Senior Manager, Business Information Architect
Alcon
Summary
The Senior Manager, Business Information Architect is a leadership role within GPO Central Support and serves as the enterprise authority for information architecture within Alcon's Global Process Ownership organization. This role defines the strategic direction, governance, and operating model for how information is structured and governed across global, regulated processes—enabling digital process excellence, compliance, and enterprise-level interoperability.
Job description
In this role, a typical day will include:
- Define the enterprise information architecture strategy aligned to Alcon's global process model, digital thread vision, and regulatory obligations
- Establish and evolve enterprise-wide taxonomies and ontologies, metadata frameworks, and semantic models spanning R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing
- Act as a thought leader and advisor to Global Process Owners, Enterprise Architecture, and senior IT and business leadership
- Shape governance models that balance the need for standardization with business continuity and agility across regions and functions
- Provide architectural oversight for major transformational initiatives and platform evolutions impacting enterprise information
- Partner with other strategic IT roles to establish a community of practice for standards and patterns
- Ensure C2M information structures are AI-ready – FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) – to support downstream analytics and automation use cases
Financial and Business Results:
- Enterprise-wide impact across the C2M value stream and enabling technology teams
- Contribution to C2M process standardization, compliance readiness, business continuity, adoption, and value realization
Operational Excellence:
- Sets and continually improves architecture direction, standards, and decision frameworks
- Accountable for long-term information integrity, consistency, findability, compliance readiness, and scalability across C2M processes and platforms
People, Capabilities, and Management:
- Leadership or influence of Principal, Master Data Governance roles and Principal, Data Analysis & Visualization roles
- Effectiveness of stakeholder engagement, collaboration, knowledge transfer, and capability-building within the C2M operating model
Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience:
- Familiarity with TOGAF, ArchiMate, BPMN, Sparx EA, Erwin, Collibra, Alation, LeanIX, or equivalent tools
- Familiarity with modern cloud data and analytics platforms (e.g., Azure, Databricks, Snowflake) and how they integrate with the C2M platform ecosystem
- Familiarity with FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, EU MDR, and GxP expectations
- Experience with PLM, MES, QMS, RIM, ERP, or similar enterprise content/data platforms
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience
- Ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 7 years of relevant experience
- 5 years of demonstrated leadership
- Onsite in Fort Worth, Texas
- Day shift Monday-Friday, 8-5pm CT
- Travel requirements 0-20%
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Flexible Time Off
- PTO
Company overview
Alcon Inc. is the global leader in eye care, dedicated to helping people see brilliantly. Founded in 1945 as a small pharmacy in Fort Worth, Texas, the company has grown into the world's largest eye care device company with complementary businesses in Surgical and Vision Care. As a Swiss-American multinational corporation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with major operations in Fort Worth, Texas, Alcon operates in 60 countries and serves patients in over 140 countries. The company's Surgical segment focuses on ophthalmic products for cataract surgery, vitreoretinal surgery, refractive laser surgery, and glaucoma surgery, including implantables, consumables, and surgical equipment. The Vision Care segment comprises daily disposable, reusable, and color-enhancing contact lenses, along with a comprehensive portfolio of ocular health products for dry eye, contact lens care, and ocular allergies. With over 75 years of heritage, Alcon has a long history of industry firsts and makes substantial annual investments in research and development to meet evolving customer needs and advance patient care. The company became an independent publicly-traded entity in 2019 after spinning off from Novartis.