Digital Solution Architect

Digital Solution Architect

Do you want to be a part of a leading Finnish vaccine research organization and make an important impact on global health and wellbeing of people? This is your opportunity to build and accelerate the digitalization journey of a growing company.

FVR – Finnish Vaccine Research Ltd. is a special-assignment company of the state, owned by the Finnish government (51%) and the Tampere University Foundation (49%). The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is responsible for the corporate governance of the company. In addition to clinical vaccine trials, FVR is also specialized in Real-World Evidence (RWE) studies and large-scale pragmatic trials. We work with international pharmaceutical companies.

We are accelerating our digital capabilities both internally and with key stakeholders and are now looking for a full-time Digital Solution Architect to join the exciting development journey of FVR. You will lead and execute well-designed digital solutions architecture, ensuring compatibility with our business system environment and company goals. To succeed in this role, you need a good understanding of how to align business models, processes, operating systems and application architectures. You are well equipped to design and act as a project manager for solutions that offer the best fit to our environment. You know how to communicate technical project details to non-technical stakeholders fluently and understandably. You can be based in Tampere or the greater Helsinki area, and we enable remote work options.

Main responsibilities

• Facilitating, building and maintaining a digital landscape roadmap, also feeding input to FVR strategy

• Analyzing and executing projects in the technology/information systems environment

• Analyzing and documenting requirements

• Setting a framework for effective collaboration

• Creating solution prototypes/pilots and leading technology selection

• Leading solution development and roadmaps of existing solutions

• Making project plans, including business cases, for concrete outcomes

• Executing project plans with good ROI/cost efficiency from start to finish

• Ensuring smooth operative models after go-live of projects

Requirements

• Master’s degree in technology/business majoring in data, digital or another relevant field

• Software and DB architecture design experience, minimum of five years, DevOps experience is an advantage

• IT architecture, infrastructure, and cloud know-how, minimum of five years

• Proven track-record in project and resource management, deep analytical skills and business case experience

• Excellent spoken and written skills in English, and a minimum of good written and spoken Finnish

• Experience of working in private sector, health ecosystems and international business are seen as an advantage

• Ability to switch the perspective from long-term to near-term as well as from strategic to hands-on based on business requirements

We offer you

• Broad responsibility with holistic view and significant impact on the company’s business

• Digital baseline set-up that is cloud-based with minimal historical legacy systems

• Future oriented growth and development mindset

• Excellent opportunity to develop yourself and make true impact

• Exciting small business working spirit with great colleagues

• International customers and value ecosystems

• Purposeful work, improving people’s health and wellbeing

• Flexible work, performance-based bonus system, sport-culture & mobile phone benefit, good healthcare services

Welcome to join our FVR team!

The position is full-time permanent and starts as soon as possible. The position has a six-month probationary period. If you think this is a great match for you, please apply by latest 07.05.2024.

For more information:

• Harri Leiviskä, CFO, FVR – Finnish Vaccine Research

• Mobile: +358 40 7557 008 (available: Monday 15.04.2024 btw 09-10 and Friday 19.04.2024 btw 09–10)