Functional Consultant Lead Consultant

Role: Functional Consultant Lead Consultant

Location: Remote

Type: Contract

Position Summary:

• We are seeking a highly experienced ETO Architect to provide architecture leadership for the Manufacturing workstream of the MBD Divestiture program within a global healthcare/life sciences organization.
• The ETO Architect will be responsible for defining and governing the technology architecture required to separate, transition, and establish manufacturing capabilities as part of the divestiture. The role will work across Manufacturing, IT/OT, Infrastructure, Applications, ERP, MES, Quality, Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, Integration, Data, and Site IT teams to ensure manufacturing operations can transition successfully without disruption to business-critical and regulated processes.
• The ideal candidate will have strong experience supporting manufacturing environments within healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device, or other highly regulated industries, along with hands-on architecture experience in large-scale M&A, divestiture, carve-out, TSA exit, or enterprise transformation programs.

Key Responsibilities:

Manufacturing Architecture

• Own and drive the overall technology architecture for the Manufacturing workstream within the MBD Divestiture program.
• Assess the current-state manufacturing technology landscape and define target-state and transitional architectures required for separation.
• Develop architecture covering manufacturing applications, infrastructure, integrations, data, security, network connectivity, and IT/OT dependencies.
• Identify systems and technologies that must be retained, separated, migrated, replicated, replaced, or decommissioned as part of the divestiture.
• Ensure architecture decisions support manufacturing continuity, scalability, security, compliance, and operational readiness.
• Provide architecture guidance across multiple manufacturing sites and technology platforms.

Divestiture & Carve-Out

• Translate divestiture requirements into executable technology architecture and separation strategies.
• Identify architecture dependencies associated with Day 1 readiness, TSA services, TSA exit, cutover, and future-state operations.
• Support application and infrastructure disposition decisions, including migrate, clone, replace, retire, and retain strategies.
• Identify shared services, applications, integrations, infrastructure, and data dependencies between the divested organization and the parent company.
• Define interim architectures where systems or services must continue operating under TSA arrangements.
• Partner with program and workstream leadership to manage architecture risks, assumptions, dependencies, and technical decisions.
• Support cutover planning and ensure manufacturing architecture is ready for key separation milestones.

Manufacturing Systems & IT/OT

• Provide architectural oversight for manufacturing technology environments, including systems such as:
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• ERP and manufacturing modules
• Laboratory and Quality systems
• SCADA / industrial systems
• Historian platforms
• Equipment and shop-floor integrations
• Warehouse and inventory systems
• Serialization and labeling platforms
• Manufacturing data and reporting platforms
• Understand dependencies between IT and OT environments, including plant networks, servers, manufacturing equipment, interfaces, security zones, and connectivity.
• Work closely with plant/site IT and manufacturing engineering teams to minimize operational disruption during transition activities.

Application, Integration & Data Architecture

• Review application inventories and identify critical manufacturing application dependencies.
• Define integration architecture across ERP, MES, Quality, Supply Chain, Warehouse, Laboratory, and other manufacturing platforms.
• Assess interfaces with enterprise and external systems and determine appropriate separation or migration strategies.
• Define data migration, replication, archival, retention, and separation requirements.
• Ensure appropriate handling of manufacturing master data, transactional data, quality records, batch information, and regulated records.
• Support interface remediation and integration testing associated with application separation.

Infrastructure & Security Architecture

• Collaborate with infrastructure teams on architecture for:
• Networks and connectivity
• Servers and virtualization
• Cloud platforms
• Storage and backup
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• End-user computing
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
• Define connectivity requirements between manufacturing sites and enterprise platforms during and after separation.
• Partner with Cybersecurity teams to ensure appropriate segmentation, access controls, security standards, and risk remediation.
• Ensure manufacturing environments remain secure and operational throughout the divestiture transition.

Healthcare / Life Sciences Compliance

• Ensure architecture decisions consider requirements associated with regulated healthcare and life sciences manufacturing environments.
• Work with Quality, Compliance, Validation, and Cybersecurity teams to ensure solutions meet applicable regulatory and organizational requirements.
• Understand considerations related to GxP/GMP, Computer System Validation (CSV), data integrity, audit trails, electronic records, and controlled manufacturing environments.
• Ensure technology changes are implemented through appropriate change-control and validation processes where required.
• Assess the regulatory and operational impact of architecture changes before implementation.

Architecture Governance & Documentation

• Develop and maintain architecture deliverables including:
• Current-state architecture
• Target-state architecture
• Transitional architecture
• Application and infrastructure dependency maps
• Integration diagrams
• Data-flow diagrams
• Technology disposition recommendations
• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• Separation and transition architecture
• Lead architecture reviews and obtain alignment from technical and business stakeholders.
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, manufacturing requirements, architecture decisions, and implementation plans.
• Identify technical risks early and drive appropriate mitigation strategies.

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of overall IT experience, with significant experience in Enterprise/Solution/Technology Architecture.
• 5+ years of strong architecture experience supporting Manufacturing technology environments.
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience working on M&A, divestiture, carve-out, business separation, TSA exit, or large-scale transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing applications, infrastructure, integrations, data, and IT/OT environments.
• Experience defining current-state, transitional, and target-state architectures.
• Experience working with ERP, MES, manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Warehouse, and related enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of application and infrastructure dependencies within manufacturing environments.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns, APIs, middleware, interfaces, and data flows.
• Good understanding of networking, cloud, infrastructure, IAM, cybersecurity, and business continuity.
• Strong architecture governance and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work across multiple workstreams, sites, vendors, and geographically distributed teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex architecture topics to both technical and business stakeholders.

Industry Experience

Healthcare / Life Sciences experience is strongly preferred, particularly within:

• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Medical devices
• Diagnostics
• Biotechnology
• Laboratory products
• Regulated healthcare manufacturing
• Candidates should have a strong understanding of the operational and regulatory considerations associated with technology changes in regulated manufacturing environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience as an Enterprise Architect, Technology Architect, Solution Architect, or Manufacturing Architect on a major divestiture or M&A program.
• Experience supporting Day 1, TSA, TSA exit, cutover, and post-separation stabilization.
• Experience with SAP or other enterprise ERP platforms in manufacturing environments.
• Experience with MES and shop-floor/manufacturing system integrations.
• Understanding of ISA-95 architecture and IT/OT integration principles.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Knowledge of GxP, GMP, CSV/CSA, data integrity, and regulated system lifecycle requirements.
• Experience supporting global manufacturing sites and large-scale transformation programs.

Key Skills

Must Have:

• Enterprise / Solution Architecture
• Manufacturing Technology Architecture
• Manufacturing IT/OT
• M&A / Divestiture / Carve-Out
• Application Separation & Migration
• ERP / MES Architecture
• Integration Architecture
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Data & System Dependency Mapping
• TSA / TSA Exit Planning
• Cutover & Transition Architecture
• Architecture Governance
• Healthcare / Life Sciences or Regulated Manufacturing

Good to Have:

• SAP
• MES / Manufacturing Systems
• ISA-95
• GxP / GMP
• CSV / CSA
• Cloud Architecture
• Cybersecurity / Network Segmentation
• Data Migration
• Quality & Laboratory Systems