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Building on our greenfield Dynamics 365 Customer Service platform, this senior role holds accountability for the end-to-end technical design of the CRM as it scales into the enterprise-wide system of engagement for our customers and patients. The ideal candidate combines deep, hands-on Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform expertise with the architectural judgement to design for resiliency, performance, integration and security at global scale. Working within an Agile, product-based delivery model, the Architect will set the technical direction, own the key design decisions, and lead a high-performing development team - ensuring we build the right things, in the right way.\nKey Responsibilities:\nCRM Solution Architecture (Ownership)\nOwn the end-to-end architecture of Uniphar's strategic, global Dynamics 365 CE CRM solution, from vision through to delivered design.\nDefine and maintain the target architecture, design principles and standards that govern how the CRM is built and extended.\nAct as the design authority for the CRM, making the key design decisions and reviewing and approving solution designs to ensure architectural integrity.\nBalance business need, cost, time-to-value and long-term maintainability in every architectural decision.\nRemain hands-on in Dynamics 365 CE and the Power Platform to stay close to the technology and to prototype and prove out designs.\nDesigning for Resiliency & Non-Functional Requirements\nDesign for resiliency, scalability, performance, availability and disaster recovery, ensuring non-functional requirements are captured and baked into every design.\nEmbed security, data protection and governance by design, implementing appropriate access controls and governance policies across the platform.\nConduct architectural assessments of the existing solution and proactively drive improvements to performance, reliability and efficiency.\nIntegration Architecture\nDesign robust, secure and scalable integrations between Dynamics 365 CE and the wider enterprise estate (e.g. Azure, SAP, Microsoft 365 and third-party SaaS).\nSelect the right integration patterns and technologies (e.g. Azure Integration Services, Logic Apps, APIs, Dataverse) for each scenario.\nEnsure integrations are resilient, observable and maintainable, with clear contracts and robust error handling.\nLow-Code & Coded Solution Design\nMake deliberate design decisions on where to apply low-code / configuration (e.g. Power Apps, Power Automate, Business Process Flows) versus coded / pro-code solutions (e.g. plugins, custom APIs, JavaScript, Azure services), based on the needs of the application.\nEnsure the right balance of speed, flexibility, supportability and total cost of ownership in every solution choice.\nChampion re-use, promoting common components, patterns and standards across the team.\nLeadership, Mentoring & Team Development\nProvide technical leadership to the CRM development team, ensuring a high-performing team is building the right things in the right way.\nManage, mentor and develop more junior members of the team, growing their technical capability and architectural thinking.\nSet technical standards and ways of working and coach the team to deliver to them through design reviews, pairing and solution / code reviews.\nAct as the technical point of escalation for complex design and delivery challenges.\nAgile Product Delivery & Roadmap\nWork within an Agile, product-based operating model, partnering closely with the Product Owner and delivery team.\nSupport the Product Owner in shaping and maintaining the CRM roadmap, translating upcoming features and Microsoft releases into architectural direction and delivery sequencing.\nAssess new Dynamics 365 and Power Platform capabilities and releases, advising on adoption, impact and value.\nPrioritise architectural work and technical enablers alongside feature delivery within the sprint structure.\nStakeholder Management\nEngage senior stakeholders across the business to understand needs and priorities and ensure the CRM architecture aligns to strategic outcomes.\nCommunicate architecture, options and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nEvangelise the art of the possible with Dynamics 365 CE and the Power Platform.\nKey Skills, Experiences & Competencies\nDeep, demonstrable experience architecting Dynamics 365 CE solutions at enterprise / global scale, ideally including Customer Service.\nStrong knowledge of the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse) and sound judgement on where to apply low-code versus coded solutions.\nProven experience designing for resiliency, scalability, performance and disaster recovery (non-functional requirements).\nStrong integration architecture experience across Azure (e.g. Logic Apps, Azure Integration Services, APIs); experience integrating with SAP an advantage.\nHands-on background building plugins, custom workflows, JavaScript and cloud flows, underpinning credible, hands-on design leadership.\nExperience with ALM / CI-CD and source control (e.g. Azure DevOps, Git for Enterprise); manual deployment to test and production environments is not permitted.\nIn-depth understanding of security best practices, access controls and governance for cloud and CRM environments.\nExperience working in an Agile, product-based delivery environment, supporting a Product Owner and roadmap.\nProven experience managing, mentoring and leading developers and setting the technical quality bar for a high-performing team.\nAbility to design innovative, re-usable solutions and components.\nProven ability to analyse complex technical issues and provide effective solutions.\nExcellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence and build trust at all levels.\nExperience working in regulated / GxP environments would be a bonus.\nUniphar Background\nUniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland. Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.\nUniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. 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