Product Architect

Ad/01; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid working model

Benefit platform budget

Yearly bonus

Worldwide cross-brand network

Job summary

AD/01, the tech studio within the Ahold Delhaize network, is seeking a Product/Enterprise Architect to shape the EU regional IT architecture for Supply Chain.

You will define future-state vision, collaborate with Core Retail Platform Architect, and align solutions with business priorities across EU brands.

This role offers hybrid work, a chance to influence omnichannel retail tech, and a pathway to scale architecture across a global network.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant IT experience.
• Proven experience as IT Architect / Enterprise Architect.
• Experience with food eCommerce and fulfillment (incl. In-Store Fulfillment, Dark Stores, DC-based fulfillment) is a strong plus.
• Experience with micro-service development and cloud-native concepts.
• Experience with EA Modelling tools such as BiZZdesign, LeanIX would be a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Translate corporate strategy into a mid- to long-term regional technology strategy (3-5 years) for eCommerce & eCommerce Fulfillment.
• Deliver high-level architectural designs for the eCommerce Product Cluster (Order Management, WMS, In-Store Fulfillment, Last Mile Delivery).
• Collaborate with Architecture team and delivery teams at local/regional/global levels.
• Partner with Product Management and business stakeholders to align solutions across EU brands.
• Work in agile and waterfall contexts; translate IT strategy into architecture.
• Support Product and Solution architects in reference architectures for scalable infra.
• Ensure TCO implications are considered in solution choices.
• Stay current with new technologies and industry trends.

Skills

10+ years IT experience

Retail industry experience

Complex IT landscapes

IT Architect / Enterprise Architect

Food eCommerce & Fulfillment

Micro-service development

EA Modelling tools (BiZZdesign, LeanIX

End-to-end customer journey

MuleSoft integration

REST APIs & event-driven architectures

Cloud-based infrastructure

Project governance & management

Agile / SAFe experience

Tools

BiZZdesign

LeanIX

MuleSoft

REST APIs

Kafka

Job description

We’re AD/01, the tech studio that builds the future of food retail. Whether it’s in-store aisles, online baskets, or behind-the-scenes operations, we innovate the daily food experiences for farmers and families, grandmas and greengrocers, and pickers and packers alike.

We’re part of the Ahold Delhaize network, one of the world’s largest global food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. With 19 strong local brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we create a meaningful difference for our customers, our people, and the world around us. And we’re looking for the freshest minds excited to create the recipe for change.

Your new role and environment.

The primary purpose of the EU Regional IT Architecture team is to translate strategy into solutions. The team defines and contributes to the region’s IT strategy and roadmap, and converts these into high‑level IT architectures, including clear transition paths from the current to the future state.

Architecture governance ensures that the delivery of new and enhanced IT capabilities aligns with the long‑term strategic goals captured in the IT solution roadmap and complies with established architecture standards and policies.

At the project level, the architecture team brings stakeholders together, ensures a shared understanding of business requirements and solution options, and designs both the transition plan and the target end‑state architecture.

The Supply Chain Product Architect plays a key role within the EU Regional IT Architecture team. For our group of omnichannel food retail brands, Supply Chain is a critical capability within the Core Retail landscape. We are seeking a Product/Enterprise Architect who is passionate about Supply Chain.

In this role, you will define the future‑state architectural vision and conceptual designs for Core Retail and plan the transition from the current state to the target state—driving architectural consistency across the organization to optimize costs and maximize reuse.

Together with the Core Retail Platform Architect, you will shape the Supply Chain architecture strategy across the region, aligning solutions with business priorities and the overall corporate strategy.

Key responsibilities of your role.

• You understand the corporate strategy and business needs and lead the translation of this to a mid and long term (3-5 year) regional technology strategy in the areas of eCommerce and eCommerce Fulfillment, aligned with the regional EU and global IT strategy, in order to realize the defined objectives in an effective and efficient manner.
• You understand the mid to long term (6-24 months) departmental & company challenges, to contribute to the technology strategy of the Ahold Delhaize Group.
• You deliver high-level architectural designs for the eCommerce Product Cluster supporting capabilities such as Order Mangement, (eCom) Warehouse Management (WMS), In-Store Fullfillment, Last Mile Delivery with own and 3rd party fleets.
• You work with other members of the Architecture team as well as members of the delivery teams, at local/regional/global level if needed.
• You collaborate and partner with Product Management and business stakeholders across our EU brands to ensure alignment and secure organization-wide stakeholder support.
• You are able to work within an agile context and with waterfall managed projects
• You support Product and Solution architects to translate IT strategy and reference architectures into best‑of‑breed, flexible, and scalable infrastructure architecture
• You lead / contribute to the reference architecture in your own domain.
• You ensure that the TCO implications of architecture decisions are factored into the solution choices.
• You apply the architectural principles and policies to the security, privacy and compliance regimes
• You suggest and provide solutions to business and management problems, and you develop innovative solutions
• You drive strategic plans towards concrete roadmaps and timely execution
• You support the program & project delivery teams embed security, privacy and regulatory needs into the solution designs.
• You stay abreast of new technologies

What’s in it for you?

We ask a lot. (We’re looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.

So, what do we have in store for you? We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office.We provide competitive benefitsto support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes: a significant budget on benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Requirements.

Experience and technical knowledge

• 10+ years of relevant IT experience
• Experience in the retail industry would be considered a plus
• Experience of complex IT landscapes and large organizations
• Proven experience as IT Architect and/or Enterprise Architect
• Proven experience in food eCommerce and eCommerce Fulfillment (including In-Store Fulfillment, Dark Stores, and DC-based fulfillment), as well as Last Mile Delivery models (such as own fleet and gig economy providers), is considered a strong plus.
• Experience with modern development methodologies such as micro-service development.
• Experience in EA Modelling tools such as BiZZdesign, LeanIX, etc would be a plus
• Experience in building the end-to-end customer journey
• Experience with integration platforms such as MuleSoft
• Experience with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud-native concepts, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka), and enterprise-scale design patterns.
• Experience using hyperscalers and cloud-based infrastructure is desirable
• Expertise in project management, escalation, process management and business systems requirements definition
• Experience with agile development methodologies (Scrum, Devops) or the SAFe framework would be appreciated.

Interpersonal and processing skills :

• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills and a critical mindset
• Autonomous, proactive, structured, accurate
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others
• Able to handle multiple tasks
• Results oriented and innovator
• Strong interpersonal skills, incl. Teamwork, facilitation, negotiation and diplomacy
• Excellent verbal, and written communications skills, to include writing/editing of technical documentation for international audiences; effective presentation skills
• Knowledgeable in TCO analysis and scenario-based tradeoff evaluation to support strategic decision-making and architectural choices.
• Flexible and motivated to learn new technologies and to stay abreast of innovative solutions
• Ability to translate complex problems and technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives, visuals, and frameworks.
• Skilled in (visual) storytelling to effectively engage diverse audiences; ranging from business and product stakeholders to architectural and technical teams.
• Excellent knowledge of the English language both written and spoken.

Got questions? Don’t be shy. Madalina Pungaru at [e-mail], has answers. For us, diversity means being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more. We accept everyone for who they are.