Professional Enterprise Architect

For our client, a pharmaceutical company in Basel, Switzerland, we are looking for a motivated and ambitious:

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

BACKGROUND:
Please note - this is not a project, but a support role.
The IT Architecture team need a competent Enterprise Architect to help support on various activities and task.
The architecture team is responsible for all aspects of Enterprise Architecture, from ensuring IT Strategy is aligned with Business Strategy and Objectives, Roadmaps, architecture governance to innovation management.

TASKS:

- Business Objects Assessment & Review & Engagement - Business Objects have been defined as part of our Information Architecture. These objects need to be reviewed for, consolidated and updated to reflect to ensure consistency, completeness, correctness, relevance and address any identified gaps. Additional attributes and classifications need to be defined for relevant objects. This needs to be communicated and aligned with various stakeholders including quality, security and legal.
- Business Function Review/Update - Business functions have been drafted for our Capabilities and incorporated into the overall target architecture. These need to be reviewed, consolidated and updated to reflect to ensure consistency, completeness, correctness, relevance and address any identified gaps. This needs to be driven with appropriate solution architects.
- Drive Solution Life cycle planning and update with key Solution Owners.
- Site's Capability Map update - Work with the various Capability Map owners (eg affiliates like France) to review their Business Support Maps for completeness and accuracy
- GREAT Indicators - update and align various indicators and KPIs within our Enterprise Architecture Management tool with processes. Ensure and manage implementation with our developer.

REQUIREMENTS:

- At least 3 years' experience as an enterprise architect
- Strong experience in IT strategy and architecture management (incl. framework TOGAF)
- Good business management knowledge
- Strong consulting, negotiation and influencing skills
- Strong communication skills
- Advanced English reading, writing, speaking and listening skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Good MS Office knowledge (MS Excel, MS Access, MS Powerpoint)
- Pharmaceutical indutsry experience
- German language knowledge is a plus

LATEST START DATE: 1ST APRIL 2016
DURATION: 3 MONTHS (WITH OPTIONAL EXTENSION)
LOCATION: BASEL

Are you interested to work in this challenging position? Kitti Dobos, Talent Resourcer, is looking forward to receiving your complete profile. Please send an e-mail (see below)