Solution Architect - R&D

Description du poste:

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the Role

The R&D Solution Architect is a hands-on architecture role within Digital & Technology (D&T), accountable for designing end-to-end solution architectures that enable Research & Development outcomes across the product innovation lifecycle.

Working under the QSC & R&D Domain Architect, the role translates target architecture, standards and guardrails into practical, implementable solution designs that delivery teams can build, validate and operate. The role partners closely with R&D Product Owners, scientists, engineers, data teams, security and compliance specialists to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, scalable and fit for scientific and regulated environments.

This role is delivery-proximate and technically hands-on, providing clear solution designs, implementation guidance and architectural governance - enabling faster innovation while maintaining appropriate control, traceability and data integrity.

Role purpose

To design and govern secure, scalable and compliant R&D solution architectures that enable faster, safer product development and innovation, aligned to enterprise standards and the QSC & R&D target architecture.

Key accountabilities

The R&D Solution Architect is accountable for:

* Designing end-to-end solution architectures for R&D capabilities across the product development lifecycle.

* Ensuring solution designs align to QSC & R&D domain guardrails and enterprise architecture standards.

* Embedding security, data integrity, compliance and resilience into solution designs by default.

* Providing architecture governance and implementation guidance throughout delivery.

* Designing data and integration architectures that support traceability, insight and reuse across R&D.

Key responsibilities

1. Solution Architecture & Design (R&D)

* Produce implementable solution designs covering functional and non-functional requirements, including security, scalability, performance, maintainability and operability.

* Translate R&D business and scientific requirements into clear architecture artefacts (solution views, integration diagrams, data flows and operational views).

* Ensure designs support R&D capabilities including:

* Product development and formulation

* Clinical and pre-clinical systems

* Lab and scientific data platforms

* Document, data and knowledge management

2. R&D Platforms & Lifecycle Alignment

* Work within the R&D platform and target architecture direction set by the Domain Architect.

* Ensure solutions support end-to-end product lifecycle traceability from concept through development and readiness for manufacturing and quality transition.

* Balance standardisation with flexibility required for scientific innovation.

3. Data, Integration & Insight Architecture

* Design secure, reliable data flows supporting scientific analysis, decision-making and reuse of data across R&D.

* Define APIs, integration patterns and data models aligned to enterprise data governance principles.

* Partner with Data & AI teams to enable advanced analytics and AI use cases where appropriate.

4. Compliance, Integrity & Research Controls by Design

* Ensure solution designs support appropriate regulatory, data integrity and validation expectations relevant to R&D environments.

* Embed auditability, versioning, access controls and evidence capture into architectures from the outset.

* Ensure clear operational ownership and supportability of R&D solutions.

5. Architecture Governance & Delivery Assurance

* Provide architectural governance to delivery teams through design reviews, implementation checkpoints and ongoing guidance.

* Ensure delivered solutions align with approved architectures and do not introduce unnecessary complexity or risk.

* Document architecture decisions, trade-offs and risks clearly, escalating where needed.

6. Security, Privacy & Resilience by Design

* Ensure security and privacy requirements are embedded into R&D solutions from design stage.

* Design for resilience and continuity appropriate to critical R&D processes and data assets.

7. Standardisation, Reuse & Simplification

* Promote reuse of reference architectures, shared services and common patterns across R&D solutions.

* Identify opportunities to simplify the R&D technology landscape and reduce bespoke or duplicative solutions.

8. Stakeholder & Community Collaboration

* Act as a bridge between R&D business stakeholders, Product Owners, Engineering, Data, Security and Delivery teams.

* Contribute to architecture communities of practice, sharing learnings and improving standards and patterns.

Your profile

Required:

* Demonstrated experience as a Solution Architect in Digital or Technology environments.

* Experience designing solutions across R&D, scientific, product development or data-intensive domains.

* Ability to translate complex business and scientific requirements into implementable architectures.

* Understanding of integration patterns, APIs and data flows.
* Solution design skills (logical architecture, integration, data flows, non-functional design).
* Ability to provide pragmatic "minimum viable architecture" guidance that accelerates delivery.
* Clear communication with both technical teams and scientific/business stakeholders.
* Comfort operating across ambiguity, experimentation and evolving requirements.

Preferred

* Experience in regulated or compliance-aware environments.

* Experience working with R&D platforms, lab systems or scientific data platforms.

* Experience operating within enterprise architecture standards and governance models.

Why Haleon?

None of us should ever feel like we're standing still. At Haleon, we want you to feel supported, valued, and always progressing. Improving everyday health takes dedication, energy, and effort - so we reward your contribution with a benefits package that includes:
* Contract of employment
* Annual bonus that reflects performance
* Hybrid@Haleon our philosophy to hybrid work
* Private medical package (Medicover) with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible
* Multisport card or points on the Multicafeteria Benefits account
* Health and wellbeing programmes that take care of you physically and mentally
* Pension plan membership and savings programme (PPE)
* Personalized learning paths and access to diverse development tools to support your professional growth.
* Generali Life insurance
* Supportive community and integration events
* Family benefits (extra parental leave, caregiver's policy)
* Free car and bike parking
* Remuneration: 19 890 to 27 350 PLN gross/month, depending on the level of experience and competences.
The salary range for this position is indicative and provided as a guide. The final offer may vary depending on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Further details regarding the total reward and benefits package will be shared during the recruitment process. Salary ranges may vary by location in line with local market conditions and applicable pay transparency regulations.

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Job Posting End Date

2026-07-09

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected - all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It's important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

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