influence skills.
• Relevant bachelor s or master s degree.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• TOGAF, Zachman, or comparable EA methodologies.
• ArchiMate, BPMN, or CSDM.
• Enterprise Architecture modeling or repository tools.
• Experience helping mature an EA practice or Architecture Review Board.