COMPANY DESCRIPTION We are a global specialty and branded pharmaceutical company, improving the health of patients across the world through our high quality and affordable medicines. Active at every stage of the value chain, we are uniquely diversi?ed by geography, product and manufacturing capability. Aspen is a dynamic organisation built on entrepreneurial strength and forward-thinking minds. We attract high performing individuals who are passionate about their career and have a desire to exceed expectations. At Aspen, not only do we source for the best talent but we also provide a host of opportunities for continuous development. The Group’s key business segments are Manufacturing and Commercial Pharmaceuticals comprising Regional Brands and Sterile Focus Brands. We have approximately 9,100 employees at 69 established offices in over 50 countries and we improve the health of patients in more than 150 countries through our high quality, affordable medicines. JOB PURPOSE Tactical role in the Digital Technology organisation and is accountable for aligning Aspen's integrated technology strategy with its business mission, strategy, and processes and documenting this using architectural solution models. Develops and communicates a multi-dimensional solution architecture to deliver agreed business outcomes. The role plans, implements and controls activities to synthesise system components to create operational systems, products and services that eventually lead to solutions. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS Leads the development of organisational systems integration and build capabilities including automation and continuous integration. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for systems integration and build. Provides resources to ensure systems integration and build can operate effectively and ensures adoption and adherence to policies and standards. Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements. Develops organisational capabilities, processes and procedures for automation and continuous integration of build, packaging, testing, security and deployment. Build and utilise a continuous integration (CI) capability when required employing version control of source code and related artefacts. Ensure security and privacy requirements are an essential part of systems integration and build. Test, validate and sign off of integration to satisfy requirements, architectures and design. Monitor and control integration activities and record and report on the results of integration. Keep stakeholders informed and provide feedback into risk management processes. Develop and test disaster recovery plans and apply incident management processes for major systems integrations. Establish policies, principles and practices for the selection of solution architecture components. Manage trade-offs and balance functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation. Communicate proposed decisions to stakeholders. Coordinate and manage the target architecture across multiple projects or initiatives. Maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design and adherence to appropriate standards across multiple projects or initiatives. Define the planned operation and maintenance of the solution within a production environment — include changes to services, process, organisation, and operating models as well as technology. Ensure that existing and planned solution components are compatible with relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices. Consider requirements for security, privacy and testing of solutions. Identify appropriate cloud services. Develop roadmaps to migrate components to cloud services. Develop and communicate an implementation roadmap. Provide guidance and risk-based governance to support solution implementation including managing requests for changes and deviations from specifications. JOB REQUIREMENTS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS&EXPERIENCE: EDUCATION: Matric / Grade 12 B.Com / BSc Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience CERTIFICATIONS/REGISTRATIONS: Current industry certification in architecture (i.e., TOGAF, Zachman, DevOps, CI/CD etc.) OVERALL EXPERIENCE: 10+ years’ experience of managing relationships with internal business customers. SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND REGISTRATIONS: Proven experience of managing Enterprise Architecture domains (Application, Business, Data, other) for a multinational entity. Proven knowledge in one or more Enterprise platforms, e.g. ERP, integrated ITSM, Regulatory, Cloud Development, etc. WORK-SPECIFIC SKILLS&EXPOSURE: 10+ years’ experience leading teams, internal and 3rd parties in a multivendor approach. SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES: Innovation Visioning Strategic planning Global thinking Entrepreneurial thinking Teamwork Initiative Results oriented Systems thinking Focused Problem-solving and good judgment Responsibility and accountability Cooperation Proactive Resilience Active listening skills Presentation skills Meeting facilitation Organisational awareness Influence skills Pragmatic Empathy KNOWLEDGE: Technical / professional knowledge Industry knowledge ASPEN COMPETENCIES: Business: Accountability/ Ownership People: Communicate Effectively Self: Take Action with Integrity Aspen is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups through a fair recruitment and selection process in line with Aspen’s Transformation Agenda. Internal Applicants must inform their direct line managers of their application. Applications must be completed using an Aspen email address. 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