Enterprise Architecture Strategist

Sia; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sia in Amsterdam is seeking a Business Architect to align business strategy with execution by developing and maintaining a holistic view of the business through enterprise architecture. You will design complex changes, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure solutions meet business goals.

You will translate strategy into governance, manage dependencies across projects, and work with business, IT, data and product teams to deliver coherent architectures in a dynamic consulting environment.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of BPMN, Process Architecture, and Process Design tooling
• Experience working in complex, dynamic environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, to translate shop floor issues to C-Level and vice versa.
• Enjoys working in teams and contributing to strong collaboration between colleagues and clients.
• Both business and technical background
• Ability to effectively liaise with both business and technical stakeholders
• Ability to think in complex structures and translate these into work packages and governance for alignment.
• Managing (teams of) professionals on content.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Drafting Business Process Architecture (As-Is and To-Be), including domain definitions and dependencies.
• Documenting architecture in a Process Repository (Adonis, ARIS, Signavio).
• Acting as a bridge between Business, IT, Data, and Product architectures.
• Ensuring architecture coherence by applying best practices and standards.
• Translating strategic objectives into tactical frameworks and solution directions.
• Advising on impact of strategic decisions on the organization.
• Aligning the project portfolio with business goals and prioritization.
• Identifying and managing dependencies between projects.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to document needs and requirements.
• Collaborating with data and IT teams to design technical solutions that meet business needs.

Skills

Analytical skills

BPMN

Process Architecture

Process Design

Stakeholder management

Fluent Dutch and English

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Adonis

ARIS

Signavio

Job description

Sia in Amsterdam is seeking a Business Architect to align business strategy with execution by developing and maintaining a holistic view of the business through enterprise architecture. You will design complex changes, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure solutions meet business goals.

You will translate strategy into governance, manage dependencies across projects, and work with business, IT, data and product teams to deliver coherent architectures in a dynamic consulting environment.