Enterprise Architecture Practice & Governance Lead

ABB; Monza; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB cerca un professionista con esperienza maturata in Enterprise Architecture per definire, gestire e migliorare governance, standard e conformità. Verrà assicurata coerenza architetturale, mitigazione del rischio e allineamento strategico tra modelli decentrati, mantenendo autonomia locale e innovazione.

In questo ruolo avrai la responsabilità di custodire le decisioni architetturali, definire framework, processi di revisione e formazione per architetti e stakeholder a livello globale.

Qualifications

• 8+ anni in Enterprise Architecture o ruoli correlati, con almeno 3 anni in practice enablement o governance
• Esperienza nell’implementazione di EA frameworks, strumenti e processi di governance in organizzazioni globali
• Buone capacità di comunicazione e facilitazione, con attitudine al coinvolgimento degli stakeholder

Responsibilities

• Governance dell’Enterprise Architecture: modelli di governance, diritti decisionali, escalation e review forum
• Sviluppo di pratiche EA: standard, framework e metodologie, formazione per architetti e utenti di business
• Abilitare la community EA: training, knowledge sharing e piattaforme di collaborazione
• Standards & Reference Architecture: mantenere standard e policy trasversali
• Miglioramento continuo: misurare KPI e migliorare processi e strumenti di governance

Skills

Excellent communication and facilitat

Ability to influence and engage

Strong governance, risk, and standards

Experience in decentralized, multi‑dom

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, or related field

TOGAF or equivalent EA framework certification (preferred)

Tools

Ardoq

ArchiMate

Job description

Noi di ABB aiutiamo le industrie a operare in modo più snello e pulito, e ogni persona qui contribuisce a rendere possibile tutto questo. Avrai la possibilità di assumere un ruolo di leadership, sarai supportato nella tua crescita e sarai orgoglioso dell'impatto che creeremo insieme. Unisciti a noi per contribuire a far funzionare ciò che fa funzionare il mondo.

Questa Posizione Risponde a

Global Head IS Enterprise Architecture

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to define, operate, and continuously improve the enterprise architecture governance framework, standards, and compliance mechanisms. Each day you will ensure architectural consistency, risk reduction, and strategic alignment across ABB’s decentralized operating model, while enabling local autonomy and innovation. You will also act as the custodian of architectural decision making, standards, and guardrails. You will be balancing enterprise coherence with domain and product team agility, making sure that EA rules and practices are embedded into the organization’s operating model. This role has three/ four people reporting into it.

You Will Be Mainly Accountable For

• Architecture Governance
  • Governing and operating the enterprise architecture governance model, including decision rights, escalation paths, and review forums.
  • Ensuring architecture choices are transparent, traceable, and aligned with enterprise strategy.
  • Embedding governance into delivery processes (e.g., portfolio, product, and investment lifecycles).
  • Overseeing governance boards across the organization and making sure that relevant decentralized governance is in place.
• Practice Development
  • Defining and maintaining EA practice standards, frameworks, and methodologies aligned with industry best practices (e.g., TOGAF) and organizational strategy.
  • Establishing governance processes for architecture reviews, compliance and selection.
  • Training and support for architects and business consumers.
• Enablement & Community Building
  • Driving initiatives to strengthen the EA community through training, knowledge sharing, and collaboration platforms.
  • Promoting adoption of EA tools (e.g., Ardoq) and ensuring effective onboarding and usage across domains.
  • Acting as a champion for the EA repository and toolset and driving cultural change by fostering a “community-led architecture” mindset.
• Standards & Reference Architecture
  • Owning and maintaining enterprise architecture standards and policies across business, data, application, technology, security, and integration domains.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Measuring governance effectiveness using defined KPIs (e.g., reuse, compliance, time-to-decision), continuously improving standards, governance processes, and tooling and staying current with industry best practices and evolving architectural trends.

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, or related field
• 8+ years in Enterprise Architecture or related roles, with at least 3 years in practice enablement or governance
• Proven experience in implementing EA frameworks, tools, and governance processes in a global organization
• Experience in decentralized, multi-domain, or federated operating models
• Strong understanding of EA domains (business, application, data, technology)
• Familiarity with architecture modeling tools (e.g., Ardoq, ArchiMate)
• TOGAF or equivalent EA framework certification preferred
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
• Strong governance, risk, and standards management capability

This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.

The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.

Costruire un futuro più pulito e intelligente richiede ogni tipo di mente: i curiosi, i coraggiosi e i creativi. Per questo accogliamo persone da ogni percorso e con ogni esperienza.