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Global Head of Enterprise Architecture

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Job Description Summary

The Global Head Architecture is responsible for shaping and leading the strategic direction, governance, and implementation of the enterprise architecture framework on a global scale. This role requires fostering a collaborative environment to align enterprise architecture initiatives with overall business strategies and objectives. The incumbent will lead the development and management of the organization's architecture roadmap, ensuring it supports business agility, innovation, and transformation. The position involves overseeing architectural practices, standards, and methodologies while driving continuous improvement and alignment with emerging industry trends and technologies. A critical component of this role is engaging with stakeholders to understand business needs, translate them into actionable architectural plans, and ensure they are executed effectively across the organization.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement the enterprise architecture strategy aligned with the organization's business goals and industry standards.
  • Establish and chair an architecture governance board to ensure effective and efficient use of Technology resources and assets and make architecture and portfolio decisions that enable the long-term business strategy.
  • Partner with Business and Technology leaders to ensure that architecture roadmaps continually align with business objectives.
  • Turn business strategy into systems design by developing an architecture framework that enables adaptability, scalability, availability, and re-use.
  • Mentor and advise the highly technical team responsible for creating, implementing, and maintaining architectural strategies.
  • Direct the development and documentation of the strategy linking Sandoz's application, data, solution, digital, and technical architectures.
  • Has a full understanding of all Sandoz's technology implementations and integration with external service providers.
  • Provide leadership in bridging the gap between architecture strategy and IT readiness.
  • Identify emerging technologies to help drive solutions that increase business value.
  • Maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions and services.
  • Comply with regulations and standards, and best practices.
  • Drive continuous improvement and innovation to support digital transformation and growth.
  • Leverage platforms technologies for digital transformation and process optimization.
  • Manage budgets and resources for cost-effective solutions and maximum value.

Key Performance Indicators

  • Completeness, adequacy, and correctness of the enterprise architecture meeting its functional and non-functional (qualitative) needs and requirements
  • Scalability and Flexibility of Architecture. Assessing the ability of the architecture to scale and adapt to changing business needs and technological advancements.
  • Reduction in Tech Complexity: Tracking the reduction in Tech complexity and the simplification of the technology landscape.
  • Percentage of business processes integrated with platforms and applications.
  • Cost-saving measures implemented through initiatives.
  • User satisfaction and adoption rates.
  • Compliance with regulatory and best practice standards.

What you’ll bring to the role:

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of experience in IT architecture and leadership, including managing large-scale projects within a multinational organization and global, culturally diverse environments.
  • Strong leadership and team-building skills, with experience developing talent, fostering collaboration, strategic planning, and financial acumen.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into data and system requirements.
  • Expertise in current and emerging technologies, advanced software tools, system integration, and cloud technologies, with an understanding of their potential business impact.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in fast-paced, dynamic environments and drive change and innovation.
  • Fluent English (oral and written); certifications or experience in architecture management (e.g., TOGAF), Agile/DevOps, project management (Prince2, PMI), and service management methodologies such as ITIL are a plus.

What you’ll receive:

  • Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary
  • Risk Life Insurance
  • 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labor Law requirement)
  • Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus CZ in the amount of 12,000 CZK per year
  • Meal vouchers in amount of 120 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)
  • Multisport Card
  • Premium Health Care Program
  • Car Allowance

Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people 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 careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Skills Desired

Business Architecture, Decision Making Skills, Enterprise Architecture, Influencing Skills, IT Governance, Solution Architecture, Strategic Consulting, Talent Development

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