IS Lead Architect - ELDS Division

ABB; Italia; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB cerca un Lead Architect per la divisione ELDS, responsabile di guidare la direzione architetturale end-to-end. Ruolo operativo di leadership, capace di semplificare la complessità, prendere decisioni pragmatiche e bilanciare architettura a lungo termine con esigenze di business e delivery.

Gestirà architetti e team tecnici, supporterà programmi di trasformazione, ridurrà complessità e assicurerà soluzioni scalabili, sicure e riutilizzabili.

Qualifications

• Laurea magistrale o equivalente in Informatica/IT o ingegneria.

Responsibilities

• Tradurre strategia e priorità di trasformazione in architetture target e roadmaps eseguibili.

Skills

Architettura IT

Azure

APIs

Containerization

DevSecOps

Osservabilità

Gestione stakeholder

Leadership tecnico

Education

Laurea magistrale in Informatica/Ingegneria/IT

Tools

Microsoft Azure

APIs

Containerization

DevSecOps

Job description

Questa Posizione Risponde a
IS Applications & Architecture Manager

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
IS Applications & Architecture Manager

IS Lead Architect – ELDS Division

We are seeking a pragmatic and business-oriented Lead Architect to shape the end-to-end architecture direction of ELDS. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can simplify complexity, make pragmatic decisions, and balance long-term architecture with immediate business and delivery needs.

In this role, you will guide architects and technical teams, support major transformation programs, reduce application and integration complexity, and ensure that new solutions are scalable, secure, integrated, and reusable.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid.

Location: Europe, with preference for Krakow (Poland), Dalmine (Italy) or Brno (Czech Republic).

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy and transformation priorities into practical target architectures and executable roadmaps.
• Provide hands-on architectural guidance to major transformation programs and solution delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, integrated, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Identify dependencies, constraints, risks, and realistic transition steps across programs and technology domains.
• Guide modernization of the application and technology landscape, including consolidation, replacement, and retirement decisions.
• Balance long-term architectural direction with delivery speed, business value, cost, risk, and operational needs.
• Facilitate architecture decisions with business leaders, process owners, service owners, project teams, and technology partners.
• Support the responsible adoption of cloud, data, AI, automation, and modern application technologies.

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong experience in enterprise, domain, or solution architecture within a complex global organization.
• Proven ability to define target architectures, transition architectures, and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Broad understanding of application, data, integration, cloud, cybersecurity, and technology lifecycle architecture.
• Practical experience supporting large transformation programs and complex, multi-domain solution landscapes.
• Knowledge of modern architectures and technologies, including Microsoft Azure, APIs, event-driven integration, containers, DevSecOps, and observability.
• Experience with enterprise applications and platforms such as ERP, CRM, CPQ, MES, SaaS, data, and integration solutions.
• Strong business orientation, stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to simplify complex technical topics and convert architectural direction into clear, actionable decisions.
• Fluent spoken and written English; experience in an industrial, manufacturing, energy, engineering, or electrification environment is an advantage

This opportunity is open to candidates in one or multiple countries that have adopted the European Pay Transparency Directive, 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.

More About Us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability™ enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air-and gas-insulated switchgear, indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

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.

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