What you will do In this vital role you will set platform-wide architectural guardrails, ensure every Vault shares a scalable, compliant foundation, and translate complex business needs into elegant, reusable designs that accelerate R&D, Quality, Safety, Medical and Commercial outcomes.
Roles & Responsibilities: - Define and maintain the enterprise Vault reference architecture objects, lifecycles, security, integrations, data models.
- Lead high-impact design reviews for new Vault modules, major enhancements and integrations, ensuring consistency, performance and reuse.
- Partner with data governance and integration leads to deliver a canonical data model and API strategy that supports end-to-end processes.
- Provide expert guidance on validation-ready design , risk scoring and change control to safeguard GxP compliance.
- Mentor configuration engineers and domain solution architects; publish standards, patterns and best-practice blueprints.
- Evaluate Veeva road-map features (e.g., new APIs, AI services) and advise on adoption strategy and enterprise impact.
- Act as a customer concern point for complex production issues, performance tuning and architectural deviations.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of the platform architecture, including principles, standards, user guides, and model
- Drive continuous improvement in the architecture by finding opportunities for innovation and efficiency
- Work with partners to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that solutions meet both business and technical needs
- Establish and enforce data standards, governance policies, and best practices
- Provide domain expertise in Veeva Vault to the team, offering guidance on architecture, solution design, and implementation challenges.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership in resolving complex technical issues and ensuring smooth deployment and system integration
What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
Basic Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree / Master's degree / Bachelor's degree and 12 to 17 years Business, Engineering, IT or related field
Preferred Qualifications:
Functional Skills:
Must-Have Skills:
- Strong understanding of architecting and deployment strategies for integrations to Veeva Vault Platforms/Products.
- Expertise in system integration, including APIs, middleware tools, and data migration between Vault and other systems.
- Deep expertise in Vault object/lifecycle design, security model and integration patterns.
- Proven ability to create cross-domain, reusable architectures that scale across multiple Vaults and business functions.
- Strong grasp of CSV and regulatory requirements; able to embed compliance into design artifacts.
- Excellent stakeholder-facing communicationable to explain architectural trade-offs to executives and developers alike.
- Strong knowledge of Data Lake technologies like Databricks, etc.
- Experience in Mulesoft and Python script development
- Experience with system integration and IT infrastructure
- Experience with data, change, and technology governance processes on the platform level
- Experience working in agile methodology, including Product Teams and Product Development models
- Proficiency in designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
- Have partner and team management skills
- Can lead and guide multiple teams to meet business needs and goals
Good-to-Have Skills: - Experience with adjacent enterprise platforms (Salesforce, SAP, Boomi/Mule, Snowflake) and API management.
- TOGAF, SAFe Architect, or similar enterprise architecture certification.
- Exposure to data-governance frameworks (IDMP, SPOR, master data).
- Good Knowledge of the Global Pharmaceutical Industry
- Understanding of GxP process
- Strong solution design and problem-solving skills
- Strong understanding of technology, function, or platform
- Experience in developing differentiated and deliverable solutions
- Ability to analyze client requirements and translate them into solutions
- Working late hours
Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):
- Veeva Vault Platform Administrator (mandatory)
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for Teams (mandatory)
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) DevOps Practitioner (preferred)
- ITIL (preferred)
Soft Skills: - Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Strong transformation and change management experience.
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
- Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals.
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
- Excellent analytical and solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
