Global Senior Enterprise Architect

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Define and manage the development of enterprise standards, direction/roadmap for Sandoz platforms

• Manage efforts to elaborate and communicate the architecture of the platform and/or development of architectural solutions for projects and programs

• Lead efforts to identify innovative and creative approaches to solve business and IT problems to accelerate business outcomes

• Improve and develop enterprise architecture standards and methods

• Oversee architectural activities for related Sandoz platforms (excluding Integration platforms and SAP) and enhance domain solution architectures

• Define and communicate architecture roadmaps, standards, and strategic direction for platforms in scope

• Define and develop logical design and information management strategies to store, move, and manage data in alignment with data architecture standards

• Utilize architecture patterns to ensure optimal platform utilization aligned with enterprise architecture strategy

• Define, create, and evolve the Architecture Governance Framework (methods, processes, standards, documentation)

• Understand and advocate business and IT strategies; lead communication, education, and adoption of architecture practices across stakeholders

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Completeness, adequacy, and correctness of enterprise and domain architecture

• Strategy and landscape alignment with platform owners

• Complete and documented architecture and required patterns

• Operational and cost efficiency

• Key stakeholder trainings

What You’ll Bring to the Role:

Essential Requirements:

• 8 Plus years' Experience in broader IT and enterprise/domain architecture roles, ideally within pharmaceutical or life sciences industry

• Deep understanding of platform principles and enterprise architecture methods enabling transformation and adoption

• Proven experience developing and implementing architecture frameworks in large-scale deployments

• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools (TOGAF, Zachman, LeanIX, etc.)

• Demonstrated ability to lead without authority and influence senior stakeholders

• Experience working across global teams and diverse cultures

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving change in regulated environments

• Strong experience in defining architecture roadmaps, governance, and platform strategies

Essential Skills: Enterprise Architecture, Consulting, Stakeholder Communication, Decision Making, Conceptual Thinking, Influencing Skills, IT Governance

Languages: English

Desirable Requirements:

Experience in highly complex, multi-platform enterprise environments
Exposure to digital transformation programs and large-scale platform modernization initiatives

You’ll Receive:

A competitive benefits package including flexible working arrangements, strong learning and development opportunities, and a collaborative environment that supports career growth and innovation.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!