Solution Architect IT EMEA

Additional Locations: Netherlands-Kerkrade; Belgium-Diegem; Germany-Düsseldorf; Italy-Milan

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

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.

Work mode:  Hybrid
Onsite Location(s):  Kerkrade, Netherlands / Diegem, Belgium / Dusseldorf, Germany / Milan, Italy

About the role:
An exciting opportunity awaits you to join the IT EMEA Commercial team! 

A Day in the Life of a Solution Architect – EMEA Commercial at Boston Scientific
In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, other architects (in the region and globally), product owners, and project managers daily. Your role is to collaborate and design solutions to solve business challenges that support the Business Strategies. We are looking for a business analyst who would like to continue their career in the field of IT Architecture. 

You will work with the business to understand its strategies and requirements to investigate existing or potential new solutions that can be implemented to support the business. You will enable vendor and solution selection processes by assessing the solutions, providing a high-level view of cost estimates, and making a recommendation. 

You will enable the creation of a roadmap for the capabilities together with the business and for the solution while working with different stakeholders and understanding their needs, priorities, and cross-team dependencies. You will identify synergy opportunities and potential collaborations. You will influence peers and stakeholders to share a vision and be able to explain how the goals can be achieved.

You will contribute to the Enterprise Architecture practice by following the governance process and improving the maturity of capabilities, increasing the adoption of standards, or driving innovations and solutions for IT and Business. The business architecture team will guide and coach your work, leveraging the Business Capabilities framework to ensure priorities are aligned, and the business's maturity goals can be achieved. 

In this role, you will report directly to the EMEA IT Director in EMEA. 

Responsibilities may include the following, and other duties may be assigned:

• Understand the business needs and challenges and determine ways to resolve them effectively
• Guide technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes while ensuring nonfunctional requirements are met
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes
• Identify innovative uses of Information Systems to provide a competitive advantage for Boston Scientific. 
• Architecturally support regional or divisional projects and initiatives
• Implement recommended architecture changes throughout the area of responsibility
   

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong collaborator, pragmatic, eager to learn. 
• Practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within the job area.
• A bachelor’s degree with experience in IT, preferably 1+ years in the Solution Architecture area.
• 5+ years in system design and development
• Proficiency in process modeling, architectural deliverables, and architecture solutions (e.g., LeanIx)
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Ability to document communication work clearly and concisely
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
• Enjoy working in a diverse team and environment

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in medical device or life sciences industry.
• Understand Strategic Planning process and how IT Strategy supports business needs and direction
• Togaf or similar certification 
   

Requisition ID: 591963

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!