Principal Enterprise Architect

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Portugal
Not specified (potentially hybrid or flexible, based on industry standards)
Extensive enterprise architecture experience
Sap erp landscape exposure
Architecture governance forum leadership
Ferring Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to help shape its enterprise architecture while aligning technology with business goals. The role focuses on guiding architecture initiatives, governance, and ensuring coherence across global IT, especially following a significant SAP rollout

Job Summary

  • The role involves guiding the evolution of Ferring's enterprise-wide architecture by aligning business capabilities with global technology platforms.
  • Candidates must lead architecture governance forums to ensure lean, early-risk-focused decision-making while escalating issues when necessary.
  • Ferring offers an inclusive support package called 'Building Families at Ferring' that provides equal parental leave and family building support globally.

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to help shape its enterprise architecture while aligning technology with business goals. The role focuses on guiding architecture initiatives, governance, and ensuring coherence across global IT, especially following a significant SAP rollout.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Extensive enterprise architecture experience
  • SAP ERP landscape exposure
  • Architecture governance forum leadership
  • Influence without formal authority
  • Lean pragmatic architecture approach

Nice-to-have

  • Architecture certifications beneficial
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills
  • Bias for simplicity in design
  • Community of Practice building
  • Global IT domain collaboration

Key Requirements

  • Degree in IT/Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent
  • Proven track record in platform transformation programs
  • Experience running architecture governance forums

Work Rights

Not specified

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