ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead

Ipsen Pharma$145K — $210K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Information Systems.
  • 10+ years of experience in ERP transformation or enterprise architecture.
  • 7+ years leading ERP programs in multi-system environments.
  • Hands-on experience with ERP implementations or migrations.
  • Experience managing global teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and own the ERP strategy for global Aesthetics markets.
  • Lead the delivery and oversee execution of the ERP program.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable ERP solutions.
  • Own integration design and delivery across various external systems.
  • Manage vendor relationships and oversee performance metrics.
  • Drive standardization of integration processes and data flows.
  • Coordinate cross-functional collaboration across multiple business areas.

Benefits

  • 401(k) with company contributions.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Parental leave and paid time off.
  • Flexible spending accounts and commuter benefits.
Full Job Description
Title:
ERP Integration & Enterprise Architecture Lead

Company:
Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

Job Description:

Summary

Be a senior technology and transformation leader responsible for shaping, governing, and delivering the integration of Ipsen's ERP environment across global Aesthetics markets. This role serves as the enterprise owner for ERP strategy, ensuring seamless, scalable connectivity across commercial, financial, supply chain, regulatory, and analytics platforms.

As part of the global Aesthetics transformation, this leadership role leads architecture definition, cross-functional alignment, technology delivery, and vendor governance for the ERP landscape. This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring that Ipsen's ERP ecosystem enables long-term growth, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and innovation in the aesthetics business.

Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies

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


Program Delivery & Execution oversight
  • Lead the 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 workstreams.
  • 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 (e.g., Stripe, Salesforce, Databricks).
  • Ensure the ERP roadmap is aligned with business priorities and transformation timelines.


External Partners & Vendor Leadership
  • 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.


Own External System Integrations
  • 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.


Drive execution and lifecycle management
  • Own the ERP integration workplan, milestones, and critical-path dependencies.
  • Identify, escalate, and resolve integration risks, defects, and cutover issues across workstreams.
  • 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.


Coordinate cross-functional execution
  • 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.


Technical Competencies
  • Deep expertise with large-scale ERP implementations and/or data migrations, including SAP S/4HANA
  • Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA modules across OTC, P2P, R2R, supply chain, and commercial operations.
  • Experience with integrations to CRM (Salesforce), payment systems (e.g., Stripe), data platforms (e.g., Databricks), and logistics partners (3PLs).
  • Understanding of ERP integration methods (APIs, IDocs, BAPIs, middleware, event streaming).
  • Strong systems thinking across finance, supply chain, and compliance domains
  • Strong knowledge of data governance, master data, and data quality frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, middleware, and APIs
  • Ability to manage complex dependencies and parallel workstreams
  • Clear communication across technical and business stakeholders


Knowledge & Experience

(essential):
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
  • Overall 10+ years of experience in ERP transformation, enterprise architecture, or large-scale system integration
  • 7+ years of leading ERP programs, implementation, and integrations in a multi-system, multi-market environment.
  • Hands-on experience with ERP implementations or migrations
  • Experience managing global teams and offshore/nearshore partners.
  • Experience integrating external partners (e.g., 3PLs, distributors, payment platforms)


(preferred):
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field
  • Experience in consumer goods, beauty, medical aesthetics, life sciences, or regulated supply chain environments preferred.
  • Proven track record of leading complex ERP integrations, migrations, or digital transformation programs.
  • Exposure to regulated or highly controlled data environments preferred


The annual base salary range for this position is $145,000 - $210,000.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentives program.
At Ipsen we are proud to offer a comprehensive employee benefits package, including 401(k) with company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, as well as flexible spending accounts. Ipsen also provides parental leave, paid time off, a discretionary winter shutdown, well-being allowance, commuter benefits, and much more.
The pay range displayed above is the range of base pay compensation within which Ipsen expects to pay for this role at the time of this posting. Individual compensation within this range depends on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, prior education and experience, job-related knowledge and demonstrated skills.

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