Lead Business Architect E&E Tech

Rabobank Gruppe; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Personal development budget

Job summary

Rabobank is seeking a Lead Business Architect for Engineering & Enterprise Tech to shape the future technology landscape. You will unite business, IT, engineering, and executive leaders around a shared vision and roadmap, translating strategic ambitions into IT architecture for the domain.

You will lead the Architecture & Engineering organization, influence vendor strategies, and collaborate with CEO-level stakeholders to realize a scalable enterprise platform strategy, with a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in IT or Business.
• 15 years of experience in senior business or enterprise architecture or similar leadership roles.
• Extensive experience in IT platform architecture and governance of large-scale platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and steer the long-term IT strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Engineering and Enterprise domain, balancing business needs and technical possibilities.
• Coach, mentor, and develop business architects, fostering continuous improvement and high performance.
• Lead stakeholder alignment across business, technology, and executives to realise the target architecture and strategic roadmap.

Skills

Executive stakeholder management

IT architecture

Enterprise architecture

Leadership & coaching

Education

Master’s degree in IT or Business

Job description

## **Lead Business Architect Engineering & Enterprise Tech**As a member of the CAEO department you deliver a long-term IT strategy and architecture that empowers Rabobank to achieve its ambitions for customer focus, cooperative value, robust banking, and empowered employees.## **You & your role**As Lead Business Architect Engineering and Enterprise Tech, you play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Rabobank’s technology landscape. You bring together business, IT, engineering, and executive stakeholders around a shared vision and roadmap. By fostering collaboration across organisational boundaries and building trusted relationships at all levels, you ensure that strategic ambitions are translated into IT strategy and architectures for the domain.Engineering & Enterprise Tech supports the engineering and data & analytics platforms of Rabobank. Next to that you lead the architecture development of the Enterpise-wide domains of CFECO and CHRO Imagine creating world-class development platforms for all of Rabobank.Connecting with snr management on vision and strategy collaborating with business and IT leaders, and guiding transformation roadmaps that impact thousands of colleagues and millions of customers.## **Achieve results*** Define a future-proof vision for development platforms and steer the architecture development and solutioning for the agentic SDLC hub.* Act as a trusted advisor for senior leadership, helping them navigate complex trade-offs between business value, delivery speed, risk and long-term sustainability.* Develop transformation roadmaps that simplify and modernise the application landscape.* Guide the implementation of the domain target vision, ensuring they are inspiring, feasible, and sustainable.* Influence IT vendor and sourcing strategies to align with Rabobank’s long-term vision.## **Facts & figures*** 45 FTE in direct line, 120 FTE in functional line, 3,300 IT FTE domains.* 40 hours per week.* Rabobank serves 9.5 million customers worldwide.## **Top 3 responsibilities*** Develop and steer the long-term IT strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Engineering and Enterprise domain, making balanced decisions between business needs and technical possibilities.* Coach, mentor, and develop business architects, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.* Lead stakeholder alignment across business, technology, and executive leadership to realise the target architecture and strategic roadmap. Build commitment, manage competing priorities, and support decision making processes, while ensuring timely escalation where necessary.Within the organisation, you report to the Chief Architecture & Engineering Officer and are a member of the MT CAEO. You work closely with other Lead Business Architects, Enterprise Architects, Enterprise Engineering and business executives, presenting proposals at Managing Board level and interacting with CEOs and CTOs of key IT vendors.## **Together we achieve more**We believe in the power of differences. By combining our diverse perspectives, we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you will add to our team of CAEO. Collaboration is our way of working; as one determined team within Rabobank.## **Work on yourself & the world around you**At Rabobank, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we invest in you and work together for a better world. You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a healthy work-life balance. You’ll contribute to banking for private and business clients, as well as societal challenges such as food and energy transitions.## **Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank**At Rabobank, we believe we are stronger through complementary people. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in each other. We seek diversity in knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as gender, background, and culture. We strive for variety and the space to be yourself – whoever you are. That’s what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about.## **You & your talent*** Master’s degree in IT or Business.* 15 years of experience in senior business or enterprise architecture or another form of senior content leadership.* Extensive experience in IT platform architecture, including the design, implementation, and governance of complex enterprise-scale platforms and technology landscapes.* Demonstrated success in building, influencing, and maintaining strategic relationships with executive-level stakeholders across both business and technology domains.* Proven leadership experience, with a strong track record in managing, coaching, and developing high-performing teams and senior professionals.* Exceptional conceptual and strategic thinking capabilities, with the ability to translate highly complex technical and organisational challenges into clear, actionable insights.* Outstanding communication, influencing, and negotiation skills, with the ability to drive alignment and decision-making in complex stakeholder environments.* Candidates must currently be based in the Netherlands and be legally authorised to work in the Netherlands. Applications from candidates residing outside the Netherlands or outside the European Union will not be considered.