Senior ERP Solution Architect

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.

The Position

The Opportunity

As a Senior ERP Solution Architect, you will design business-driven, standards-based, and future-ready enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions within complex, multi-solution contexts. You will use sophisticated analytical thought to lead technical teams, driving the technology roadmap and ensuring the evolution of our enterprise landscape.

• Design Robust ERP Architecture: You will design robust, standards-based ERP solutions that meet product requirements, business priorities, and enterprise standards across complex multi-product environments.

• Drive Problem Solving & Innovation: You will lead technical teams to solve complex architectural problems using sophisticated analytical thought, exercising judgment to deliver innovative solutions.

• Manage Landscape & Roadmaps: You will maintain the vision, technology roadmap, and current landscape for multiple interconnected ERP solutions, assessing impact on capabilities and risk.

• Define Data Models & Integration Pathways: You will create Conceptual & Logical Data Models, Taxonomies, Ontologies, and complex Integration pathways across the product ecosystem.

• Establish Governance & Reference Standards: You will define reference architectures, manage Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and fitness functions, and ensure Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) are documented and published.

• Engage & Negotiate with Stakeholders: You will communicate difficult architectural concepts clearly and negotiate with diverse stakeholders to align perspectives across the complete product landscape.

• Lead Technology & Vendor Assessments: You will research, evaluate, pilot, and drive the adoption of new ERP technologies while managing technical debt and conducting vendor assessments.

• Champion Architecture Practices: You will proactively contribute to architecture practices and governance while mentoring peers and junior architects within the enterprise community.

Who You Are

You are a strategic, analytical thinker who excels at managing architectural interdependencies and building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Education & Experience: You possess a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, along with 7+ years of experience designing and implementing business-driven, standards-based solutions within a complex multi-product ERP environment (e.g., SAP).

• Technical Leadership Expert: You bring a proven track record of leading technical teams to solve complex architectural problems using analytical rigor and creative problem-solving.

• ERP Ecosystem Specialist: You demonstrate in-depth and expert-level knowledge across multiple ERP technology areas, integration platforms, and application landscapes.

• Data & Integration Modeler: You have strong capability in creating Conceptual & Logical Data Models, Taxonomies, Ontologies, and establishing complex Integration pathways.

• NFR & Architecture Governance Leader: You hold expertise in managing Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), defining fitness functions, establishing reference architectures, and recording Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).

• Persuasive Communicator: You exhibit exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with an ability to articulate difficult technical concepts clearly to shift points of view.

• Community Mentor & Visionary: You possess a strategic mindset to maintain long-term product roadmaps while actively mentoring peers and contributing to enterprise architecture communities.

Ready to bring your unique qualities to Roche and make an impact?

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.