Senior Manager, Business Information Architect

Alcon•Fort Worth, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The role defines strategic direction, governance, and the operating model for structuring and governing information across global, regulated processes, supporting digital process excellence, compliance, and enterprise interoperability. The position leads or influences architecture-related roles and works with Global Process Owners, Enterprise Architecture, senior IT and business leaders, and other strategic IT partners. It provides oversight for transformational initiatives and platform changes affecting enterprise information, and helps establish standards, patterns, and a community of practice. The role is onsite in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, with 0–20% travel. Relocation is authorized.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience; alternatives listed are high school plus 15 years, associate degree plus 11 years, M.S. plus 4 years, or Ph.D. plus 3 years.
Fluent ability to read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
7 years of relevant experience.
5 years of demonstrated leadership.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with TOGAF, ArchiMate, BPMN, Sparx EA, Erwin, Collibra, Alation, LeanIX, or equivalent tools.
Familiarity with modern cloud data and analytics platforms such as Azure, Databricks, or Snowflake, and their integration 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 or data platforms.

Responsibilities

Define enterprise information architecture strategy aligned with Alcon’s global process model, digital thread vision, and regulatory obligations.
Establish and evolve enterprise-wide taxonomies, ontologies, metadata frameworks, and semantic models spanning R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing.
Advise Global Process Owners, Enterprise Architecture, and senior IT and business leadership as an information architecture thought leader.
Shape governance models that balance standardization with business continuity and agility across regions and functions.
Provide architectural oversight for major transformational initiatives and platform evolutions that affect enterprise information.
Partner with strategic IT roles to establish a community of practice for standards and patterns.
Ensure C2M information structures are AI-ready and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) to support analytics and automation use cases.
Set and continually improve architecture direction, standards, and decision frameworks.
Be accountable for long-term information integrity, consistency, findability, compliance readiness, and scalability across C2M processes and platforms.
Lead or influence Principal, Master Data Governance roles and Principal, Data Analysis & Visualization roles.
Support stakeholder engagement, collaboration, knowledge transfer, and capability-building within the C2M operating model.