Lead Enterprise Domain Architect For Functional Domains

Abb; Prato; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Prato, Tuscany, Italy seeks a Senior Enterprise Domain Architect to lead the enterprise functional architecture for Finance, HR, and Legal & Integrity. You will translate strategy into capability-based architectures, drive architecture-led transformations, and guide governance to ensure long-term outcomes.

You will mentor Domain Architects, resolve trade-offs pragmatically, and balance global vs local needs while maintaining coherence across domains and platforms.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years in enterprise or domain architecture roles.
• Experience in large, decentralized or federated enterprises.
• Experience leading architecture in major enterprise transformations.
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills.
• Ability to arbitrate complex trade-offs pragmatically.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise functional architecture vision and target state.
• Translate business strategy into capability-based architectures for functions.
• Ensure consistent interpretation of enterprise principles across domains.
• Guide evolution of core business systems in line with enterprise strategy.
• Maintain architectural coherence across domains, platforms, and geographies.
• Resolve conflicts between functional requirements and enterprise constraints.
• Balance global vs local process ownership and SaaS vs customization decisions.
• Define enterprise-wide functional architecture principles and reference architectures.
• Contribute to Architecture Review Boards and approve/reject architectural exceptions.
• Guide investments in functional platforms and transformations.
• Lead and mentor Domain Architects and enable enterprise transformation initiatives.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Domain architecture

SAP

ERP-centric architectures

Functional capability modeling

Governance

Executive communication

Storytelling

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP

Job description

In this role, you lead the enterprise functional architecture for ABB, aligning business strategy with functional capabilities across domains such as Finance, HR, and Legal & Integrity. You provide architecture guidance at scale, balancing global coherence with local needs while avoiding fragmentation. You will drive architecture-led transformations and establish guardrails, reference architectures, and governance to sustain long-term business and technology outcomes. This is a high-impact, cross-functional position that shapes how the enterprise operates and evolves.

• Define and maintain the enterprise functional architecture vision and target state
• Translate business strategy into capability-based architectures for functions
• Ensure consistent interpretation of enterprise principles across domains
• Guide evolution of core business systems in line with enterprise strategy
• Maintain architectural coherence across domains, platforms, and geographies
• Resolve conflicts between functional requirements and enterprise constraints
• Balance global vs local process ownership and SaaS vs customization decisions
• Define enterprise-wide functional architecture principles and reference architectures
• Contribute to Architecture Review Boards and approve/reject architectural exceptions
• Guide investments in functional platforms and transformations
• Lead and mentor Domain Architects and enable enterprise transformation initiatives
• 12–15+ years in enterprise or domain architecture roles
• Experience in large, decentralized or federated enterprises
• Experience leading architecture in major enterprise transformations
• Strong SAP knowledge; ERP- and platform-centric architectures
• Expertise in functional capability modeling, business process harmonization, SaaS and packaged applications, cross-domain dependency management, and enterprise-scale governance
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills
• Ability to arbitrate complex trade-offs pragmatically
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and scale
• executive communication
• storytelling
• SAP knowledge
• ERP-centric architectures
• functional capability modeling

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