Senior Enterprise Architect - Commercial Domain

Sandoz India; Telangana; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz India is seeking a senior architect to lead the Commercial domain architecture, translating business strategy into robust capabilities across Customer Engagement, Market Access, Marketing and Sales. You will define target architectures, roadmaps and governance, guiding major transformations and portfolio rationalisation while engaging senior stakeholders globally.

Candidates should bring 10+ years in architecture, strong understanding of pharma Commercial processes, and experience

Qualifications

• 10+ years of business and technology experience, including architecture roles.
• Experience defining target architectures and roadmaps for complex global domains.
• Experience with major transformations, platform modernization or portfolio rationalisation.
• Knowledge across business, information, application and technology architecture.
• Strong vendor evaluation and strategic technology investment experience.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into capability, information, application and technology architecture.
• Define and maintain the domain target architecture and roadmap across Commercial functions.
• Drive landscape simplification, standardisation, reuse and rationalisation.
• Define and apply architecture principles, standards, patterns and guardrails.
• Guide strategic initiatives and review solution architectures for alignment with target architecture.
• Evaluate technology and vendor options based on value, cost and risk.
• Maintain domain architecture information in SAP LeanIX repository.

Skills

Lead stakeholder influence

Architecture governance

Target architecture & roadmaps

Vendor evaluation

Platform modernization

Communication & facilitation

Commercial pharma knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Business

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

SAP LeanIX

Job description

the Commercial domain, covering Customer Engagement, Market Access, Marketing and Sales. The role communicates the target architecture and provides architectural direction and guidance to strategic projects and programmes.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into capability, information, application and technology architecture, collaborating with Commercial business and IT leaders to understand strategic objectives and identify enabling technologies.
• Define and maintain the Commercial domain target architecture, transition architectures and roadmap across Customer Engagement, Market Access, Marketing and Sales.
• Drive landscape simplification, standardisation, reuse and rationalisation.
• Define and apply architecture principles, standards, patterns and guardrails.
• Guide strategic initiatives and review solution architectures for alignment with the target architecture.
• Evaluate technology and vendor options based on business value, strategic fit, cost, scalability, risk and compliance.
• Ensure the completeness, accuracy and currency of domain architecture information maintained in the Sandoz Enterprise Architecture repository (SAP LeanIX).

Essential Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Typically, 10+ years of relevant business and technology experience, including at least five years in architecture roles.
• Experience defining target architectures and roadmaps for complex global business domains.
• Experience supporting major transformations, platform modernisation or application portfolio rationalisation.
• Experience across business, information, application, integration and technology architecture.
• Experience evaluating enterprise platforms, vendors and strategic technology investments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead without formal authority, influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex stakeholder dynamics across geographies and cultures.
• Strong experience with pharmaceutical Commercial processes, platforms and operating models, combined with the ability to drive change in dynamic, regulated environments.
• Strategic thinking across business, information, application and technology layers.
• Business capability, value-stream and operating-model analysis.
• Target-state architecture, transition architecture and roadmap development.
• Architecture governance, standards, exceptions and technical debt management.
• Application portfolio rationalisation and technology lifecycle management.
• Business value, total cost, scalability, risk and architectural trade-offs assessment.
• Strong communication, facilitation and influencing skills across business and technology stakeholders.
• Deep knowledge of Commercial capabilities, data, processes and technology platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field; Master’s degree preferred. Relevant architecture certification is an advantage.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; Additional languages are an advantage.

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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