Strategic Enterprise Domain Architect – Transformation Leader

Abb; Genova; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB seeks a Lead Enterprise Domain Architect to shape functional architectures across Finance, HR, and Legal & Integrity, aligning strategy with capabilities. You will drive transformations, establish guardrails and governance, and guide domain architects in a large, federated enterprise.

Based in Genova, you will balance global coherence with local needs, steer SaaS vs customization decisions, and communicate executive-level storytelling while ensuring enterprise strategy alignment.

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 SAP knowledge; ERP- and platform-centric architectures.
• Executive communication and storytelling skills.

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

Executive communication

Storytelling

SAP knowledge

ERP architectures

Governance

Domain architecture leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

Job description

ABB seeks a Lead Enterprise Domain Architect to shape functional architectures across Finance, HR, and Legal & Integrity, aligning strategy with capabilities. You will drive transformations, establish guardrails and governance, and guide domain architects in a large, federated enterprise.

Based in Genova, you will balance global coherence with local needs, steer SaaS vs customization decisions, and communicate executive-level storytelling while ensuring enterprise strategy alignment.