Associate Director, DDIT US&I Data Architect

Associate Director, DDIT US&I Data Architect - This role at Novartis involves leading the design and implementation of data architecture solutions within the Data Digital and IT (DDIT) function. Here are some key aspects of the job:

Role Purpose:
Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement data architecture solutions that align with business strategies and drive innovation.
Technical Expertise: Utilize advanced data architecture frameworks and tools to deliver high-quality solutions.
Oversee architectural activities for a US&I Analytics Capabilities domain (GenAI, AIMLOps, NLP, Visualization) and manage the development of solution architectures for projects or programs within the US&I DAI business area.
Coordinate with other teams to ensure the right business and technical capabilities are incorporated into the solution with an appropriate scaling model for future capacity increases.
Ensure business processes, requirements & outcomes are defined to drive the analytics platform architecture definition.
Define standards and direction of architecture in the specific business or technical domain.
Define and develop the logical design and information management strategies necessary to store, move, and manage data in a new target state.
Utilize architecture patterns to suggest the most adequate utilization of Data and analytics technical platforms to support the holistic DAI solution architecture design.
Define, create, and evolve the Architecture Governance Framework (e.g., architecture methods, practices, and standards) for IT.
Incubate and adopt emerging technologies and launch products/services faster with rapid prototyping & iterative methods to prove and establish value. For identified technologies, launch to enterprise scale, ensuring value is derived.
Focus and align innovation efforts with the Business strategy, IT strategy, and legal/regulatory requirements.
Establish and update strategies, implementation plans, and value cases to implement emerging technologies.
Drive innovation using appropriate people, processes, partners, and tools.