Enterprise Architect (m/f/d)

METRO/MAKRO; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

People development and trainings

Support with individualized solutions

Job summary

METRO.digital is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect to define and drive the enterprise architecture vision, artifacts, and roadmaps across a multinational wholesale business. You will lead governance, standardization, and modernization initiatives that align business and IT strategies.

With 5+ years in enterprise architecture and strong stakeholder management, you will shape strategic roadmaps, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and translate complex architectures into business

Qualifications

• Deep expertise (5+ years) in business capability modeling and enterprise meta models.
• Proven track record leading organization-wide transformation initiatives.
• Experience in enterprise architecture governance and risk control.
• Ability to develop and align strategic roadmaps with business and IT.
• Strong executive-level stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Skill in mapping complex solution landscapes to business needs.
• Collaborative leader with cross-functional team experience.
• Excellent communicator translating architecture into business narratives.
• Experience scaling architecture frameworks in multinational organizations.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Establish enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and frameworks.
• Define and manage core artifacts (meta models, capability maps, landscapes).
• Align roadmaps with business and IT leadership to support transformation.
• Lead architecture governance to control complexity and risks.

Skills

business capability modeling

enterprise meta models

cross-domain business processes

transformation initiatives

architecture governance

strategic roadmaps

stakeholder management

solution landscape mapping

leadership

business storytelling

scaling architecture

English proficiency

Job description

Today technology is driving the world. And atMETRO.digitalwe are driving the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO. From e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software, we work on a wide range of products to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues. With passion and ownership, we build the future of wholesale.

You aredriving to create smart solutions for customers around the globe? You want to grow in a flexible environment? Let the right career opportunity find you and join us!

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

• Establish the enterprise business architecture vision, strategy, and frameworks to ensure standardization, harmonization, and simplification;
• Define and manage core enterprise architecture artifacts (Enterprise Meta Model, business capability maps, as-is/target landscapes);
• Align strategic architecture roadmaps with business and IT leadership to support transformation and innovation;
• Lead architecture governance to control complexity, manage risks, and ensure solution interoperability.

Qualifications

Required key competencies and qualifications:

• Deep expertise (5+ years minimum) in business capability modeling, enterprise meta models, and cross-domain business processes (ideally in wholesale and or B2C groceries);
• Proven track record in leading organization-wide transformation initiatives and delivering measurable business and IT outcomes;
• Skilled in enterprise architecture governance, ensuring standardization, simplification, and risk control;
• Strong ability to develop and align strategic roadmaps with business and IT strategies;
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills at executive level;
• Adept at mapping complex solution landscapes to business needs and identifying optimization opportunities;
• Collaborative leader, able to work closely with other architects and cross-functional teams to maintain a holistic enterprise view;
• Excellent communicator, able to translate technical architecture into business-relevant narratives;
• Experience in scaling architecture frameworks in large, complex, multinational organizations.
• Very good fluency in English (written and verbal).

Additional Information

Whatweoffer atMETRO.digital?

• Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible, multicultural environment.
• AtMETRO.digital, we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model.You’llbe part of self-organizing, multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup.
• People development: when yougrowso do we!
• We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused amongotheron development, leadership, appreciation ... it´s time toupskillyour career.
• Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring!
• We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.

Position grade within our career framework: Technical Architect Grade 3 (Md10).