IT Business Architect - EF

Merck Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck Group in Bengaluru seeks an IT Business Architect for Enabling Functions to align business capabilities with IT strategy and deliver end-to-end process improvements. You will collaborate with business and IT stakeholders, define future-state EF architecture, and ensure solutions and operating models work seamlessly together.

Join a team that shapes enterprise architecture, manages the application portfolio, and promotes knowledge sharing through communities of practice as part of a global

Qualifications

• Knowledge of business/operating models and financial models.
• Ability to design and construct business capabilities.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks.
• Understanding of standard software applications used in corporate environments.
• Hands-on experience in EF domain roles within business and/or IT.
• Knowledge of IT projects or portfolio management (preferred).
• Knowledge of IT Service Management (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Shapes and aligns Enterprise Architecture within EF to support strategic goals.
• Ensures technology solutions, operating models, and end-to-end processes work seamlessly together.
• Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders to define a future-state EF architecture.
• Shapes and applies Enterprise Architecture practice within EF.
• Facilitates alignment between business and IT for Enabling Functions; acts as counterpart for architecture topics.
• Designs and maintains Business Capability Frameworks and target IT architectures.
• Reviews and aligns business and IT priorities; rationalizes the application portfolio with EA teams.
• Envisions the future state architecture for Enabling Functions.
• Identifies opportunities for business process improvement.
• Ensures adherence to the Enterprise Architecture Management process.
• Contributes to EA governance, process improvement, and operations; acts as SAP LeanIX lead user.

Skills

Business models

Operating models

Financial models

Cost-benefit analysis

Budgeting

Risk management

Enterprise Architecture

Job description

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Your Role

The IT Business Architect for Enabling Functions shapes and aligns Business Capabilities and IT strategy across Group-level Enabling Functions. In this role, you ensure that technology solutions, operating models and end-to-end processes work seamlessly together to support the organization’s strategic goals and deliver process improvements. By collaborating closely with business and IT stakeholders, IT Business Partners and Enterprise Architects, you define a future-state EF architecture.

• Shapes and aligns Enterprise Architecture within Enabling Functions (EF) to support strategic goals.


• Ensures technology solutions, operating models, and end-to-end processes work seamlessly together.


• Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders, IT Business Partners, and Enterprise Architects to define a future-state EF architecture.


• Shapes and applies Enterprise Architecture practice within EF.


• Facilitates alignment between business and IT for Enabling Functions; acts as a key counterpart for architecture-related topics with business stakeholders and IT colleagues.


• Designs and maintains Business Capability Frameworks and target IT architectures that represent business strategy, operating models, and critical end-to-end processes.


• Reviews and aligns business and IT priorities; drives rationalization of the application portfolio in close collaboration with the Sector Enterprise Architect.


• Envisions and shapes the future state architecture for Enabling Functions.


• Identifies and facilitates realization of opportunities for business process improvement.


• Ensures adherence to the Enterprise Architecture Management process.


• Contributes to EA governance, EA process improvement, and operations; acts as SAP LeanIX lead user and promotes knowledge sharing via internal communities of practice.

Who You Are

• Knowledge of business/operating models/financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management


• Designing and constructing business capabilities


• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks


• Understanding of standard software applications used in corporate environments


• Hands-on experience in any EF domain role within business and/or IT


• Knowledge of IT projects or portfolio management (preferred)


• Knowledge of IT Service Management (preferred)

What we offer:

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!