Digital Enterprise Architect

Digital ERP Enterprise Architect - Pharma/Process Manufacturing

Industry: Pharmaceutical/Process Manufacturing
Engagement: To be confirmed

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Digital ERP Enterprise Architect to support a complex transformation within a global pharmaceutical or process manufacturing environment.
This is a senior architecture position requiring a combination of enterprise ERP strategy, digital transformation and business separation experience. You will play a key role in shaping the target ERP landscape, defining architecture principles and supporting the separation of complex business and technology environments through carve-out activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and shape the target ERP and digital enterprise architecture.
• Lead architecture design across complex ERP landscapes within manufacturing environments.
• Support business carve-outs, divestitures and technology separation programmes.
• Define ERP separation strategies, target operating models and transition architectures.
• Assess existing ERP environments, integrations, applications and dependencies.
• Develop future-state architecture roadmaps aligned with business and IT objectives.
• Work closely with business leadership, IT teams, programme managers and external implementation partners.
• Ensure architecture decisions support business continuity, scalability, security and regulatory requirements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and modernise existing ERP and digital landscapes.

Key Requirements

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture, Digital Architecture or ERP Architecture.
• Strong background in complex ERP transformations within pharmaceutical or process manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience supporting business carve-outs, divestitures or enterprise separation programmes.
• Strong understanding of ERP landscapes, integrations, data flows and application dependencies.
• Experience defining target architectures, transition roadmaps and separation strategies.
• Ability to engage with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and supply chain business processes.
• Experience working across global, complex and regulated environments.

Desirable Experience

• SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA enterprise architecture.
• Pharmaceutical, life sciences, chemicals or process manufacturing.
• TSA (Transition Service Agreement) planning and exit strategies.
• ERP separation, migration and consolidation.
• Cloud, integration and wider digital enterprise architecture.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a strategically important architecture initiative within a complex manufacturing environment, helping shape the future ERP landscape and deliver successful business separation.