Senior E2E Solution Architect

Senior E2E Solution Architect (m/f/d) – Scrum / SAFe / Product Development / English

Role:

For our client a Pharma company based in Kaiseraugst we are looking for a Senior E2E Solution Architect (m/f/d).

Background:
The Pharma Technical Operations (PT) business function is going through profound

transformation and driving towards truly end-to-end processes and efficiency across all elements

of the PT value chain. The PT Informatics organization wants to strengthen its capabilities to

support solutions that will be operating in a highly regulated, fully compliant and secure enterprise

environment.

In your role you will become a member of the Architecture and Emerging Technologies Chapter.

You will be assigned to a program within PT as a representative of PT Informatics that focuses on

the implementation of innovative solutions to support the development of new Cell & Gene

Therapy (CGT) products. The program is called CGTi that stands for Cell & Gene Therapy

Industrialisation. You will partner with internal (Solution Architects, Enterprise Architect) and

supplier’s teams as well as business counterparts to lead the system architecture and

integrations for the different components of the CGTi landscape by using architectural design

principles in order to translate Roche’s business strategy into a fit-for-purpose solution. The CGTi

landscape covers the end to end value stream from the initial patient enrollment, manufacturing,

supply chain execution to long term patient follow-up. The aim of the solutions we implement is to

become industry standards and the environment you will evolve in includes co-innovation with

partners and industry consortium to develop new lines of products.

The perfect candidate:

We are looking for a senior candidate who ideally already has experience in Cell and Gene

Therapy and with large-scale software solutions. If the candidate does not have experience within

CGT then the candidate needs to have experience either in Supply Chain, Manufacturing or

Quality Assurance from a pharmaceutical or biotech industry. The candidate will be an Senior

End to End Solution Architect.

Areas of responsibility:

– Custodian of the Architecture Principles for PTC. Ensuring the capabilities and solutions in PTC

follow the principles and the principles evolve as the organization develops.

– Lead and own the end to end solution architecture blueprint for PTC (iTCT and Gene Therapies

modalities) which supports: development, clinical and commercial supply, E2E Value Chain,

Manufacturing capabilities and plays a critical role to have a cohesive integrated IT landscape

across the product life cycles.

– Provide architecture leadership & SME by focusing on complex & innovative PTC business

needs to define and design the target digital system architecture for Gene and iTCT modalities

– Creates and maintains the solution lifecycle roadmaps end to end

– Works with our business groups and informatics teams to understand their E2E business

processes and information needs to identify and design solution options that support the

business.

– Position, advise and consult with key stakeholders (e.g. business, PTC LT, solution centers) on

strategic and architecture topics

– Responsible for developing the agile PTC architecture runway to meet the current and future

business requirements

– Establishes close collaboration with PT wide architects to define architecture artifacts and

supports their adoption.

– Collaborates with the broader architecture community to ensure that the solutions align with

target architectures and technology roadmaps within PTC and beyond in PT and Roche.

– Undertake capability, framework and technology scouting (experiments and proof of concepts)

to act as a catalyst to enhance digital capacity to meet future PTC demands.

– Identify and address opportunities to establish digitalization where possible

– Prepares and presents project documentation for the architecture review boards

– Documents and maintains the solution as-is IT landscape in the Enterprise Architecture

Management Tool

– Define the digital principles and non-functional digital requirements across PTC platforms and

Tools

Professional and technical requirements:
– Master degree in Computer Science or any similar study environment

– Min. 7+ years‘ experience in the role of an Enterprise architect, leading a technical team (no

direct management, external resources), designing large software systems, preferred in the

pharmaceutical environment

– Min. 3-5 years‘ experience in leading digital capability teams through collaborative tech

innovation in an agile environment (Scrum or SAFe)

– Experience in Product Development or Product Management for digital capability improvement

products (e.g. Software products) and stakeholder management experience

– Experience in establishing platform/ systems evaluation criteria and approach for vendor

engagement, relationship management and support