Description

Principal Tech Business Architect

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know.

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression supportive and engaged line management technical and therapeutic area training peer recognition and total rewards program.
We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

Collaborate with internal and external customers to understand their goals, strategies, and challenges. Uncover needs that business partners and end users would not be able to articulate on their own
Ensure that technology strategies and solutions are aligned with business objectives and can support future growth.
Develop and document technology architecture that supports business processes, including creating models, diagrams, and frameworks.
Design scalable and flexible technology solutions that integrate with existing systems and address business needs
Act as a liaison between business units and technology teams, translating business requirements into technical specifications.
Quickly adapts to changes in business strategy Helps business partners communicate solution value to key stakeholders
Engage with stakeholders at all levels to gather input, provide updates, and ensure alignment on STS initiatives
Participate in the development of STS strategies and roadmaps that align with business goals.
Assess emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend innovations that could benefit the organization.
Provide architectural guidance and oversight for technology projects, ensuring they adhere to the defined architecture.
Create and maintain detailed business architectural documentation, including system diagrams, process flows, and technical specifications.
Report on the status of architecture initiatives, highlighting progress, risks, and areas needing attention
Provide guidance and training to technology teams and other stakeholders on architecture-related topics.
Mentor junior architects and other team members to build architectural expertise within the organization.

Qualifications Required

10+ years in data architecture or data product roles, including work at the principal/architect level.
Deep expertise in data modeling, metadata/lineage, MDM, and data quality frameworks.
Hands‑on PySpark proficiency for prototyping and performance‑minded data engineering in Databricks/Spark.
Experience with modern data platforms (lakehouse architectures, Spark/Databricks) and cloud services for data engineering/ML.
Strong grounding in privacy, security, and compliance requirements (HIPAA, GDPR, 21 CFR Part 11/GxP).
Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear architectural direction.

Preferred

Experience working with Real‑World Evidence (RWE) sources such as EHR, claims, registries, and/or clinical trial systems (CTMS/EDC).
Understanding of feasibility analytics, site selection, or risk‑based study monitoring.
Familiarity with healthcare or life‑sciences regulatory and data‑exchange standards.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

The Principal Business Architect proactively and holistically helps and guides the enterprise executives through transformation and optimization initiatives, supporting the formulation of business strategy, outcomes and capabilities. The scope of activities includes helping the organization achieve targeted business outcomes related to growing revenue, optimizing costs and mitigating risks. This role focuses on the development of the business strategy and business architecture of the organization

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