Enterprise Solution Architect, Specialty GPO

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Job Details
Summary:
The Enterprise Solution Architect will design and advocate for SGPO's architectural roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology trends. This leader will collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, secure, and innovative solutions, while managing a complex, multi-platform architecture. The role requires a strategic thinker with technical breadth, leadership skills, and the ability to influence without authority.
The Specialty Group Purchasing Organization (SGPO) at Cencora supports community-based oncology and specialty practices through innovative technology solutions. Built on Salesforce Experience Cloud, SGPO's ecosystem integrates with platforms like SAP ECC, Vistex, Databricks, and Reltio Master Data Management. This role is pivotal in driving innovation, reducing technical debt, and enhancing the GPOconnect platform to meet evolving market needs.
Responsibilities:
Architectural Leadership:

• Develop and maintain SGPO's architectural roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Lead discussions on future architecture direction and identify opportunities for improvement.

Solution Design & Integration:

• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and efficient technical solutions.
• Ensure seamless integration of SGPO systems with platforms like Salesforce, SAP ECC, Vistex, and Databricks.
• Optimize data flows for analytics, reporting, and operational efficiency.

Collaboration & Innovation:

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Product Management, and Business Analytics teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Lead the development of tools to empower sales teams, automate processes, and improve operational efficiencies.

Governance & Oversight:

• Participate in architecture governance processes and ensure compliance with standards.
• Provide strategic consultation to stakeholders, advising on risks, trade-offs, and technology priorities.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.
• Equivalent experience in healthcare administration, GPO, or pharmacy is highly desirable.

Experience:

• Typically has fifteen (15) or more years of IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment and systems lifecycle management
• Ten (10) or more years in solution architecture with expertise in multi-platform environments.
• Three (3) experience in leading multiple, large, cross-functional projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders. Requires exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing cross-platform solutions.

Technical Expertise:

• Familiarity with SalesForce Experience Cloud, SAP ECC, Vistex, Databricks, and Reltio Master Data Management.
• Proficiency in API design, system integration, and data architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and AI workflows is a plus.

Leadership & Communication:

• Strong ability to influence without authority and lead cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

What Cencora offers
We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora
Full time
Salary Range*
$124,000 - 190,850
*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.
The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned
Affiliated Companies:
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