Enterprise Architect

Community Consulting; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Consulting is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the translation of an approved operating model into practical working practices across Group and Local entities. The role focuses on pragmatic governance, federated decision-making, and embedding architecture into portfolio, product and delivery processes with measurable results.

You will define governance, establish ARB workflows, and operationalize the federated Target Operating Model across a broad set of

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in an Enterprise Architecture role.
• Ability to work autonomously in ambiguous environments.
• Proven experience in federated, multi-entity governance environments.
• Proven experience facilitating Architecture Review Board sessions.
• Experience producing decision-ready architecture packs with traceability.
• Hands-on ADRs and waivers/exceptions.
• Experience with architecture compliance reviews and service models.

Responsibilities

• Translate the operating model into concrete working practices, priorities, milestones and risks.
• Define and improve the architecture governance framework (principles, standards, policies).
• Establish ARB workflows, decision packs, traceability and escalation paths.
• Operationalize federated Target Operating Model across Group and Local Architects.
• Embed architecture into portfolio, product, and delivery processes with governance.
• Define a minimum viable architecture artefact set with ownership and versioning.
• Coach architecture roles and build an Architecture Community.

Skills

Enterprise architecture experience

Federated governance

ARB facilitation

Architecture planning

Traceability and decision packs

ADR knowledge

Delegated decision rights

Architecture governance

Tools

ITIL

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Domain-Driven Design

Job description

A major European energy infrastructure organization is strengthening its Group IT architecture operating model. The Enterprise Architect will immediately take ownership of translating the approved operating model into concrete working practices across Group and local entities. The mission focuses on establishing pragmatic architecture governance, operationalizing federated decision‑making, enabling Architecture Review Boards, and embedding architecture into portfolio, product and delivery processes while ensuring visible and measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Translate the approved architecture operating model into concrete working practices, priorities, milestones, dependencies, risks, decision points and pilots.
• Define and continuously improve the architecture governance framework, including principles, standards, policies, reference architectures and golden scenarios.
• Establish clear Architecture Review Board decision workflows, including decision packs, traceability and escalation paths.
• Operationalize the federated Target Operating Model across Group and Local Enterprise Architects, Domain Architects, Technical Architects and Solution Architects.
• Clarify architecture mandates, decision rights, handovers, interactions and escalation mechanisms.
• Define and communicate a clear architecture vision across Group, local, business, product, delivery, engineering, security, data and infrastructure stakeholders.
• Establish or improve Group and Local Architecture Review Board practices.
• Facilitate initial architecture governance and ARB sessions.
• Implement objective architecture review triggers and delegated decision‑routing mechanisms.
• Implement Architecture Decision Records, waiver and exception management, compliance levels and urgent fast‑track processes.
• Translate digital platform guardrails into practical guidance for local delivery teams.
• Embed architecture early into portfolio management, funding, demand intake, project and product delivery, application lifecycle, security, risk, data, integration and technology or vendor selection.
• Define proportionate architecture involvement based on criticality, complexity, risk, deviation and cross‑entity impact.
• Establish a minimum viable architecture artefact set with clear ownership, approval, versioning, review and retirement rules.
• Coach architecture roles and establish an Architecture Community and focused working groups.
• Transfer knowledge to internal stakeholders to enable independent operation of the architecture model.
• Define KPIs covering adoption, decision effectiveness, delivery enablement, reuse, compliance, risk and stakeholder value.
• Facilitate decisions, remove ambiguity, challenge stakeholders constructively and ensure agreed actions are implemented.

Must have

• Minimum 10 years of experience in an Enterprise Architecture role.
• Ability to work autonomously and create structure in ambiguous environments.
• Proven experience in federated, multi‑entity or similarly complex architecture governance environments.
• Proven experience facilitating Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions.
• Experience producing decision‑ready architecture packs with appropriate traceability.
• Hands‑on experience implementing delegated decision rights.
• Hands‑on experience with Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Hands‑on experience with architecture waivers and exceptions.
• Experience implementing architecture compliance reviews and architecture service models.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with a pragmatic and results‑oriented approach.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder‑management capabilities.
• Ability to align senior management, architects, business, product, engineering, infrastructure and delivery stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate a compelling architecture vision and facilitate difficult trade‑offs.
• Solid knowledge of IT processes and recognized approaches such as ITIL, TOGAF, ArchiMate and Domain‑Driven Design.
• Fluent English for documentation, meetings and supplier interactions.
• Ability to work full‑time.
• Ability to work on site approximately 2 days per week, primarily across Brussels locations and, when required, Berlin.
• For non‑EU candidates: valid authorization to work in Belgium and a valid Belgian residence permit.

Should have

• Hands‑on experience designing and delivering IT solutions in an Agile environment.
• Experience establishing architecture communities or cross‑functional architecture working groups.
• Strong experience driving architecture adoption and organizational change across multiple stakeholder groups.

Nice to have

• Experience in the Energy & Utilities sector.
• Knowledge of French, Dutch or German.

Who we are

Community Consulting goes beyond traditional consulting; it’s all about fostering connections in an atmosphere of trust and confidence.
Transparency & Honesty : We say things as they are. Clear communication for seamless collaboration.
#COMMUNITEAM : Work independently, but never alone. Collective intelligence drives us further, faster.
Total Commitment : Always present, always engaged. We find solutions and make sure everyone moves forward together.
Guaranteed Efficiency : No fluff, just results. We act fast, keep our promises, and deliver top quality.
This is our DNA. This is how we make a difference.