Lead Solution Architect

Lead Solution Architect Remote (Eastern Time Zone) Location: Remote (must be available to work in the Eastern Time Zone) Travel: Up to 25% travel to client site in North Carolina as needed.

About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Architect for a Greenfield manufacturing facility project, who will be the site team liaison between IT and business cross functional teams to ensure the quality delivery of 40+ digital capabilities for the new site from an architecture perspective.

Collaborate with a matrix of cross functional architects, technical product owners, and business process owners to develop/document end-to-end architecture artifacts.
Develop various architecture artifacts to support the evolution of the end-to-end architecture.
Deliver architecture artifacts by key business milestones.
Lead and manage the Architecture work stream.
Develop deliverable backlog, project plan, maintain decision logs, identify/document risks.
Architect and design alternative options to mitigate timeline and other risks, for interim solutions, and influence key IT leaders and business partners.
Manage the work of other architects (solution architect, technical architect, and product architects).
Periodically report progress and help PMs and PMOs to build integrated project plans.
Drive architectural decisions that support reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

• Business capabilities and business mapping
• E2E data flow and technical flow (simplified & detailed), including cybersecurity and infrastructure perspectives
• Ecosystem and landscape diagrams to support various parallel testing cycles

Organize all project architecture artifacts in a single, easy-to-access location
Ensure architecture solutions comply with client security, governance, and quality standards.
Ensure architecture remains consistent throughout the project lifecycle, and complies with EA standards and reference architecture.
Contribute towards developing/shaping/optimizing reference architecture.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or related roles.
Experience working in manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain environments.
Experience with GxP and SDLC and regulated pharmaceuticals industry.
Familiarity with ISA95 architecture models or IT/OT integration frameworks.
Broad experience in some of these major systems related to manufacturing IT/OT systems: SCADA, PLC, DeltaV, PATSynTQ, Alarm Management System, Aveva PI, PASX, LIMS, QMS, S/4HANA, AI/ML/GenAI, Visual Factory, Digital Twin, Control Tower, and other custom developed products.
Familiarity with some key concepts in IT/OT infrastructure, including cloud and cybersecurity products.
MES concepts and manufacturing ecosystem integrations.
Enterprise and shopfloor systems such as SCADA, historians, QMS/LIMS.
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholdermanagement skills.
Ability to operate effectively in a customerfacing, onsite environment.
Ability to develop complex and drill-down diagrams in draw.io (Confluence).
Ability to simplify complex problems to communicate to senior leaders.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Ability to influence decisions across business and technical groups.
Organized, detailoriented, and effective in complex environments.
Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and crossfunctional teams.
Enterprise architecture methodology knowledge (TOGAF or similar), and familiarity with tools like LeanIX and SAxpress is a plus.

Highvisibility role at a strategic client site.
Opportunity to lead major architecture initiatives in a modern manufacturing setting.
Play a key role shaping architecture across SAP, MES, and critical plant systems.
Work in a leadership-focused role with significant client interaction and architectural influence.

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