Strategic Solution Architect

Role Summary

As a Digital Architect within our Strategic Architecture team, you’ll help shape how Sanofi connects its global digital ecosystem. You’ll lead the move from legacy, file-based integrations to modern API and event-driven architectures, creating the patterns, frameworks, and platforms that enable seamless connectivity across the enterprise. Based within Sanofi’s Digital Architecture function, this team drives technology modernization and innovation that fuel business agility, scalability, and speed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of next-generation architecture patterns and reference architectures, driving consistency and modernization across the enterprise
• Design and establish enterprise integration patterns that enable the shift from file-based to API and event-driven architectures, improving interoperability and reducing complexity
• Architect and evolve a standardized integration framework that accelerates delivery, promotes reuse, and ensures scalable, secure connectivity across systems and teams
• Ensure solution designs meet enterprise standards for scalability, resilience, security, and compliance while promoting simplification and reuse
• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to translate integration needs into scalable, future-ready architectural solutions
• Mentor and guide teams on integration best practices, patterns, and technologies to build capability and ensure consistent implementation
• Continuously assess the integration and technology landscape to identify opportunities for optimization, consolidation, and innovation that drive business value
• Act as a trusted advisor and thought leader, promoting architectural excellence and innovation across the organization

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of proven experience in architecture, with deep expertise in enterprise integration patterns, API design, and event-driven architecture
• Strong background delivering scalable solution designs across complex enterprise environments

Skills

• Skilled at guiding cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Exceptional at translating complex technical concepts into clear business value and outcomes
• Strong facilitator, experienced in leading collaborative design sessions and workshops with diverse stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with integration platforms such as TIBCO BusinessWorks, MuleSoft, Informatica Cloud, or similar technologies
• Expertise in enterprise messaging systems (TIBCO EMS, RabbitMQ) and event streaming platforms (Kafka)
• Proficient with API gateways and API security standards
• Knowledge of enterprise file transfer solutions (Axway TransferCFT and related)
• Experience integrating cloud services and platforms, particularly AWS data services (S3, Lambda, Glue)
• Strong understanding of data integration patterns, ETL/ELT processes, and data pipeline architectures
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, including GxP, SOX, and data privacy

Education

• Bachelors required, Masters preferred
• Professional certifications in relevant technologies, cloud platforms, or architecture frameworks preferred