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At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The Position
The Senior Solution Architect designs business-driven, standards-based, and future-ready solutions within the ERP Plan to Deliver Products (P2DP) Intercompany Supply Chain (ICSC) domain. In this role, you will define technical strategy and drive end-to-end technical delivery across core ERP capabilities. Serving as the System Architect for Agile Release Trains (ARTs), you will design solutions aligned with product requirements, business priorities, and enterprise standards while managing non-functional requirements (NFRs) and fitness functions. You will lead cross-functional teams to solve complex problems, evaluate emerging technologies, manage technical debt, and provide expert guidance to live operational sites.
Job Responsibilities
Description of the area
Architectural Governance
: Define the ART Architectural Runway and serve as the technical lead for agile teams. Establish architectural guardrails, ensure solution design assurance, and lead architecture reviews through designated governance bodies. Enforce strict adherence to enterprise core principles, business alignment, and compliance standards while mitigating architectural risks and technical debt.
Delivery Support
: Act as System Architect for core RDT-ERP ARTs. Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery for deployment readiness while minimizing workarounds and transition friction. Own and implement system enablers to achieve strategic business goals. Serve as the primary escalation point for live site incidents, maintaining SLA compliance and audit readiness for systems and documentation.
Stakeholder Engagemen
t: Articulate complex architectural concepts and trade-offs clearly across cross-functional teams and ARTs. Collaborate closely with agile teams to support feature grooming, solution delivery, and alignment between business and technical stakeholders.
Impact &amp; Strategy
: Drive the technology roadmap within the ERP ICSC domain. Support release management and system upgrades to minimize post-go-live operational disruption. Identify innovation opportunities, lead Proofs of Concept (POCs) for emerging technologies, and drive continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Education / Experience
Proven track record of maintaining the vision, roadmap, and current-state landscape for ERP solutions while evaluating initiative impacts on capabilities, risks, and overall architecture.
Hands-on experience leading SAP implementations with a focus on Intercompany Supply Chain, including Sales &amp; Distribution (SD), Intercompany STOs, Transportation Management (TM), Global Trade Services (GTS), and Finance integration.
Cross-functional knowledge of Quality Management (QM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Manufacturing (PP), and Materials Management (MM) is beneficial.
Solid understanding and practical experience applying Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles and methodology within an enterprise environment.
Technical Skills
S/4HANA ICSC: Deep expertise in SAP SD, MM, TM, and connected areas. Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA and regulated environments (Pharma/GxP) is highly preferred.
SAP BTP &amp; Emerging Tech: Knowledge of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) extension capabilities to support a Clean Core strategy
Valuable skills: Architecture Governance &amp; Data Modeling: Demonstrated ability to design conceptual and logical data models, integration patterns, NFR frameworks, and reference architectures across complex supply chain ecosystems.
Additional Qualifications
Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics for diverse audiences and drive alignment.
Self-driven, pragmatic, and hands-on problem solver who actively collaborates with and guides delivery teams.
Proactive mindset focused on value creation, continuous solution optimization, and proactive technical debt management.
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Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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