ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead

ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead

Company:
Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

Ipsen is 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, Ipsen tackles high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Over 40 countries, Ipsen empowers employees to grow and thrive in a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact.

Be a senior technology and transformation leader responsible for shaping, governing and delivering the integration of Ipsen’s ERP environment across global Aesthetics markets. As enterprise owner for ERP strategy, ensure seamless, scalable connectivity across commercial, financial, supply chain, regulatory and analytics platforms. Lead architecture definition, cross‑functional alignment, technology delivery and vendor governance for the ERP landscape, enabling long‑term growth, operational excellence, regulatory compliance and innovation.

• Establish and own end‑to‑end ERP strategy for Aesthetics, fully aligned with Ipsen’s global enterprise ERP roadmap.
• Define and govern integration architecture, data flows, security standards and process connectivity across the business ecosystem.
• Serve as key advisor to executive leadership on ERP long‑term direction leading to a multi‑year roadmap.

• Lead delivery of the ERP program with accountability for plans, budgets, resources, risks and milestones.
• Oversee all technical design, build, testing and deployment activities across multiple parallel work streams.
• Translate business requirements into scalable ERP solutions, including order booking, provider loyalty operations, demand and sales forecasting and commercial planning.
• Own end‑to‑end design and delivery of ERP integrations across upstream and downstream systems such as Stripe, Salesforce and Databricks.

• Manage senior‑level relationships with ERP system integrators, 3PLs, distributors and strategic technology partners.
• Oversee vendor performance, contract adherence, architectural output and quality of technical deliverables.
• Build a high‑performing ecosystem of external partners aligned to Ipsen’s transformation goals.

• Oversee integration with 3PLs, distributors and external partners ensuring accurate and timely data flows for order tracking, fulfillment and logistics.
• Ensure robust, real‑time data flows across order‑to‑cash, procure‑to‑pay and record‑to‑report processes, including transition from bulk‑level to SKU‑level tracking.
• Drive standardization of interfaces, APIs, messaging formats and data models to simplify integration and future scalability.

• Own the ERP integration workplan, milestones and critical‑path dependencies.
• Identify, elevate and resolve integration risks, defects and cutover issues across work streams.
• Lead and coordinate testing cycles, including System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Support cutover planning, data migration validation, hyper‑care readiness and post‑go‑live stabilization.

• Act as the primary integrator across IT, finance, supply chain, regulatory, operations and commercial system owners.
• Work closely with external system integrators, ERP vendors, technical architects and solution partners to ensure aligned delivery.
• Ensure consistent communication, dependency mapping and issue tracking across teams and vendors.
• Facilitate alignment sessions, decision‑making forums and readiness checkpoints across all stakeholder groups.

• Deep expertise with large‑scale ERP implementations and/or data migrations, including SAP S/4
  
  HANA.
• Deep knowledge of SAP S/4
  
  HANA modules across OTC, P2P, R2R, supply chain and commercial operations.
• Experience with integrations to Salesforce, Stripe, Databricks and logistics partners such as 3PLs.
• Understanding of ERP integration methods (APIs, IDocs, BAPIs, middleware, event streaming).
• Strong systems thinking across finance, supply…