CIB Enterprise Architect - Banking | Hybrid Madrid

Talan; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 153,241,000 - 204,321,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Lunch and transport card

Online language classes

Smart Office Pack

Job summary

Talan, a leading international consulting group, is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect for a strategic CIB program in Madrid. You will define target architectures, assess complex landscapes, and drive decisions across applications, data, integration, and modernization.

You will engage with senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions, develop actionable recommendations, and shape fundable initiatives while contributing to cross-domain transformation in a hybrid Madrid setup.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in technology architecture, enterprise architecture or technology transformation.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in CIB / Wholesale Banking.
• Proven experience defining reference architectures, target architectures and/or transition states in complex technology environments.
• Experience in Application landscape rationalization, Platform consolidation, or Technology modernization.
• Strong understanding of current-to-target assessments across Applications, Data, Integration, Cloud, Resilience, Cybersecurity.
• Ability to engage with senior technology and business stakeholders and communicate architectural recommendations.
• English: minimum B2 level, ideally C1.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define decision-ready reference and target architectures for priority CIB capabilities, including decomposition, target blocks, architecture principles, data and integration patterns.
• Work with CIOs, Domain Technology Heads and senior business stakeholders to challenge architectures and investment assumptions.
• Analyze current application and platform landscapes to identify duplication, fragmentation, obsolescence, dependencies, risks and opportunities for consolidation.
• Translate architecture decisions into clear application-level recommendations (adopt, consolidate, migrate, invest, contain, retire) with sequencing.
• Assess buy/build/reuse options, evaluating market maturity, adoption, integration fit and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Prepare and lead architecture decision forums and domain working groups with options and open dependencies.
• Evaluate EUCs and AI-enabled solutions within the target architecture and plan transitions.
• Translate decisions into fundable initiatives and preliminary business cases with benefits and risks.
• Collaborate with global and cross-domain teams to align architecture with transformation objectives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Architectural communication

English proficiency

Leadership

Strategy thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Job description

Talan, a leading international consulting group, is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect for a strategic CIB program in Madrid. You will define target architectures, assess complex landscapes, and drive decisions across applications, data, integration, and modernization.

You will engage with senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions, develop actionable recommendations, and shape fundable initiatives while contributing to cross-domain transformation in a hybrid Madrid setup.