Enterprise Architect(m/w/x)

## Job Description **FORMULATE STRATEGY & DEVELOP ARCHITECTURE DIRECTIONS** * Support the formulation of technology strategy in response to spotted disruptive external or internal forces and its operationalization. * Drive IT Landscape Engineering through proactive and deliberate management of the IT landscape beyond investment planning horizons. This involves operationalizing strategy, identifying drivers for change, and defining architecture directions to address these with stakeholders. * Analyze business strategy and business future-state capabilities to identify Strategic Themes to detect gaps and opportunities for improvement in the current IT Landscape in line with the IT Strategy to enable the business achieving targeted outcomes. **GUIDE STRATEGY EXECUTION IN INITIATIVE DELIVERY** * Consult and support in IT Demand Management. Contribute to decentral decision-making and escalate as required. Provide actionable EA deliverables in an agile and time-boxed way. * Align initiatives’ scope with strategy, roadmap, other initiatives and the big picture (Scope Alignment). * Identify the fit of the current-state Landscape to support required future-state capabilities and determine the capability gap (Landscape Fit/Gap). * Identify candidate IT markets, their market state, trends, and vendors therein to address the capability gap (IT Market Screening). * Define future-state target architecture options roughly assessed against the applicable value model (Target Architecture). **IT LANDSCAPE ANALYTICS & IT MARKET INSIGHTS** * Advance our data-driven IT Landscape Analytics approach by generating insights to empower EA processes and drive strategic decisions. * Equip colleagues with IT Market Insights to establish and maintain an overview of IT markets relevant to them. * Foster decentral innovation through our Continuous Innovation & Foresight services, guiding IT to embrace the right emerging technologies at the right point in time. **EVOLVE EA’S VALUE PROPOSITION** * Contribute to position the EA practice as an internal management consultancy, offering services and skills to support the formulation and execution of strategy. * Review and refine EA’s portfolio of services periodically to define an EA capability roadmap to drive improvement of existing and development of new EA services. Ensure services meet the needs of management stakeholders and expectations. * Review and improve integration of EA into the IT organization and processes to drive effectiveness and impact of EA work. ## Qualifications University Degree in Business Information Systems, Informatics, or Business Administration Working Experience in IT, favourably in EA or cross-functional role(s) Fluent in English, German is a plus Experience in Enterprise Architecture or IT Architecture, working on Business, Application, or Information Architectures Broad and strong understanding of business processes and their relationship to IT, with curiosity and willingness to constantly learn Strong communication, collaboration, leadership, and stakeholder management skills Professional certifications in enterprise architecture, TOGAF are a plus ## Additional Information Due to legal reasons, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary according to the collective agreement for this position, which is €2.691 gross per month. However, our attractive compensation package is based on market-oriented salaries and is therefore significantly above the stated minimum salary. As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin.