Global Head of Enterprise Architecture

Job Description Summary

The Global Head Architecture leads the global enterprise architecture function, translating business strategy into integrated target architectures, standards, and actionable roadmaps. Partnering with Business and Technology leaders, the role shapes architecture and technology selection decisions to simplify the landscape, increase platform reuse, and improve cost, agility, and resilience. The incumbent establishes effective architecture governance, embeds regulatory and security requirements, and guides innovation aligned with business needs. Through team development, cross-functional collaboration, and effective resource management, the role enables coherent transformation and measurable business value.

Job Description

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!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Architecture strategy: Define and drive the enterprise architecture strategy with Business and Technology leaders, aligning architectural priorities with business goals.

Target architectures and roadmaps: Translate business strategy into integrated target architectures and transition roadmaps across business, application, data, integration, technology, and security domains.

Architecture governance: Chair the architecture governance board, establish standards, oversee design assurance, and manage exceptions to guide architecture and investment decisions.

Landscape simplification: Drive application rationalization, platform reuse, and architectural improvements to reduce complexity and cost while improving scalability, resilience, and agility.

Technology selection and innovation: Guide technology and vendor selection, assess emerging technologies, and engage strategic partners to deliver business value and architectural fit.

Compliance and risk: Embed regulatory, security, and resilience requirements into architectural standards and decisions, partnering with the relevant control functions.

Team leadership: Lead and develop the global architecture team, establish effective ways of working, and foster collaboration across architecture disciplines and delivery teams.

Resources and value: Manage the architecture function’s budget and resources, prioritise activities, and measure its contribution to transformation and business outcomes.

Key Performance Indicators

Architecture alignment: Percentage of strategic initiatives aligned with approved target architectures and roadmaps.

Governance effectiveness: Architecture review turnaround time, standards compliance, and timely resolution of exceptions.

Landscape simplification: Reduction in redundant applications, technology duplication, and architectural complexity.

Platform reuse: Percentage of initiatives adopting approved enterprise platforms, reusable capabilities, and integration patterns.

Compliance and risk: Coverage of regulatory, security, and resilience requirements in architecture reviews; closure of identified architectural risks.

Business value: Validated cost savings and avoidance attributable to architecture-led decisions and simplification initiatives.

Stakeholder value and resource efficiency: Stakeholder satisfaction with architecture services, delivery against agreed priorities, and adherence to the function’s budget.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.

Architecture leadership: 15+ years’ relevant experience, including building and leading an EA function, developing talent, and fostering collaboration.

Strategic problem-solving: Strong analytical skills, translating business needs into capability models, target architectures, and actionable roadmaps.

Architecture governance: Experience leading governance, defining standards, managing exceptions, and resolving trade-offs to guide business and investment decisions.

Technology judgement: Cross-domain architecture expertise, assessing emerging technologies and vendor solutions for business value and enterprise fit.

Transformation and innovation: Proven change leadership, delivering measurable improvements in complexity, reuse, cost, agility, and resilience.

Stakeholder influence: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, explaining technical concepts clearly and aligning senior stakeholders around architectural decisions.

Global collaboration: Experience guiding large-scale transformations across functions, regions, and cultures within a multinational matrix organisation.

Fluent English (oral and written); certifications or experience in architecture management (e.g., TOGAF), Agile/DevOps, project management (Prince2, PMI), and service management methodologies such as ITIL are a plus.

What you’ll receive:

Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary

Risk Life Insurance

5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labor Law requirement)

Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus CZ in the amount of 12,000 CZK per year

Meal vouchers in amount of 120 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)

Multisport Card

Premium Health Care Program

Car Allowance

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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Skills Desired

Business Architecture, Decision Making Skills, Enterprise Architecture, Influencing Skills, IT Governance, Solution Architecture, Strategic Consulting, Talent Development