Application Architect
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Job ID 1535203BRReady to impact the next generation of healthcare technology, products and services? When you join us, your work will set the standards for database platform deployment and shape our solutions for the future. It’s an opportunity to reimagine the way we support our nearly 9,000, pharmacy-led, health and well-being retail stores worldwide and our entire organization.
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Application Architect
Job ID 1535203BR
Job Summary:
Responsible for developing, maintaining, and enforcing governance structures and processes for the organization’s enterprise architecture. This individual will play a key role in defining, implementing and overseeing the governance processes and practices. Ensure alignment between the organization's business and technology strategies while promoting best practices, compliance, and continuous improvement. This role requires a strong ability to work cross-functionally with various business and technology teams, providing expertise on architecture governance and ensuring that architectural decisions support the organization’s goals.
Job Responsibilities:
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
Responsible for developing, maintaining, and enforcing governance structures and processes for the organization’s enterprise architecture. This individual will play a key role in defining, implementing and overseeing the governance processes and practices. Ensure alignment between the organization's business and technology strategies while promoting best practices, compliance, and continuous improvement. This role requires a strong ability to work cross-functionally with various business and technology teams, providing expertise on architecture governance and ensuring that architectural decisions support the organization’s goals.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develops, maintains, and communicates processes and standard practices related to the design,development, and implementation of application solutions and patterns.
- Fosters and encourages solution reuse within Business Units and at the Enterprise level.
- Facilitates and enables the integration of applications and business processes using commonmethods, in managing projects with enterprise-wide impact.
- Assists in application portfolio management, standards development, maintenance, andgovernance.
- Mentors first level and mid-level Architects.
- Collaborates with senior business and technology stakeholders to ensure the enterprisearchitecture aligns with the company's strategic objectives.
- Helps define IT transformation roadmaps and ensure they align with business priorities.
- Ensures that EA decisions consider both current and future business needs
- Promotes continuous improvement of the EA governance framework, integrating feedback andlessons learned.
- Stays updated with the latest trends in enterprise architecture, governance practices, and ITstandards.
- Provides recommendations for tools and technologies that can enhance governance processes.
- Develops and deliver training to ensure employees and stakeholders understand EA governance principles and practices.
- Acts as a mentor to other team members, providing guidance on EA governance best practices.
- Acts as the key point of contact for governance-related inquiries and support business units in making informed architectural decisions.
- Facilitates communication and collaboration between architecture, development, and operational teams.
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years OR High School/GED and at least 7 years experiences in software engineering, application development, or similar.
- Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience in Information Technology and/or Governance OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 7 years of experience in Information Technology and/or Governance.
- At least 4 years of experience in SAP with at least 3 years within IS-Retail implementations, including process improvement, gap analysis, configuration and customization work, planning and managing the scope and all deliverables of an IS-Retail implementation. At least two full lifecycle SAP IS-Retail implementations.
- Knowledge of the IS Retail solution and how it will affect each operational area of the company’s business.
- Knowledge of CAR and how it is integrated to IS Retail and legacy analytics.
- At least 3 years of experience working on Inventory Management solutions at the store level, including device deployment and support.
- Experience helping staff a new COE and building a long-term team.
- Experience with interfaces to/from SAP and third-party systems
- Experience with SDLC / SW development processes (RUP, Agile, Waterfall).
- At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
- At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
- Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in IT/CS.
- Experience presenting and leading group discussions. Experience utilizing verbal and written communication skills - articulating and communicating information and ideas to varying audiences and in multiple written styles (persuasive, informative, narrative) in order to negotiate/gain access to information and records.
- Experience using analytical skills, tools and techniques to investigate information and to draw conclusions.
- Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
- Industry experience with pharmaceutical retail, distribution and inventory management
- Experience with the SAP IS-Retail Best Practice starter pack
- Excellent hands-on configuration ability in one or more IS-Retail related module
Salary Range $127500 - $204000 / Salaried
Benefits
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Health, dental and vision
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401(k), Profit-Sharing and Employee Stock Purchase Programs
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PTO
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Onsite fitness center and health center
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Work & life resources
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Employee discount
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