Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture – Technology

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Architect to lead the development of architecture strategy, governance, and standards across the organization in Germany. You will collaborate with executives to align technology with business goals and drive enterprise transformation programs.

You will oversee architecture governance, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives, while mentoring teams and staying ahead of industry trends to inform strategic planning.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 additional years of experience related to functional area.
• Minimum of 6 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing performance of direct reports.
• In-depth technology knowledge for the functional area.
• Ability to define and mature enterprise architecture strategy, standards, principles, policies, guardrails, reference architectures, and target-state direction.
• Ability to aggregate business-unit and domain technology plans, assess enterprise alignment, identify overlaps and gaps, and develop architecture-informed recommendations.
• Working knowledge across integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, AI, security, and custom application architecture.
• Ability to balance enterprise guardrails with delivery speed, business priorities, innovation, and practical implementation realities.

Aufgaben

• Lead and drive the development and evolution of enterprise architecture strategy, principles, standards, and governance practices.
• Provide guidance and recommendations aligning technology decisions with business objectives, risk tolerance, operational needs, and long-term strategy.
• Establish and maintain architecture governance processes for consistent, scalable, and effective technology decision-making.
• Partner with executive and technology leaders to evaluate priorities, recommend technology direction, and support enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration across architecture, engineering, security, data, infrastructure, cloud, and pillar architects.
• Assess enterprise technology roadmaps and identify opportunities to improve business value, reduce risk, enhance capabilities, and optimize investments.
• Provide leadership and oversight for transition and target architecture roadmaps, including modernization efforts.
• Develop architecture talent, build organizational capabilities, and foster high-performing teams and communities of practice.
• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to inform strategic technology planning and innovation.
• Communicate architecture vision, priorities, and recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise Architecture Strategy

Standards Development

Roadmap Synthesis

Leadership and Team Development

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Enterprise Architecture Tools

Jobbeschreibung

• Lead and drive the development and evolution of enterprise architecture strategy, principles, standards, and governance practices
• Provide guidance and recommendations aligning technology decisions with business objectives, risk tolerance, operational needs, and long-term strategy
• Establish and maintain architecture governance processes for consistent, scalable, and effective technology decision-making
• Partner with executive and technology leaders to evaluate priorities, recommend technology direction, and support enterprise transformation initiatives
• Facilitate collaboration across architecture, engineering, security, data, infrastructure, cloud, and pillar architects
• Assess enterprise technology roadmaps and identify opportunities to improve business value, reduce risk, enhance capabilities, and optimize investments
• Provide leadership and oversight for transition and target architecture roadmaps, including modernization efforts
• Develop architecture talent, build organizational capabilities, and foster high-performing teams and communities of practice
• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to inform strategic technology planning and innovation
• Communicate architecture vision, priorities, and recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 additional years of experience related to functional area
• Minimum of 6 years of management experience with responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work, and managing performance of direct reports
• In-depth technology knowledge for the functional area
• Ability to define and mature enterprise architecture strategy, standards, principles, policies, guardrails, reference architectures, and target-state direction
• Ability to aggregate business-unit and domain technology plans, assess enterprise alignment, identify overlaps and gaps, and develop architecture-informed recommendations
• Working knowledge across integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, AI, security, and custom application architecture
• Ability to balance enterprise guardrails with delivery speed, business priorities, innovation, and practical implementation realities
• Enterprise architecture strategy, standards development, and roadmap synthesis skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent business and leadership skills
• Ability to lead and effectively collaborate at the enterprise level
• Ability to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment
• Continuous improvement through metrics and feedback
• For remote roles, high engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings
• VSP Vision employees will have access to sensitive personal information and must follow Information Security and Privacy Policies

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in enterprise architecture strategy, standards development, and governance practices while effectively leading teams and collaborating with executive leadership to align technology decisions with business objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Enterprise Architecture Strategy
• Standards Development
• Roadmap Synthesis
• Leadership and Team Development
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Enterprise Architecture
• Technology Governance
• Integration Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Cloud Architecture
• AI Architecture
• Security Architecture
• Custom Application Architecture
• Metrics and Feedback Analysis

Soft Skills

• Excellent Verbal Communication
• Excellent Written Communication
• Leadership Skills
• Collaboration Skills
• Discretion and Independent Judgment

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise Transformation
• Business Objectives Alignment
• Risk Management
• Operational Needs
• Emerging Technologies
• Continuous Improvement
• Information Security
• Privacy Policies