Lead Enterprise Architect

Ørsted; Gentofte Kommune; On-site; DKK 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid pension

Full insurance coverage

5 weeks paid holiday + 10 extra days

3% holiday allowance

Ørsted Life & Fitness Vitality

Phone, PC, internet

Staff club membership

Canteen lunch scheme

Job summary

Ørsted is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to shape technology strategies, target architectures, and roadmaps across strategic domains. You will translate complex business needs into clear recommendations and guide investment decisions within a collaborative Enterprise Architecture team based in Gentofte.

You'll work with senior stakeholders and specialists to align technology choices with Ørsted's offshore wind leadership ambition, while driving tangible outcomes beyond slides and

Qualifications

• Deep experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, digital transformation, or technology management consulting.
• Strong track record creating technology strategies, target architectures, and roadmaps that drive business value.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Excellent communication with senior stakeholders; influence through evidence and collaboration.
• Able to manage complexity across disciplines and organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Develop technology strategies, target architectures, and roadmaps for strategic domains.
• Assess capabilities, business needs, market developments, and tech trends to plan paths to target state.
• Lead workshops and architecture decision forums; prepare papers, standards, and reference architectures.
• Lead market analyses, vendor/product assessments, proofs of concept, and recommendations for new tech.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to guide investment decisions with credible analysis.
• Collaborate with architects across domains to ensure alignment and sustainable choices.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Technology strategy

Roadmaps

Digital transformation

Job description

Welcome to AI, Data & Architecture Platform

Join us in this role where you’ll develop technology strategies, target architectures, and roadmaps for selected strategic domains. You’ll turn complex business needs and enterprise dependencies into clear recommendations, guide investment decisions, and deliver a future-fit technology foundation to enable Ørsted’s ambition of being the undisputed global leader of offshore wind.

You’ll be part of the Enterprise Architecture team where you, together with your colleagues, will set strategic architecture direction and support decisions across applications, platforms, data, and technology. You’ll work closely with a group of experienced enterprise and infrastructure architects, senior business and technology stakeholders, and specialists across Ørsted. You’re driven by solving hard problems across many stakeholders and delivering tangible results beyond PowerPoint. The position is based in Gentofte and includes regular office collaboration.

As a team, we challenge ideas constructively, solve complex problems together, and support each other with curiosity, expertise, and a good sense of humour.

You’ll play an important role in:

• developing and driving technology strategies, target architectures, and roadmaps for selected strategic domains
• assessing current capabilities, business needs, market developments, and technology trends to define practical paths from the current to the target state
• facilitating workshops and architecture decision forums and preparing clear decision papers, standards, principles, and reference architectures
• leading market analyses, vendor and product assessments, proofs of concept, and recommendations for new applications, platforms, and technologies
• partnering with senior business and technology stakeholders to guide investment decisions and build support through strong analysis and credible advice
• collaborating with enterprise, solution, application, infrastructure, security, and data architects to ensure alignment, reuse, and sustainable technology choices.

To succeed in the role, you:

• bring deep experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, digital transformation, or technology management consulting within a large or complex organisation
• have a strong record of creating technology strategies, target architectures, and roadmaps that drive business value understand a broad technology landscape, including cloud, data, AI, integration, and major enterprise platforms, and can evaluate trade-offs across domains
• combine business insight with structured analysis and can translate complex requirements into clear, actionable recommendations
• communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, facilitate decisions, and build influence through expertise, evidence, and collaboration
• manage complexity, take action, and ensure accountability while working constructively with colleagues across disciplines and organisational boundaries.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

At Ørsted, we’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t match every requirement.

Position salary range:

For this position, the expected base pay range is kr65,200.00- kr97,800.00 for the advertised location. The offered base salary will be determined within this range based on relevant skills, experience, and expected role fulfilment within the stated pay range to ensure a fair and competitive offer. Where applicable, you may also be eligible for variable payment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our benefits package:

For this position, employees who meet eligibility requirements have access to: employer‑paid pension (11% contribution), full insurance coverage (accident, life, critical illness, and health insurance); five weeks of paid holiday plus 10 additional paid days off per holiday year; a 3% holiday allowance; access to Ørsted Life & Fitness Vitality including fitness classes, physiotherapy, massage, and wellbeing programmes; a multimedia package (mobile phone, PC, internet); staff club membership with sport and cultural activities; and access to the company canteen (monthly lunch scheme or daily tickets).

Pre-employment background check:

Certain positions may require a background check as part of the hiring process. If applicable, you will be informed during the recruitment process. Background checks are conducted by an external provider in accordance with local legal requirements.