The Digital Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and delivering scalable digital solutions that support manufacturing, operational technology, data platforms, and enterprise integration initiatives. The role partners closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, enterprise architecture groups, and implementation partners to ensure alignment with global digital strategies, architectural standards, and operational priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Design & Architecture (40%)
- Partner with business stakeholders and IT teams to capture, analyse, and document business and technical requirements for digital solutions.
- Design, review, and govern solution architectures across integration platforms, data ecosystems, operational technology, and manufacturing environments.
- Develop and maintain architecture blueprints, technical standards, solution roadmaps, and design documentation.
- Ensure all proposed solutions align with global GMS ZTD strategy, enterprise architecture principles, and technology standards.
Project Delivery & Execution (30%)
- Lead end to end delivery of digital projects, including planning, design, development oversight, testing, deployment, and release management across manufacturing, OT, data, and analytics domains.
- Coordinate effectively with onsite and offshore delivery teams, external vendors, and implementation partners to ensure timely execution.
- Prepare and maintain project documentation, governance artefacts, status reporting, and executive updates.
Technical Leadership & Support (20%)
- Provide technical guidance to engineering and delivery teams for issue resolution, system optimisation, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure solutions comply with cybersecurity, regulatory, and enterprise best practice requirements.
- Support digital transformation programmes by identifying improvement opportunities and recommending suitable technologies.
Demand Management & Enterprise Architecture Governance (10%)
- Support demand intake processes, project prioritisation, and enterprise architecture governance activities.
- Participate in enterprise architecture review boards (EARB) and architecture governance forums to evaluate and approve solution designs.
Organisational Interfaces
- Collaborate closely with site IT teams including Solution Engineering, Integration, OT, and Data Fabric teams.
- Partner with global business stakeholders, IT partners, and enterprise architecture teams.
- Coordinate with offshore and onsite technical teams, external vendors, and implementation partners.
- Engage with enterprise architecture governance bodies for design reviews and approvals.
- Work alongside manufacturing, supply chain, and analytics teams to support digital initiatives across operational environments.
Requirements
Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
Preferred
- Certification in enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent.
Experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in solution architecture, domain engineering, or technical architecture roles.
- Strong experience in manufacturing technology environments including MES, LES, OT systems, data platforms, and integration solutions.
- Proven background in global cross functional delivery environments.
- Experience in regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals is highly desirable.
- Exposure to GxP compliant environments preferred.
Technical Competencies
Required
- Strong expertise in solution architecture, system integration, and data platform design.
- Solid understanding of manufacturing technologies including MES, LES, and OT systems.
- Hands on knowledge of data integration patterns, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, and cloud platforms.
- Strong documentation, stakeholder communication, and technical presentation skills.
Preferred
- Exposure to analytics platforms and AI/ML enablement initiatives.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture governance and frameworks.
- Understanding of pharmaceutical compliance standards and regulated manufacturing environments.
