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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Enterprise Architect (Director) Business Platforms - **Company:** Amer Sports - **Location:** Garching bei München, Germany (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Architectural Patterns, Information Systems, Customer Data Management, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Payment Systems, Salesforce.Com, Shopify, SAP Customer Experience, Archimate, Togaf, Information Technology, Api Design - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c590f08f15cba906 ## About the Role This role is based at our office in Garching (Munich). We are open to fully remote candidates who are eligible to work in the EU. This role involves travel of 20-40% of working time., * 10+ years of experience in enterprise and solution architecture, with a strong focus on commerce platforms, digital channels, or omni-channel technology landscapes. * Demonstrated experience in multi-brand or multi-entity environments, balancing platform standardization with brand-specific requirements. * Proven delivery of commerce platform architecture in cross-functional settings - references evidencing effective cross-functional collaboration will be requested. Technical Expertise * Deep knowledge of commerce architecture across D2C, B2B, and omni-channel models, including experience with composable, headless as well as headed commerce architectures, and API-first, event-driven, and decoupled platform design. * Strong understanding of customer data, identity, and CDP architectures, with practical architecture experience across commerce platforms (e.g., Shopify, commercetools, Salesforce Commerce, SAP CX), OMS (Fluent Commerce, Sterling), payment platforms, loyalty systems, and point of sales. * Working knowledge of EA management and modeling tools (e.g., LeanIX, ArchiMate) and established architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or equivalent. Education * Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Informatics, or equivalent. Languages * Fluent English (written and spoken) is mandatory., * Familiarity with agentic and AI-driven commerce patterns. * Experience with architecture continuity across large-scale platform programs. * Background in consulting or a platform vendor environment. * EA framework certifications (TOGAF, ArchiMate) or architecture certifications in relevant platforms (e.g., Salesforce, commercetools, SAP CX). * German or additional European languages. ## Description Architecture Strategy & Target State * Define and own the north star architecture for Amer Sports' commerce landscape, establishing the long-term target state across D2C (Retail and eCom), B2B, and emerging commerce models that guides platform investment and brand-level execution. * Bridge business ambition and architecture decisions - translating commercial priorities into platform direction across the full omni-channel capability stack, and making explicit the technology trade-offs that shape strategic decisions around channel allocation, inventory positioning, and omni-channel experience. Platform Governance & Composability * Lead architecture governance for commerce platforms - owning standards, integration patterns, and design principles that ensure scalability, resilience, and adaptability across a multi-brand, multi-channel environment. * Drive platform consolidation and composability across brands by identifying redundancy, defining shared commerce capabilities, and establishing reusable building blocks that balance brand autonomy with group-level efficiency. Scalability & Resilience * Champion decoupling, scalability, and resilience across the commerce stack - ensuring customer-facing experiences remain fast and robust under growing and spiky load, by governing architectural patterns that isolate failure, scale independently, and sustain performance across brands and channels. Emerging Commerce & Innovation * Shape the architecture response to emerging commerce models - including agentic commerce, B2B2C, and marketplace ecosystems, ensuring Amer Sports' platform landscape stays ahead of commercial evolution. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Alignment * Act as the primary architecture partner to Business Platforms - aligning platform design, application ownership, and architectural direction with the Business Platforms organization as the owner of the commerce application landscape. * Collaborate with brand IT organizations across the portfolio - ensuring brand-specific commerce requirements are represented in architecture decisions and that group-level standards are carried into brand contexts across Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson, and beyond. * Partner with Commercial leadership - ensuring the commerce platform architecture supports the customer-facing ambitions of the business, including personalization, loyalty, and omni-channel experience priorities. You will report to the Head of Tech Strategy & Enterprise Architecture., * You operate at the intersection of Business Platforms, brand IT organizations, and Group Tech Strategy & EA - exercising architectural authority through collaboration, alignment, and influence rather than hierarchy. * You build trust naturally, communicate with clarity across all levels - from platform teams to executive stakeholders - and take ownership of outcomes. * You're curious, pragmatic, and motivated to create real business impact across a global, multi-brand environment. ## Related Videos - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Markdown, Liquid and Checkouts](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1814-wearedevelopers-live-markdown-liquid-and-checkouts) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [Teini - an extremely small webshop leveraging awesome and free tech](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/286-teini-an-extremely-small-webshop-leveraging-awesome-and-free-tech) - [Beyond Hiring: Building a Sustainable Talent Acquisition Engine at Deutsche Bahn](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1856-beyond-hiring-building-a-sustainable-talent-acquisition-engine-at-deutsche-bahn) - [Beyond Webhooks: The Future of Scalable API Event Delivery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100312-beyond-webhooks-the-future-of-scalable-api-event-delivery) ## Related Articles - [Finding Jobs in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/375-finding-jobs-in-germany) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [Where to Find German Tech Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/366-where-to-find-german-tech-jobs) - [Best Companies to Work For in Germany: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/33-best-companies-to-work-for-in-germany-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Best Companies to Work For in Berlin: Top 14 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/188-best-companies-to-work-for-in-berlin-top-14-companies-in-2023) - [Jobs in Germany for Americans](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/423-jobs-in-germany-for-americans)