Job Description Summary
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!The Global Senior Enterprise Architect role is responsible for defining, governing, and driving the architecture strategy across Sandoz platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals, technology evolution, and enterprise standards.
Job Description
Your Key Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Define and manage the development of enterprise standards, direction/roadmap for Sandoz platforms
Manage efforts to elaborate and communicate the architecture of the platform and/or development of architectural solutions for projects and programs
Lead efforts to identify innovative and creative approaches to solve business and IT problems to accelerate business outcomes
Improve and develop enterprise architecture standards and methods
Oversee architectural activities for related Sandoz platforms (excluding Integration platforms and SAP) and enhance domain solution architectures
Define and communicate architecture roadmaps, standards, and strategic direction for platforms in scope
Define and develop logical design and information management strategies to store, move, and manage data in alignment with data architecture standards
Utilize architecture patterns to ensure optimal platform utilization aligned with enterprise architecture strategy
Define, create, and evolve the Architecture Governance Framework (methods, processes, standards, documentation)
Understand and advocate business and IT strategies; lead communication, education, and adoption of architecture practices across stakeholders
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
Completeness, adequacy, and correctness of enterprise and domain architecture
Strategy and landscape alignment with platform owners
Complete and documented architecture and required patterns
Operational and cost efficiency
Key stakeholder trainings
What You’ll Bring to the Role:
Essential Requirements:
8 Plus years' Experience in broader IT and enterprise/domain architecture roles, ideally within pharmaceutical or life sciences industry
Deep understanding of platform principles and enterprise architecture methods enabling transformation and adoption
Proven experience developing and implementing architecture frameworks in large-scale deployments
Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools (TOGAF, Zachman, LeanIX, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to lead without authority and influence senior stakeholders
Experience working across global teams and diverse cultures
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving change in regulated environments
Strong experience in defining architecture roadmaps, governance, and platform strategies
Essential Skills: Enterprise Architecture, Consulting, Stakeholder Communication, Decision Making, Conceptual Thinking, Influencing Skills, IT Governance
Languages: English
Desirable Requirements:
Experience in highly complex, multi-platform enterprise environments
Exposure to digital transformation programs and large-scale platform modernization initiatives
You’ll Receive:
A competitive benefits package including flexible working arrangements, strong learning and development opportunities, and a collaborative environment that supports career growth and innovation.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients 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, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
Join us!
Skills Desired
Business Architecture, Client Counseling, Decision Making Skills, Enterprise Architecture, Influencing Skills, IT Governance, Solution ArchitectureSkills Required
- 8+ years experience in IT and enterprise/domain architecture roles
- Experience within pharmaceutical or life sciences industry
- Deep understanding of platform principles and enterprise architecture methods
- Proven experience developing and implementing architecture frameworks in large-scale deployments
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools (TOGAF, Zachman, LeanIX)
- Demonstrated ability to lead without authority and influence senior stakeholders
- Experience working across global teams and diverse cultures
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving change in regulated environments
- Strong experience in defining architecture roadmaps, governance, and platform strategies
- Essential skills: Enterprise Architecture, Consulting, Stakeholder Communication, Decision Making, Conceptual Thinking, Influencing Skills, IT Governance
- Languages: English
- Experience in highly complex, multi-platform enterprise environments
- Exposure to digital transformation programs and large-scale platform modernization initiatives
Sandoz Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sandoz and has not been reviewed or approved by Sandoz.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are consistently described as core components across U.S. roles and materials. Feedback suggests the medical offering is broad and a standard pillar of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with a company match described as generous is commonly included for U.S. roles. This savings support is positioned alongside other primary benefits as part of total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity eligibility is noted for many positions and a global all‑employee share program is being introduced from 2026. These elements add upside beyond base salary and annual bonus.
Sandoz Insights
What We Do
Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
