Head of Authority Enterprise Architecture (W/M)

Lesaffre; France; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT and architecture is looking for a Head of Design Authority Architect in France. The role involves ensuring the consistency, quality, and compliance of technical solutions across IT projects. Responsibilities include leading architecture committees, supporting design teams, and promoting best practices. Ideal candidates will have a background in enterprise architecture with strong skills in risk management and collaboration. Join us to enhance standards and governance in our IT solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise architecture principles and methodologies.
• Ability to design, review and validate technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency and compliance of technical solutions across IT projects.
• Organize and lead architecture committees.
• Support project teams in designing application and infrastructure architectures.
• Lead Architecture Review Boards and document key decisions.
• Support project teams in designing application, data and infrastructure architectures.
• Define and evolve the target architecture roadmap with domain architects.
• Promote reuse and standardization across projects.
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigations; maintain ADRs.

Skills

Architectural integrity

Interoperability

Risk management

Technical solution compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Architecture Standards

Roadmap Definition

Security Assessments

Job description

Overview

Lesaffre is looking for a Head of Design Authority Architect to support our Architecture, Cyber & Data Governance Director to accelerate Lesaffre’s impact across industries. This position requires working closely with internal stakeholders and corporate partners to faster the introduction of Enterprise Architecture Methodology, Guidelines & Governance in regards of our subsidiarity‘s concept (until today decentralized & entrepreneurial organization for Digital & IT solutions).

Responsibilities

As Head of Design Authority Architecture, you will beresponsible for ensuring the consistency, quality, and compliance of all technical solutions delivered across IT projects.

You will act as the guardian of architectural integrity, ensuring that every design decision aligns with enterprise architecture principles, target architecture, and strategic objectives.

You will work also on roadmap to define standard (“regalian” or “selected”) from the Group and way to converge across the organization (region, country, Business units).

Architecture Governance

• Organize the Architecture ’s committee
• Ensure that project solutions comply with enterprise architecture standards and IT strategy.
• Review and validate architecture deliverables (HLDs, LLDs, solution designs, security assessments).
• Lead & Participate in Architecture Review Boards (Design Authority Boards) and document key decisions.

Solution Design & Project Support

• Support project teams in designing application, data, and infrastructure architectures.
• Identify cross-domain impacts and ensure interoperability between systems.
• Recommend architectural patterns, frameworks, and technologies that align with enterprise standards.

Architecture Framework & Standards

• Contribute to maintaining the enterprise architecture repository (patterns, guidelines, blueprints).
• Define and evolve the target architecture roadmap in collaboration with domain architects.
• Promote reuse and standardization across projects.

Quality Control & Risk Management

• Conduct design reviews prior to project implementation.
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigation or remediation plans.
• Maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to track and justify key design choices.

Communication & Advisory Role

• Act as a trusted advisor to project managers, product owners, and development teams.
• Facilitate collaboration between business, IT, and security stakeholders.
• Promote architectural best practices and continuous improvement across the IT organization.