Senior Enterprise Domain Architect - 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

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.