Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect plays a critical role in shaping the company's long-term architectural direction, ensuring our systems remain scalable, resilient, cost-efficient, and AI-enabled. This role sits at the intersection of business, data, and technology, translating complex business needs into pragmatic, future-proof architectures that support EcoVadis' growth and innovation agenda., Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Direction

• Translate business and product strategy into enterprise-level architectural direction and roadmaps
• Define and maintain the target architecture across business, application, data, and technology layers
• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture metamodel and maintain the EA repository
• Assess and document as-is architectures, identify gaps, overlaps, and structural risks, and drive simplification
• Lead strategic architecture initiatives such as application rationalization and modernization
• Manage strategic technology risks across the organization

Governance & Decision Support

• Define and steward architecture principles, standards, and guardrails
• Review and challenge major architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with long-term goals
• Support executive decision-making with clear trade-offs and options, not just diagrams
• Govern the adoption of new tools and platforms across the organization as well as decommissioning efforts
• Continuously improve architecture governance practices to remain lightweight and effective

Collaboration & Enablement

• Act as a trusted advisor and liaison between business, product, engineering, data, and security stakeholders
• Partner with Solution Architects and Tech Leads to align local designs with enterprise direction
• Work with IT and Security teams to ensure architectures align with security strategies and policies
• Participate in agile, cross-functional teams, providing architectural guidance for specific business domains
• Translate business, product, and technical requirements into architecture specifications for selected enterprise initiatives

Data, AI & Emerging Technologies

• Collaborate on data architecture, analytics, and data governance models (e.g. data mesh, federated ownership)
• Guide the responsible adoption of AI/ML and agent-based capabilities across the enterprise
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends with a business-value lens, avoiding hype-driven decisions

Operational Excellence

• Contribute to the improvement of IT service management tools and processes
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve the Enterprise Architecture practice

This scope of responsibilities may evolve based on company priorities., Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

• 8+ years in architecture roles, including 5+ years in Enterprise Architecture
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture disciplines; practical experience with frameworks such as TOGAF (used pragmatically)
• Extensive experience with systems integration, including SaaS platforms and modern integration patterns
• Experience working in hybrid legacy + modern environments
• Strong understanding of data consistency, quality, and accessibility
• Proven experience working in agile environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and influence skills, including engagement with senior and C-level leaders
• Ability to operate comfortably across multiple levels of abstraction, from strategy to hands-on initiatives
• Strong business acumen and ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills
• Fluency in English

Personal Attributes

• High level of proactivity and autonomy
• Strong planning, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Pragmatic mindset with a focus on evolution over big-bang transformations
• Comfortable challenging assumptions while remaining collaborative

In return for your expertise, we offer:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to professional mental health support
• Referral bonus policy
• Learning and development
• Sustainability events and community involvement
• Peer recognition program
• Employee-led resource groups
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card)
• Dental Benefits
• Life & Accident Insurance + Private Health Insurance
• Paid employee volunteer day
• Paid moving day (1/year)
• Time off: 1 Community Service Day + 1 Personal Day
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week)
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet

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