Digital Solution Architect (Anderlecht)

Je functie: For one of our customers in Anderlecht we are looking for a the Digital Solution Architect. He or she will play a key role as the technical lead in the Digital Factory.
The Digital Factory is UCB's internal agency delivering digital assets and solutions (E-details, Websites, Web Applications, …) across multiple geographies.
He/she is responsible for providing software & systems development leadership, guidance and oversight to all aspects of digital software projects and activities.
He/she will play an active part in the identification of technology trends, assessment and setup of new Digital solutions/services within the Digital Factory, ensuring the growth of the Digital Factory. He/she will work closely with architecture and other IT colleagues to achieve this.
Key Accountabilities

She/he will act as a key technical consultant for the digital services within the Digital Factory
She/he is responsible for providing software & systems development leadership, guidance and oversight to all aspects of digital software projects and activities.
She/he will translate business needs into technical solutions for the development teams
She/he will play an active part in the identification of technology trends, assessment and setup of new Digital solutions/services within the Digital Factory, ensuring the growth of the Digital Factory.

Technical Lead
She/he will analyse new digital requests and propose the adequate solution
She/he will monitor technical excellence and quality
She/he will apply DevOps to ensure continuous improvement of our digital technology and allow business to increase time to market and value
She/he will establish a technical vision with our Digital offshore partners, IT architecture and other IT colleagues and turn these into reality
She/he will work closely with our offshore team and challenge wherever needed (IT solution, estimates, development guidelines, …)
She/he will be able to guide external resources and evaluate proposed technical solutions
She/he recommends, maintains and improves the Digital Technology architecture in alignment with the enterprise IT architecture and the business objectives
She/he ensures that all components of Digital systems integrate effectively and meet all regulatory and compliance guidelines

Relationship Management
He/she builds a good relationship with the different stakeholders - Business partners (CoE, Brand Managers, Infra, Off/Near-shore ,…), IT, Digital Factory vendor resources, agencies, …
He/she works closely with the stakeholders to understand their needs
Work closely with nearshore & offshore development teams.
Work closely with the project managers to ensure projects are delivered within time & quality standards.
Collaborate with external resources to achieve business results
Je profiel: Required skills

Educated to a Master level in an IT or other, business-relevant discipline
Good understanding of the use of Digital solutions (edetail, Web, Mobile, Campaign, ..) within the pharmaceutical industry
An excellent understanding of the web technologies (HMTL, CSS, Javascript (frameworks), PHP, .NET,…)
Experience within Web Content Management system is recommended
Preferably some experience as developer (PHP or .NET) or front-end developer
Proven track record as functional and technical analyst within IT
Excellent relationship management skills and pro-active attitude towards business users
Good understanding of customer-facing sales and marketing processes and creative in applying new ideas and possibilities to enrich the digital channel
Participated in digital engagements and used project management principles, techniques and tools (eg Prince2, Agile, …)
Familiar with IT change/release management processes
Organizational change management/communication skills
Business fluent English