Principal Enterprise Architect (Remote)
$118,100–$328,800 year
Remote · Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States or US
Job Summary
Principal Enterprise Architect responsible for co-designing target-state enterprise architectures with business, technology, and product leaders, focusing on clinical operations and clinical trial management to ensure consistency, scalability, and regulatory compliance. Define target data, AI, and interoperability reference architectures; map capabilities to processes, systems, products, and data domains; and drive roadmaps aligned to strategy and OKRs. Leverage EA tools (LeanIX, Ardoq, MEGA) to maintain capability models, governance, and portfolio health. Bring hands-on experience with AI/ML, agentic AI, data warehousing, and modern architectures (event-driven, microservices, API-first) and translate clinical objectives into reusable architectural patterns and roadmaps. Collaborate with trial operations, site engagement, patient recruitment, and data management leaders to optimize study delivery, while assessing impact on timelines, regulatory risk, and patient outcomes. Proficiency with Databricks/Snowflake data platforms, data governance, and automation; comfort with both on-premises and cloud deployments (Azure/AWS). Strong communication and leadership to influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption of standards across geographies and therapeutic areas.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years in software development
- 10-12+ years in enterprise architecture in large organizations
- hands-on experience with AI/ML and agentic AI solutions
- experience with data lakehouse architectures (Databricks, Snowflake)
- expertise in EA tools (LeanIX, Ardoq, MEGA) and architecture governance
- strong understanding of clinical operations and clinical trial management domains
- experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka), API management, and MLOps platforms
- ability to translate clinical domain objectives into reusable capability models and architectural blueprints
- strong executive presence and communication skills
- experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS)
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