Business Process Architect

"Expect to grow", personally and professionally: At Siegfried, we offer exciting challenges and ample opportunities to showcase your talents. As a trusted and respected partner to the pharmaceutical industry, we uphold the highest standards in safety, quality and sustainability, while fostering a culture that empowers you to thrive. Join a rapidly expanding global company, where diverse perspectives and experiences come together in a collaborative environment. Here, you'll find a workplace that values both collective success and your individual contributions—offering long-term opportunities to grow and make an impact.

Your Role:  

At Siegfried we are currently looking for a Business Process Architect to join our digitalization team in our site based in Zofingen.

Reporting to the Global Head Digitalization your main responsibilities will be:

-Develop, document, and maintain enterprise-level process architecture, linking strategic objectives to operational execution.

-Lead process mapping and modelling (using BPMN, APQC, SCOR or equivalent standards) for manufacturing, quality control, supply chain, sales, R&D and all other supporting functions.

-Ensure process designs are aligned with corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

-Identify and prioritize opportunities for process simplification, automation, and performance enhancement.

-Partner with digital transformation colleagues to embed solutions, using existing or new applications and technologies into development workflows, streaming projects into ones which are quick wins that can be developed with speed and simplicity or others which require longer-term, collaborative transformation projects.

-Establish and maintain process governance frameworks to ensure consistent adoption and accountability.

-Conduct periodic reviews of processes to ensure ongoing alignment with evolving regulations.

-Act as a bridge between operational teams, IT, and senior leadership to translate business needs into executable processes.

-Lead workshops and training sessions to ensure effective knowledge transfer and adoption of new processes.

-Drive cultural adoption of process-oriented thinking across the organization.

Your main tasks will be:

Lead digital transformation initiatives by managing idea pipelines, governance frameworks, project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and the adoption of innovative business solutions.

Your Profile:

Requirements:
 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strategic thinking with the ability to connect high-level business goals to operational processes.

• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and drive organizational change

• Strong in conflict management with a proven ability to lead, coach, and motivate employees, aligning cross functional teams to common goals and deliverables, and celebrating success when they do.

• Strong project management skills, with experience overseeing large-scale technology deployments, managing resources, and ensuring project milestones and KPIs are met.
   

Required Education and Experience

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field. MBA or equivalent business management qualifications are a plus.

• Professional certification such as CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), CBPA (Certified Business Process Architect) or equivalent.  

• 5 years of proven experience in business process transformation, digital transformation, AI, or technology implementation roles.

• Advanced project management skills.

• Business English proficiency; German would be a plus

Your Benefits: 

What do we offer?

• Pension Plan: Our company-sponsored pension plan is attractive and offers flexible contribution options

• Our stock purchase plan is generous and can be tailored to individual needs

• Child Allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% above the cantonal statutory rate

• Reka-Geld: Siegfried AG offers employees a 20% discount

• Staff restaurant / cafeteria: Meals at preferential rates

• You can park at a discounted rate

• Centrally located: Close to the train station with excellent public transportation connections.
   

If you’re excited by the idea of joining our group, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and be part of building something extraordinary!

Founded in 1873 in Zofingen, Switzerland, Siegfried has grown into a global network of 16 sites across three continents. With a team of more than 4,200 highly skilled professionals, we take the innovations of our pharmaceutical customers to industrial scale and manufacture safe drugs for patients worldwide. As a fully integrated CDMO, Siegfried is one of the few organizations today that can carry out the development and manufacturing of APIs and finished dosage forms under one roof. This unique combination of know-how and experience makes us the most trusted partner in the pharmaceutical industry.