Enterprise Architect

Roche; Polska; Remote; PLN 23,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Dedicated training budget

Recharge Fridays

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to provide strategic architectural oversight across cross-domain areas, shaping target architectures and a modern operating model. You will lead governance for Informatics and guide complex cross-functional initiatives, aligning business needs with technology strategy.

The role emphasizes data-driven transparency, architecture toolchains, and reducing technical debt while enabling faster delivery across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field; 7–10+ years of experience providing architectural oversight.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional architectural initiatives and governance.
• Experience defining target architectures aligned with business objectives and technology strategies.

Responsibilities

• Architect North Star for RDT as a Business; define target-state architectures and data models.
• Support Operating Model evolution; drive data-driven portfolio management and AI-enabled delivery.
• Lead architecture governance for Informatics; provide clear guardrails and paved roads for delivery.

Skills

Complex problem solving

IT operating models

TOGAF

ITIL

Enterprise toolchains

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

ArchiMEDES

ServiceNow

SAP LeanIX

Data modeling

Job description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

Position

The Principal Enterprise Architect provides essential architectural oversight, visionary leadership, and strategic guidance across a broad Cross-Domain context. In this highly impactful role, you will take on the most complex, cross-functional topics that span multiple business and technology areas.

Description of the area

The Strategy, Portfolio & Governance (SPG) Enterprise Architecture function shapes, aligns, and executes technology strategy by connecting business ambition to investment, architecture, and delivery. For this specific role, a primary domain is Informatics (RDT scope), alongside other complex cross-enterprise domains.

You will partner closely with operational leaders, the Transformation Office, RDT Excellence, and Portfolio Management to establish a modern, integrated operating model. This area ensures that operations are built on insight generation and adhere to industry standards (e.g., IT4IT, ITIL), establishing robust architecture support for strategic internal and cross-functional initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

• Architecting the North Star for "RDT as a Business": Define target-state architectures and capability models for RDT's internal operations. Take ownership of defining and evolving the RDT Application and Technology Landscape and Data Model, ensuring robust architecture support for strategic internal initiatives.

• Operating Model optimization: Actively support the evolution of the Operating Model and integrating its elements (eg. Strategy, Portfolio, Delivery, Operations). Shift the organization toward Data-Driven Portfolio Management and Agile, AI enabled Delivery and Operations, ensuring connection to our existing IT landscape assets and providing traceability.

• Architecture Governance & Standards ("Enable & Govern"): Lead architecture governance for Informatics Domain and drive cross-domain alignment across Information, Technology, Business, and Application Architecture. Provide clarity, "paved roads," and guardrails that enable speed and effectiveness in delivery rather than creating bureaucratic friction.

• Tackling Complex Cross-Functional Topics: Guide matrixed teams in resolving the most complex cross-functional issues with broad implications on organizational processes and outcomes. Act as the architectural lead for major cross-domain initiatives that span beyond a single function, ensuring cohesive target architectures across the enterprise.

• Cross-Domain Coherence & Technical Debt Management: Conduct rigorous architectural impact assessments for cross-domain initiatives. Actively manage technical debt and support Future State Architecture by systematically simplifying the application landscape, decommissioning redundant systems, and establishing governance to prevent future complexity.

• Data-Driven Transparency: Promote the philosophy that the value of architecture is measured by better decisions and delivery outcomes. Leverage our integrated architecture toolchain (ArchiMEDES) to provide critical architectural insights for the RDT Leadership Team and Domain leads.

Qualifications

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 7-10+ years of experience providing architectural oversight and strategic guidance within a complex, matrixed Cross-Domain context.

• Experience guiding others in resolving highly complex cross-functional issues and defining architecture and governance aligned with enterprise stakeholder needs.

• Proven track record acting as a recognized leader in the architecture community, defining target architectures aligned with business objectives and technology strategies.

Functional & Technical Skills

• Complex Problem Solving: Applies excellent knowledge in two or more domain or technology areas to lead technical discussions, capability assessments, and resolve highly complex cross-functional challenges.

• IT Operating Models: Deep expertise in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and industry-standard IT operating models, specifically IT4IT and ITIL.

• Enterprise Toolchains: Strong practical experience defining data models and architectures for enterprise Service Management and Architecture tools (e.g., ServiceNow, SAP LeanIX/ArchiMEDES).

• Landscape Analysis: Strong capability to define and roll out the PACE Layering classification framework, conduct value stream mapping, and execute classification mapping (maturity, functional & technical fit).

Additional Qualifications

• Network & Community Leadership: Demonstrated ability in leading and influencing federated networks of architects without direct reporting lines, inspiring diverse partners to act with a unified voice.

• Strategic Advisory & Executive Influence: Deeply connects with and understands internal business needs, successfully gathering support for new concepts. You can communicate complex architectural ideas and influence senior-level stakeholders to adopt new approaches.

• Enterprise Mindset: A commitment to the "One Roche" philosophy, prioritizing the success of the entire organization over individual functional silos, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture.

What you get:

• Salary range 23 300 - 43 300 PLN grossbased on the employment contract.

• Annual bonus payment based on your performance.

• Dedicated training budget (training, certifications, conferences, diversified career paths etc.).

• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter available).

• Take time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose).

• Vacation subsidy available.

• Flex Location (possibility to perform our work from different places in the world for a certain period of time).

• Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave of maximum 2 weeks to engage in the charity action of your choice).

• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport.

• Stock share purchase additions.

• Yearly sales of company laptops and cars and many more!

Compensation & Benefits

The expected salary range for this position, based on the primary location of Warsaw Grafit is 280,000.00 PLN - 520,000.00 PLN. Final compensation will be determined by a number of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, and location. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus with a target of 20% subject to both individual and company performance.

This position also offers an attractive benefits package.

Learn more about how we reward our employees at Roche.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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