Enterprise Architect (m/f/d) Strategic Domains

Shaping and evolving enterprise architecture practices across strategically relevant domains, ensuring alignment with business priorities, IT strategy and long-term transformation goals. Developing capability and location-spanning reference architectures and strategic target architectures that provide orientation for future business and IT decisions. Supporting portfolio and investment decisions with architectural impact assessments, transparency and pragmatic recommendations. Coaching business and IT stakeholders in top-down architecture planning and helping strategic objectives into clear architectural priorities and roadmaps. Contributing to the further development of architecture governance principles, standards and guardrails to enable consistent and value-driven architecture decisions across central and local domains. Moderating architecture discussions and supporting stakeholders find viable solutions that balance business needs, technological options and economic considerations. Building strong partnerships with business functions, IT teams, domain experts and architects across the organization. Advising business and IT teams on best practices while ensuring alignment with defined Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines. What you can look forward to: role with real impact: you will help shape strategic domains and contribute to the future direction of Enterprise Architecture within an international group. A broad variety of exciting topics across business and IT, with the opportunity to work across organizational boundaries. The chance to create transparency, complexity and enable better decisions in a dynamic transformation environment. A collaborative team culture where ownership, curiosity and pragmatic thinking are highly valued. The opportunity to act as a trusted advisor and enabler for business and IT stakeholders.

Several years of experience in enterprise architecture, business architecture, domain architecture, IT strategy or a comparable role in a complex, preferably international organization. Understanding of enterprise architecture methods, target architecture development, architecture governance, and standards. Ability to translate business strategies and domain-specific into requirements clear, pragmatic architectural without getting lost in technical detail. Good understanding of current technological trends, innovations and state-of-the-art solutions, as well as their relevance for business transformation. Experience in facilitating architecture decisions and aligning different stakeholder perspectives across business, IT and architecture. A hands-on, architecture-driven mindset and the motivation to promote architecture concepts from early idea to practical implementation together with business and IT teams. Strong communication, moderation and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural topics clearly and convincingly to different audiences. Fluent German and English skills. Certifications search as TOGAF or equivalent qualifications are an advantage. You enjoy working independently, taking ownership and contributing as a motivated team player who wants to make a visible difference.

Strong salary package – attractive base salary plus bonus and support for private pension plan Modern working time arrangements – time sufficient without time recording, focus on results-oriented work Regular time off – 30 days annual leave plus up to 6 additional days off (company closures on bridge days and between years), special leave for specials, life phase account for paid time off (e.g. sabbatical, earlier retirement) additional benefits – subsidized public transport, discounts in many (online) stores, company medical service with comprehensive assert medical check-ups, sports facilities and employee canteen with freshly prepared meals every day Sustainability and social commitment – as part of the corporate strategy and targeted support for initiatives in the areas of education, family and science through our own foundations