Roche
Enterprise Architect - Pharma Commercial
South San Francisco
Sponsorship not specified$171k-$317kDetected 14 days ago
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About the role
- The Enterprise Architect - Pharma Commercial acts as the strategic bridge between the central Strategy, Portfolio & Governance (SPG) organization and Pharma Medicines.
- Operating within a federated model, you will orchestrate the global Pharma Commercial architecture network.
- Your primary focus will be translating business goals into adaptable, future-ready technology roadmaps across Market Access, Marketing, Customer Engagement, Analytics, and Commercial Operations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Business and Roche Digital Technology (RDT) leadership to align global and regional business priorities with multi-year technology roadmaps and target-state architectures.
- Lead a federated network of embedded domain and solution architects. Establish shared strategic priorities, technology guardrails, and security/privacy standards.
- Drive architectural success for high-impact initiatives, including customer engagement modernization (e.g., Elevate, AI-driven content supply chains, and patient strategy).
- Develop and maintain commercial capability maps, target-state architectures, and technology inventories using tools like ArchiMEDES (SAP LeanIX).
- Guide investment decisions alongside Portfolio Management by evaluating strategic impacts, maximizing platform reuse, and managing technical debt to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Collaborate with legal, compliance, and cybersecurity teams to ensure all commercial architectures strictly adhere to global data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and patient data governance standards.
Nice to have
- Establish shared strategic priorities, technology guardrails, and security/privacy standards.
- Monitor emerging commercial technology trends and evaluate vendors to ensure a future-ready, optimized architecture.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, or Science.
- A Master's degree is preferred.
- At least 10+ years of direct experience in IT and enterprise/domain architecture, with a proven history of migrating legacy commercial systems to modern, cloud-native ecosystems.
- At least 5 years of experience in the biotech/pharma industry.
- Proven track record navigating and influencing within a complex, matrixed, or federated global organization.
- Deep domain expertise in global Pharma Commercial operations (Field CRM, Omnichannel Marketing, Market Access, and Patient Services).
Skills
- Proficiency in architecting scalable data products, MDM (Master Data Management), and AI-driven commercial data solutions.
- Highly skilled in designing pragmatic target-state architectures and evolving roadmaps aligned with complex business needs.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and agile/product-led delivery methodologies.
- Leadership & Communication
- Serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership with strong executive presence and business acumen.
- The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $170,800 - $317,200.
- Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
- A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
- This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
Compensation
- The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $170,800 - $317,200.
Benefits
- Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
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