Technical Data Architect

Iconma

Parsippany, NJ

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$71.43–$75 Per Hour
SKILLS
Access Control, Actuals, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Services, Bidding, Biology, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Blueprints, Business Intelligence, Business Intelligence Software, Business Skills, CRM Integration, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Analysis, Data Mart, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Sets, DataArchitect Data Modeling Tool, Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL), Decision Support, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Detail Oriented, DevOps, Dimensional Modeling, Documentation, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Ecosystems, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Protection, Error Handling, Establish Priorities, Finance, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Health Plan, IDE (Integrated Development Environment), Information Technology & Information Systems, Information Technology Consulting, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Manufacturing Data Management, Marketing, Mentoring, Metadata, Metrics, Microsoft Windows Azure, Middleware, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Performance Testing, Pharmaceutical Data, Pharmaceutical Sales, Power BI, Pricing, Privacy Controls, Product Design, Product Reviews, Product Testing, Proposal Writing, Qlik, Reporting Dashboards, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Sales, Sales Forecasting, Sales Operations, Sales Support, Salesforce.com, Software Design, Solution Sales, Star Schema, Tableau, Technical/Engineering Design, Technology Analysis, Technology Sales, Test Data, Test Strategy, Total Cost of Ownership
LOCATION
Parsippany, NJ
POSTED
Today
Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Technical Data Architect for their Parsippany, NJ /Hybrid location.
 
Responsibilities:
  • The Sales & Marketing Technology Architect will own the end-to-end solution architecture for commercial (Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Bid Management, and Tender Management) capabilities in a pharmaceutical environment.
  • This role evaluates and selects technology products, designs scalable integration patterns, reviews technical artifacts, and provides hands-on architectural governance to ensure high-quality delivery of data models and business intelligence applications supporting sales planning, forecasting, bids, and tenders.
  • Architecture & Solution Design: Define target architecture, reference patterns, and solution blueprints for Sales & Marketing platforms, data products, and analytics applications.
  • Technology Evaluation & Product Selection: Evaluate commercial technology products (build vs buy) and recommend fit-for-purpose tools considering scalability, security, cost, vendor roadmap, and operating model.
  • Integration Design & Delivery Oversight: Design and govern integrations across CRM, marketing platforms, data platforms, and downstream reporting; define API/event/file-based integration patterns, data contracts, error handling, monitoring, and resiliency.
  • Sales Planning, Forecasting, Bid Management & Tender Management: Provide architectural guidance for sales planning/forecasting solutions, bid and tender management capabilities, KPI frameworks, and semantic models to enable consistent performance reporting and decision support and evaluate the COTS products against Teva business requirements.
  • Data Modelling & BI Application Building: Drive dimensional/logical data models, curated data marts, and semantic layers; guide BI application design (dashboards, self-service datasets, and governed metrics).
  • Technical Artifact Review: Review and approve key artifacts including architecture diagrams, HLD/LLD, interface specs, data models, deployment architecture, test strategy, and runbooks.
  • Engineering Governance & Quality: Establish standards for coding, CI/CD, DevSecOps, logging/alerting, performance testing, data quality, and documentation; conduct design reviews and technical risk assessments.
  • Team Oversight & Mentoring: Review the team’s work, provide technical direction, unblock delivery, and coach engineers/analysts to improve design and implementation quality.
  • Stakeholder Partnership: Work closely with Sales Ops, Marketing, Market Access, Finance, and IT stakeholders to translate business needs into prioritized, implementable technical roadmaps.
  • Compliance & Data Governance: Ensure solutions follow enterprise security, privacy, and audit requirements; define data governance practices (lineage, access controls, and data retention) appropriate for pharma commercial data.
 
Requirements:
  • 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture / solution architecture, with significant experience in Pharma Commercial (Sales, Marketing, Market Access, or Commercial Analytics).
  • Proven experience evaluating technology products and defining selection criteria (security, scalability, integration feasibility, TCO, vendor fit).
  • Strong hands-on experience designing and governing integrations (APIs, event streaming, batch/file integrations, middleware/iPaaS), including non-functional requirements (performance, resiliency, observability).
  • Strong understanding of sales planning, forecasting, bid management, and tender management concepts (e.g., targets, territories, quotas, demand/forecast inputs, actuals vs plan, scenario planning, tender lifecycles, pricing submissions, and contract award workflows).
  • Strong data modelling skills (dimensional modelling, star schema, semantic modelling) and ability to translate business KPIs into governed metrics.
  • Experience building BI/analytics applications and semantic layers (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or similar) and enabling self-service with governance.
  • Experience reviewing technical artifacts (HLD/LLD, interface specs, data models, architecture diagrams) and providing actionable review feedback.
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to influence engineering teams and business stakeholders.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Experience with commercial ecosystems and platforms such as Salesforce (Sales/Revenue Cloud), Veeva, tender and bid management solutions, marketing analytics platforms, and integration with enterprise ERP and pricing/GTN systems.
  • Experience on cloud data platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and data engineering patterns (lakehouse, ELT/ETL orchestration, metadata management).
  • Exposure to syndicated pharma datasets and commercial data sources (e.g., IQVIA, Symphony) and common commercial KPIs.
  • Knowledge of MDM concepts (customer/product hierarchies), data quality frameworks, and governance operating models.
  • Experience with architecture review boards, enterprise standards, and regulated environments (auditability, segregation of duties, secure data handling).
  • Strong architecture thinking with pragmatic delivery focus (ability to translate target state into incremental releases).
  • Analytical mindset with attention to detail for data models, metric definitions, and technical specifications.
  • Ability to review work products objectively and raise risks early with mitigation options.
  • Collaboration and stakeholder management across business, data, and engineering teams.
  • Strong documentation discipline and ability to drive consistency in artifacts and standards.
  • 19.00 Years of Experience
Skills:
  • Category           Name                 Required         Importance
  • IDE DevOps    AWS Cloud           Yes                      1
  • Life- Sciences  Data Models          Yes                      1
  • Life- Sciences  VEEVA                Yes                      1
 
Why Should You Apply?

About the Company

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Iconma

ICONMA is a global information consulting management firm providing Professional Staffing Services and Project-Based Solutions for organizations in a broad range of industries.

  • Corporate Headquarters in Troy, Michigan; 20+ locations worldwide.
  • Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE); certified by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC); and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
  • Founded in 2000
  • 2000+ Employees

The company was founded on the principle that success is derived from delivering high quality service and resources in the most responsive, flexible, and innovative way. ICONMA invests in people and resources with a single goal: To provide our customers with the highest quality service in the most responsive manner. Through its network of offices, ICONMA provides the resources to help clients maintain their competitive advantage.

COMPANY SIZE
2,000 to 2,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Management Consulting Services
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
401K, Employee Referral Program, Life Insurance
FOUNDED
2000
WEBSITE
https://www.iconma.com/