Enterprise Architect (m/f/d) Strategic Domains

Heraeus Holding GmbH; Hanau; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong salary package

Modern working time arrangements

Regular time off

Additional benefits

Sustainability and social commitment

Job summary

Heraeus Holding GmbH is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect – Strategic Domains to shape and advance the group’s EA practice. You will bridge business strategy, IT roadmap and transformation portfolios, providing architectural guidance for complex cross-domain topics across an international group.

You will collaborate with business and IT stakeholders, translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps, and help ensure governance, standards and consistent decision making across

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in enterprise architecture in a complex international organization.
• Ability to translate business strategies into pragmatic architectural guidance for diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture methods, target architectures, governance, principles and standards.

Responsibilities

• Shape and evolve enterprise architecture practices across strategic domains, aligning with business priorities and IT strategy.
• Develop capability- and location-spanning reference and target architectures guiding future decisions.
• Support portfolio and investment decisions with architectural impact assessments and pragmatic recommendations.
• Coach business and IT stakeholders in top-down architecture planning and roadmaps.
• Contribute to architecture governance, standards and guardrails for consistent decisions across domains.
• Moderate architecture discussions and balance business needs with technology options and economics.
• Build partnerships with business functions, IT teams and architects across the organization.
• Advise on architectural best practices while aligning with EA standards.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Business architecture

Domain architecture

IT strategy

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

German and English fluency

TOGAF certification

Education

TOGAF certification (advantage)

Job description

Enterprise Architect (m/f/d) Strategic Domains

Permanent

Enterprise Architect – Strategic Domains (m/f/d), you will help shape the future Enterprise Architecture practice within the Heraeus Group, with a particular focus on strategically important business and IT domains.

You will work at the interface of business strategy, IT roadmap and transformation portfolio, creating transparency, direction and architectural guidance for complex cross-domain topics.

Key Responsibilities

• Shaping and evolving enterprise architecture practices across strategically relevant domains, ensuring alignment with business priorities, IT strategy and long-term transformation goals.
• Developing capability‑ and location‑spanning reference architectures and strategic target architectures that provide clear orientation for future business and IT decisions.
• Supporting portfolio and investment decisions with architectural impact assessments, transparency and pragmatic recommendations.
• Coaching business and IT stakeholders in top‑down architecture planning and helping translate strategic objectives into clear architectural priorities and roadmaps.
• Contributing to the further development of architecture governance, principles, standards and guardrails to enable consistent and value‑driven architecture decisions across central and local domains.
• Moderating architecture discussions and helping stakeholders find viable solutions that balance business needs, technological options and economic considerations.
• Building strong partnerships with business functions, IT teams, domain experts and architects across the organization.
• Advising business and IT teams on architectural best practices while ensuring alignment with defined Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines.

What you can look forward to

• A role with real impact: you will help shape strategic domains and contribute to the future direction of Enterprise Architecture within an international group.
• A broad variety of exciting topics across business and IT, with the opportunity to work across organizational boundaries.
• The chance to create transparency, simplify complexity and enable better decisions in a dynamic transformation environment.
• A collaborative team culture where ownership, curiosity and pragmatic thinking are highly valued.
• The opportunity to act as a trusted advisor and enabler for business and IT stakeholders.

Your Profile

• Several years of experience in enterprise architecture, business architecture, domain architecture, IT strategy or a comparable role in a complex, preferably international organization.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture methods, target architecture development, architecture governance, principles and standards.
• Ability to translate business strategies and domain‑specific requirements into clear, pragmatic architectural guidance without getting lost in unnecessary technical detail.
• Good understanding of current technological trends, innovations and state‑of‑the‑art solutions, as well as their relevance for business transformation.
• Experience in facilitating architecture decisions and aligning different stakeholder perspectives across business, IT and architecture.
• A hands‑on architecture‑driven mindset and the motivation to actively support architecture concepts from early idea to practical implementation together with business and IT teams.
• Strong communication, moderation and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural topics clearly and convincingly to different audiences.
• Fluent German and English skills.
• Certifications such as TOGAF or equivalent qualifications are an advantage.
• You enjoy working independently, taking ownership and contributing as a motivated team player who wants to make a visible difference.

Benefits

• Strong salary package – attractive base salary plus bonus and support for private pension plan.
• Modern working time arrangements – time sovereignty without time recording, focus on results‑oriented work.
• Regular time off – 30 days annual leave plus up to 6 additional days off (company closures on bridge days and between years), special leave for special occasions, life phase account for paid time off (e.g. sabbatical, earlier retirement).
• Additional benefits – subsidized public transport, discounts in many online stores, company medical service with comprehensive preventive medical check‑ups, sports facilities and employee canteen with freshly prepared meals every day.
• Sustainability and social commitment – sustainability as part of the corporate strategy and targeted support for initiatives in the areas of education, family and science through our own foundations.

Sounds like you? Then we look forward to meeting you. Join us and help shape architecture that creates transparency, enables better decisions and supports the future development of the Heraeus Group.