Lead Enterprise Architect

Materialise; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Materialise in Belgium seeks an experienced Enterprise Architecture Leader to define and evolve the architecture vision across multi‑BU environments. You will shape demand, maintain capability maps, and guide domain architects while aligning IT strategy with business goals.

You’ll establish guardrails, oversee solution evaluation, and drive an agile architecture program. Strong leadership and communication in English are essential to influence senior stakeholders and sustain long‑term value.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in enterprise-level architecture leadership in complex multi‑BU environments.
• Strong skills in business capability modeling, road mapping, and portfolio alignment.
• Strong facilitation skills; able to translate goals into actionable guardrails.
• Proven people and team leadership with non-hierarchical influence and direct line management.
• Ability to influence senior business and IT stakeholders.
• Knowledge of SAFe or LeSS and their architectural roles.
• Good professional English communication.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and evolve the Enterprise Architecture vision, target state, and principles.
• Maintain capability maps and translate them into architectural direction.
• Establish guardrails to guide decision-making across teams.
• Align business and IT strategy with architecture evolution.
• Shape demand intake and portfolio prioritization from an architectural view.
• Maintain architecture runway to enable initiatives and agility.
• Ensure alignment between investments and target architecture.
• Advise on trade-offs between business value and technical sustainability.
• Guide and coach domain architects; ensure consistency across domains.
• Facilitate alignment across enterprise platforms and BU solutions.
• Ensure solution designs contribute to an integrated enterprise landscape.
• For selected domains, act as domain architect: roadmaps, standards, alignment.
• Govern standards and guardrails for interoperability, scalability, security.
• Ensure end-to-end alignment across central andBU systems.
• Embed non-functional requirements by design (performance, security, maintainability).

Skills

Business capability modeling

Architecture road mapping

Strategic portfolio alignment

Facilitation

People leadership

Stakeholder influence

SAFe/LeSS

English communication

Job description

What you will do

In Materialise’s Staff department, we believe that meaningful impact starts with people and their expertise. If you’re passionate about shaping a strong, effective, and forward-looking organization, you’ll love being a part of this team. Through the knowledge and dedication of these teams, we’re creating value every day and building the foundation for long‑term success.

Enterprise architecture leadership

• Define, own, and continuously evolve theEnterprise Architecture vision, target state, and principles
• Maintainenterprise-widecapability mapsandtranslate them into architectural direction
• Establish and enforce architectural guardrails to guide decision‑making across teams
• Ensure alignment between business strategy, IT strategy, and architecture evolution

Portfolio and investment alignment

• Shape and support demand intake and portfolio prioritization from an architectural perspective
• Define and maintain the architecture runway to enable business initiatives and support business agility
• Ensure alignment between portfolio investments and target architecture
• Adviseon trade-offs between business value, technical sustainability, and complexity

Domain‑level engagement

• Guide and coach domain architects, ensuring consistency across domains
• Facilitate alignment across enterprise platforms and BU‑specific solutions
• Ensure solution designs contribute to an integrated and coherent enterprise landscape
• For selected domains, act directly as a domain architect: creating roadmaps, maintaining standards, facilitating solution alignment

Integration and standards

• Govern enterprisearchitecturestandardsand guardrails, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and security across IT and BU‑delivered systems
• Ensure end‑to‑endarchitectural alignment acrosscentralenterprisesystemsandBU‑specific systems,enablingan integrated enterprise landscape
• Embed non‑functional requirements (e.g., performance, scalability, security, maintainability) by design, ensuring reliable, secure, and cost‑effective operations

Solution selection leadership

• Oversee solution evaluation processes for majorenterpriseand cross‑BU systems
• Ensure solutionselectiondecisions align with strategic roadmaps, architectural principles, and long‑term sustainability

Agile architecture enablement

• Act as a seniorleader of the Architecture Enabling Team — embedding agile activitieswhere needed to supportdelivery:supporting teams in backlog refinement and solution design,participating inPIPlanning andPreparation,shaping the architecture runway and enablers
• Foster anagile, just‑enough architecture approachthat avoids stage‑gate delaysand heavy upfront designwhile maintaining alignment with strategic direction

Your profile

• At least 5 years of proven experience in enterprise-level architecture leadership in complex, multi‑BU environments
• Strong skills inbusiness capability modeling,architecture road mapping, andstrategic portfolio alignment
• Strong facilitation skills; able to translate business goals into actionable design guardrails
• Strong people and team leadership skills, with demonstrated experience in influencing, coaching, and aligning teams through non‑hierarchical influence as well as direct line management
• Strong ability to influence senior business and IT stakeholders
• Knowledge of agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS) and their architectural roles
• Good, professional communication skills English

What’s Waiting For You

Work that matters

The technology we build at Materialise pushes the boundaries. You’ll find pride in building something that matters, whether you designed it, printed it, or shipped it. No matter your role, we unlock new possibilities to build a better and healthier world every day. At Materialise, we expect you to think about the customer, not just the task. You push for better solutions and care about the difference your work makes.

A people‑centered space

When you join Materialise, you join a group of colleagues invested in you, not just your work. From your own team to a department across the world, you’ll find a sense of belonging with people who help without being asked, challenge you, and have your back. At the same time, we expect you to invest in the people around you — not just your own work — to make the group stronger than the sum of its parts.

An environment of trust

As a company of innovators, we know how crucial autonomy is in your work. When we hire you, we trust in your expertise, giving you space to organize your tasks, work flexibly, and make your own calls. At Materialise, we expect you to deliver on that trust and keep your commitments.

A career ready to build

When you see opportunities for your career to grow at Materialise, we encourage you to go for them. People shape a fulfilling career at their own pace here. At Materialise, we expect you to take initiative in your own development. Don’t wait for someone else to plan your career. Step into the space and make it count. Make a difference in our Staff department.