Solutions Architect, LATAM & Canada

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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.

Job Description:

Boston Scientific is seeking for an IT Solutions Architect to support its LATAM region.  This is a highly visible and strategic role that will lead the business/technical architecture strategy and will be responsible for the digital roadmap within the region while ensuring alignment with Boston Scientific’s Global Enterprise Architecture.  The successful candidate will define and implement architecture and design in accordance with architecture principles, will have a strategic mindset, make recommendations for the use of technology, and be able to gain the trust of key IT business partners.  He/She will work closely with senior management to educate and to articulate the requirements necessary to promote architecture and overall digital goals.  He/She will be expected to identify and recommend ways to drive more value out of the company's technology assets, design stable and flexible high-performance solutions while maximizing reuse and avoiding redundancy.  Although an individual contributor role, he/she will be a mentor within the team and be required to work collaboratively across many teams and functions within the organization while being equally comfortable in technical conversations with developers and those involving business processes with key functional leaders.   

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business owners and IT leaders to draft the tech and digital strategy that aligns with the overall business objectives.
• Leads the selection of methodologies, tools, and components of all digital solutions.
• Helps set the strategic technical direction in alignment with the business strategy and technology standards. 
• Maintains a high level of awareness and understanding of existing and emerging technologies as well as industry trends.
• Reviews and approves design solutions that best meet the business needs of the enterprise, with a primary focus on innovation.
• Creates reference architecture, capability models, and IT roadmaps. 
• Works with other Architects to understand the enterprise landscape and make architecture decisions.
• Aligns Commercial Architecture with the Enterprise Architecture direction.
• Works collaboratively with cross-functional and technical teams to provide advice and information to global groups and serve as an advocate to promote the benefits of the respective solution.
• Serves as a key technical resource in the creation of strategic roadmaps, strategies, and plans.
• Communicates highly technical solutions to business partners at their level of technical understanding.
• Enhances, maintains, and supports the development of systems throughout the Software Development Lifecycle according to the IT methodology, department SOP’s, and team guidelines.
• Creates and maintains system documentation according to the IT methodology (proposals, designs, test specifications, and other deliverables as necessary) for new and existing applications.
• Provide end user demonstrations and support where needed.
• Analyzes existing system landscape and tools in an effort to identify areas of improvement, optimization, and retirement.
• Helps with solution design of business requirements and works with software engineers and architects to prioritize business requirements.
• Support effort estimation or story pointing of business requirements.
• Works with external groups including integration and deployment teams on technical issues; data mapping and solution delivery.

Qualifications

• B.S. or MS degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in system architecture/design/delivery
• Fluent in English and Spanish. Portuguese a plus.
• Experience in the business architecture domain
• Experience with other 1-2 other architectural domains such as application, data, infrastructure, and/or integration
• Broad knowledge of multiple technologies with extensive knowledge of the capabilities and constraints
• Understanding of the fundamental designs for all subsystems of a product with a specific focus on product and technology stack interoperability with adjacent products
• Understanding of the full breadth of needs for a solution to be brought to market (infrastructure, QA, UA, security, etc.)
• Strong negotiation/facilitation skills
• Knowledge of current and emerging architecture principles, methodologies and tools
• Experience as negotiator with vendors for relevant products and services
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels within the organization - both written and oral communication
• Able to work on a team, in person, and in a collaborative virtual setting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, self-directed, adaptable
• Strong organizational skills, experience leading large development teams and strategic initiatives
• Experience partnering with Supply Chain and Sales business functions; Marketing a plus
• Although not required, proven experience in the following areas are preferred:  MedTech/Healthcare industry, closed loop sales and marketing, customer relationship management, sales enablement technologies, analytics, defining user journeys, and developing a 360 view of the customer

Requisition ID: 591672

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!