Lead Integration & Architecture

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Integration & Architecture for a Greenfield manufacturing facility project, who will be the site team liaison to between IT and business cross functional teams to ensure the quality delivery of 40+ digital capabilities for new site from architecture and integration execution & delivery perspective. This is a dual role to manage the overall architecture work stream and oversee the end-to-end integration work stream.

• Collaborate with matrix of cross functional architects, technical product owners and business process owners to develop/document end to end architecture artifacts.
• Develop various architecture artifacts to develop the evolution of the end end architecture. Deliver architecture artifacts by key business milestones.
• Lead and manage the Integration & Architecture work stream. Develop deliverable backlog, project plan, maintain decision logs, identify/document risks for Integration & Architecture .
• Architect and design alternative options to mitigate timeline and other risk, for interim solutions, and influence key IT leaders and business partners.
• Manage the work of other architects (solution architect, technical architect and product architects).
• Periodically report progress and help PMs and PMOs to build integrated project plans
• Drive architectural decisions that support reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Key E2E Architecture Artifacts includes
• Business capabilities and business mapping
• E2e data flow and technical flow (simplified & detailed), including cybersecurity and infrastructure perspectives.
• Ecosystem and landscape diagrams to support various parallel testing cycles.
• Organize all project architecture artifacts in single easy to access location.
• Lead integration execution across work streams, ensure teams are prepared for the execution phase. Develop checklist to ensure work streams are ready integration phase.
• Ensure integration solutions comply with client security, governance, and quality standards.
• Ensure integration architecture remains consistent throughout the project lifecycle, and complies with EA standards and reference archeicture.
• Contribute towards developing/shaping/optimizing reference architecture.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise integration architecture or related roles.
• Experience working in manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain environments.
• Experience with GxP and SDLC and regulated pharmaceuticals industry
• Familiarity with ISA‑95 architecture models or IT/OT integration frameworks.
• Broad experience in some of these major systems related to manufacturing IT/OT systems: SCADA, PLC, Delta
  
  V, PAT‑SynTQ, Alarm Management System, Aveva PI, PAS‑X, LIMS, QMS, S/4
  
  HANA, AI/ML/GenAI, Visual Factory, Digital Twin, Control Tower and other custom developed products.
• Familiarity with some the key concepts in IT/OT infrastructure including, cloud and Cybersecurity products.
• Familiarity with some the key integration concepts like Event Driven, Broker, iDOC, APIs, MQTT, Kafka, SAP BTP, Highbyte, HiveMQ, Web methods.
• MES concepts and manufacturing ecosystem integrations
• Enterprise and shop‑floor systems such as SCADA, historians, QMS/LIMS
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a customer‑facing, onsite environment.
• Ability to develop complex and drill down diagrams in draw.io (confluence).
• Ability simplify the complex problems to communicate to senior leaders.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence decisions across business and technical groups.
• Organized, detail‑oriented, and effective in complex environments.
• Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Enterprise architecture methodology knowledge (TOGAF or similar), and familiarity with tools like LeanIX and SAxpress is a plus.

• High‑visibility role at a strategic client site.
• Opportunity to lead major integration initiatives in a modern manufacturing setting.
• Play a key role shaping integration architecture across SAP, MES, and critical plant systems.
• Work in a leadership-focused role with significant client interaction and architectural influence.