IT Strategic Enterprise Architect

Salary: £49,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• We bring strong Enterprise Architecture experience within a complex, federated IT environment.
• We understand application landscapes, integration patterns, digital platforms and capability-based planning.
• We can translate strategy into practical, visual and executable roadmaps that senior leaders can understand and act on.
• We are confident facilitators and trusted advisors, able to influence architecture teams, IT leaders and business stakeholders without relying on direct authority.
• We bring strategic thinking, structure, pragmatism and a clear focus on outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• We will bring together domain and solution architecture plans into one coherent enterprise view.
• We will identify duplication, fragmentation and capability gaps across the application landscape, turning complexity into clear, fact-based recommendations.
• We will shape multi-year transformation roadmaps that balance ambition, business value, risk, dependencies and delivery capacity.
• We will coach and align a federated community of architects, creating shared principles, stronger collaboration and more consistent enterprise thinking.
• We will champion experience-led architecture, helping create a more seamless, intuitive and connected employee experience across the value chain.
• We will own and develop the enterprise application and capability blueprint, creating a clear view of where we are today, where we need to be, and how we get there.
• We will help leaders make informed decisions on where to build, buy, modernise, simplify or retire technology, ensuring every decision supports long-term value, integration and business impact.

Technologies:

• Architect
• Support
• SAS

More:

We are Ipsen, a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company focused on transformative medicines in Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. With nearly 100 years of development experience and global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K., we work across more than 40 countries to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We foster a workplace built on human-centric leadership, collaboration, excellence and impact, and we encourage every individual to grow and thrive alongside our success. This is a highly visible role reporting to the Head of CDIO Office or Chief Architect, with the opportunity to influence how our application and capability landscape evolves over time. The position is based in Paris or London and is full time. We are committed to inclusion and equal opportunity, and we support candidates who need accommodations during the application process.

last updated 35 week of 2026