Enterprise Architect

Nova Ventura; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Entrepreneurial culture

Feedback culture

Team events

Job summary

Nova Ventura seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead high-level IT architectures and roadmaps aligned with business strategy. You will partner with IT and business teams to design practical, scalable solutions across cloud, data, and enterprise platforms.

You will influence executives and technical leaders, drive agile delivery, and steer large transformation programs while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT roles with focus on enterprise architecture or IT strategy.
• Strong technical foundation with background in IT development, systems architecture, or infrastructure.
• Proven track record leading large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Experience selecting and designing fit-for-purpose SaaS solutions (ERP/CRM/e-commerce).
• Knowledge of modern data and AI platform architectures is a plus.
• Ability to operate in an agile delivery context while maintaining long-term architectural alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and design of high-level IT architectures and roadmaps that support business strategy and operational goals, ensuring requirements, quality attributes, and constraints are met.
• Collaborate with technical IT architects and development teams to translate business objectives into practical designs and solutions.
• Provide strategic direction by aligning IT capabilities with business goals, covering cloud, data, enterprise systems, and digital platforms.
• Navigate resistance, resolve conflicts, and create alignment by influencing stakeholders across multiple levels, including business executives and IT leaders.
• Break down complex projects into short, achievable iterations that demonstrate tangible business outcomes for clients and maintain their momentum.
• Work in blended teams (IT, business, operations) to co-create solutions and foster a win-win environment, embracing servant leadership by prioritizing team growth and productive collaboration.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, guiding decision-making and ensuring that digital transformations deliver measurable business value.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

IT Strategy

Stakeholder Influence

Cloud Architecture

ERP/CRM SaaS

Leadership

Agile Delivery

Communication

Tools

ERP

CRM

Job description

You are an experienced practitioner with a passion for delivering business and IT transformations that matter. You’re excited about complex environments and have the skills to bring structure to the chaos.

You thrive on solving problems, collaborating with others, and delivering meaningful results. If you are a strategic thinker with a hands‑on approach, eager to inspire teams and deliver win‑win solutions for clients, we’d love to hear from you. We value potential as much as experience, so if you align with our mission and values we are eager to learn about your growth areas and strengths.

Practical Info

• Regime: Full time/Part-time
• Location: Brussel/Amsterdam
• Level Of Experience: Medior/Senior

What will you do?

As an Enterprise Architect, your role involves:

• Lead the planning and design of high‑level IT architectures and roadmaps that support business strategy and operational goals, ensuring requirements, quality attributes, and constraints are met.
• Collaborate with technical IT architects and development teams to translate business objectives into practical designs and solutions.
• Provide strategic direction by aligning IT capabilities with business goals, covering areas such as cloud, data, enterprise systems, and digital platforms.
• Navigate resistance, resolve conflicts, and create alignment by influencing stakeholders across multiple levels, including business executives and IT leaders.
• Break down complex projects into short, achievable iterations that demonstrate tangible business outcomes for clients and maintain their momentum.
• Work in blended teams (IT, business, operations) to co‑create solutions and foster a win‑win environment, embracing servant leadership by prioritizing team growth and productive collaboration.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, guiding decision‑making and ensuring that digital transformations deliver measurable business value.
• 10+ years of experience in IT roles, with a significant part spent in enterprise architecture or IT strategy in a corporate environment.
• A strong technical foundation, ideally having started in IT development, systems architecture, or infrastructure before transitioning into business‑focused roles.
• Proven ability to lead or contribute to large‑scale business and IT transformation initiatives, involving multiple stakeholders and complex IT systems.
• Experience with selecting and designing fit‑for‑purpose business SaaS solutions, such as ERP, CRM, or e‑commerce platforms. Knowledge of modern enterprise data & AI platform architectures is considered a plus.
• Ability to operate in an agile delivery context while ensuring long‑term architectural alignment.
• Excellent communication & people skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics and connect with both business leaders and technical teams.
• Conflict resolution and decision arbitration skills to align diverse perspectives and mediate productive collaboration between business and IT stakeholders.
• Pragmatic and outcome‑driven approach, with the ability to structure ambiguity and deliver impactful business results.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

What you can expect

• The opportunity to carry out important projects in complete freedom and autonomy, expressing your talents.
• An entrepreneurial and open company culture that focuses on the bigger picture by offering an unrivalled level of knowledge, customer focus and collegiality.
• A continuous feedback culture with a desire to keep growing and gaining trust.
• A unique group of colleagues and a partner/coach by your side, all there to help.
• Inspiring and fun events throughout the year.

We’re excited to get to know you better and introduce you to our company culture and values. This is an opportunity for us to understand your background, experiences, and motivations. Feel free to ask us any questions you have about the role, team and Nova Ventura in general.

Show us what you got

This phase is focused on assessing your skills, problem‑solving abilities, and how well you can apply your expertise to real‑world scenarios. We want to see your potential in action.

Partner interview

At this stage, you’ll have the opportunity to meet with some of our senior team members, including our directors and possibly partners. This phase aims to assess your fit within our team and your ability to contribute effectively.

Offer

Congratulations! If you’ve made it to this phase, we’re excited to extend an offer to join the Nova Reperta team.

Welcome, Novist!

As you prepare to embark on your journey with Nova Reperta, we’ll make sure you have a smooth transition into our team. We look forward to seeing how you’ll contribute to our success!