ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead

Biopharma Careers; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipsen Pharma seeks an ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead to shape, govern, and deliver Ipsen’s ERP strategy across global markets. You will own architecture, vendor governance, and end-to-end integrations spanning ERP, CRM, and data platforms.

Lead cross-functional teams, manage multi-year roadmaps, and collaborate with external system integrators to ensure scalable, compliant, and innovative ERP solutions for the aesthetics business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in ERP transformation, enterprise architecture, or large-scale system integration.
• 7+ years of leading ERP programs, implementation, and integrations in multi-system environments.
• Hands-on experience with ERP implementations or migrations and global team management.
• Experience integrating external partners (3PLs, distributors, payment platforms).

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end ERP strategy aligned with global roadmap.
• Govern integration architecture, data flows, security standards across the ecosystem.
• Lead ERP program delivery with plans, budgets, resources, risks and milestones.
• Own external system integrations with 3PLs, Salesforce, Stripe, and Databricks.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across IT, finance, supply chain and regulatory.

Skills

ERP strategy

Architecture governance

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

SAP S/4HANA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/Business Information Systems

Tools

Salesforce

Databricks

Stripe

APIs

Job description

Title:

ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead

Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid‑sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human‑centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Job Description:

Summary

Be a senior technology and transformation leader responsible for shaping, governing, and delivering the integration of Ipsen’s ERP environment across global Aesthetics markets. This role serves as the enterprise owner for ERP strategy, ensuring seamless, scalable connectivity across commercial, financial, supply chain, regulatory, and analytics platforms.

As part of the global Aesthetics transformation, this leadership role leads architecture definition, cross‑functional alignment, technology delivery, and vendor governance for the ERP landscape. This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring that Ipsen’s ERP ecosystem enables long‑term growth, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and innovation in the aesthetics business.

Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies

Enterprise ERP Strategy and Leadership

• Establish and own the end-to-end ERP strategy for the Aesthetics, fully aligned with Ipsen’s global enterprise ERP roadmap.
• Define and govern the integration architecture, data flows, security standards and process connectivity across the business ecosystem.
• Serve as a key advisor to executive leadership on ERP long term direction leading to a multi‑year roadmap

Program Delivery & Execution oversight

• Lead the delivery of the ERP program, with accountability for plans, budgets, resources, risks, and milestones.
• Oversee all technical design, build, testing and deployment activities across multiple parallel workstreams.
• Translate business requirements into scalable ERP solutions, including order booking, provider loyalty operations, demand and sales forecasting, and commercial planning.
• Own end-to-end design and delivery of ERP integrations across upstream and downstream systems (e.g., Stripe, Salesforce, Databricks).
• Ensure the ERP roadmap is aligned with business priorities and transformation timelines.

External Partners & Vendor Leadership

• Manage senior‑level relationships with ERP system integrators, 3PLs, distributors, and strategic technology partners.
• Oversee vendor performance, contract adherence, architectural output, and quality of technical deliverables.
• Build a high‑performing ecosystem of external partners, aligned to Ipsen’s transformation goals.
• Own External System Integrations

Own External System Integrations

• Oversee integration with 3PLs, distributors, and external partners, ensuring accurate and timely data flows for order tracking, fulfillment, and logistics.
• Ensure robust, real-time data flows across order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and record-to-report processes, including transition from bulk-level to SKU-level tracking.
• Drive standardization of interfaces, APIs, messaging formats, and data models to simplify integration and future scalability.

Drive execution and lifecycle management

• Own the ERP integration workplan, milestones, and critical-path dependencies.
• Identify, escalation, and resolve integration risks, defects, and cutover issues across workstreams.
• Lead and coordinate testing cycles, including System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Support cutover planning, data migration validation, hyper care readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.

Coordinate cross‑functional execution

• Act as the primary integrator across IT, finance, supply chain, regulatory, operations, and commercial system owners.
• Work closely with external system integrators, ERP vendors, technical architects, and solution partners to ensure aligned delivery.
• Ensure consistent communication, dependency mapping, and issue tracking across teams and vendors.
• Facilitate alignment sessions, decision‑making forums, and readiness checkpoints across all stakeholder groups.

Technical Competencies

• Deep expertise with large‑scale ERP implementations and/or data migrations, including SAP S/4HANA
• Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA modules across OTC, P2P, R2R, supply chain, and commercial operations.
• Experience with integrations to CRM (Salesforce), payment systems (e.g., Stripe), data platforms (e.g., Databricks), and logistics partners (3PLs).
• Understanding of ERP integration methods (APIs, IDocs, BAPIs, middleware, event streaming).
• Strong systems thinking across finance, supply chain, and compliance domains
• Strong knowledge of data governance, master data, and data quality frameworks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, middleware, and APIs
• Ability to manage complex dependencies and parallel workstreams
• Clear communication across technical and business stakeholders

Knowledge & Experience

essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
• Overall 10+ years of experience in ERP transformation, enterprise architecture, or large‑scale system integration
• 7+ years of leading ERP programs, implementation, and integrations in a multi‑system, multi‑market environment.
• Hands‑on experience with ERP implementations or migrations
• Experience managing global teams and offshore/nearshore partners.
• Experience integrating external partners (e.g., 3PLs, distributors, payment platforms)

preferred

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field
• Experience in consumer goods, beauty, medical aesthetics, life sciences, or regulated supply chain environments preferred.
• Proven track record of leading complex ERP integrations, migrations, or digital transformation programs.
• Exposure to regulated or highly controlled data environments preferred

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $145,000 - $210,000.

This job is eligible to participate in our short‑term incentives program.

At Ipsen we are proud to offer a comprehensive employee benefits package, including 401(k) with company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance, as well as flexible spending accounts. Ipsen also provides parental leave, paid time off, a discretionary winter shutdown, well‑being allowance, commuter benefits, and much more.

The pay range displayed above is the range of base pay compensation within which Ipsen expects to pay for this role at the time of this posting. Individual compensation within this range depends on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, prior education and experience, job‑related knowledge and demonstrated skills.

Culture & Inclusion

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels heard, valued, and supported; where we embrace "The Real Us". The value we place on different perspectives and experiences drives our commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities. When we include diverse ways of thinking, we make more thoughtful decisions and discover more innovative solutions. Together we strive to better understand the communities we serve. This means we also want to help you perform at your best when applying for a role with us. If you require any adjustments or support during the application process, please let the recruitment team know. This information will be handled with care and will not affect the outcome of your application. Ipsen is an equal opportunity employer that strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.