Senior Solution Architect - Product Consumption Architecture

Gazelle Global; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gazelle Global seeks a Senior Solution Architect to lead the design of an end-to-end Product Consumption Architecture within a large, international financial services organisation. The role focuses on transforming how digital products and services are requested, consumed, managed and financially accounted for across a complex enterprise.

You will define target-state architecture and develop a practical implementation roadmap.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Senior Solution Architect or equivalent in large enterprises.
• Experience designing complex, end-to-end enterprise solutions across multiple domains.
• Strong expertise in business, process and information architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of an end-to-end product consumption architecture across multiple domains.
• Define target-state architectures, blueprints and transition plans.
• Collaborate with senior architects and stakeholders to align architecture with governance.

Skills

End-to-End Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Target-State Architecture

Business Process Modelling

Information Architecture

Enterprise Integration

Product Consumption Architecture

Operating Model Transformation

Architecture Governance

Technology Cost Management

ServiceNow/Pega

Stakeholder Management

Tools

ServiceNow

Pega

Job description

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Hybrid)Contract: Initial contract until 31 May 2027Start Date: 26 October 2026Industry: Financial Services / BankingSeniority: Senior / Lead Solution Architect

Contract Type: PAYROLL ONLY - ZZP / Freelance / Self-Employed NOT ACCEPTED

About the Role

Senior Solution Architect - Product Consumption Architecture

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Hybrid)

Contract: Initial contract until 31 May 2027

Start Date: 26 October 2026

Industry: Financial Services / Banking

Seniority: Senior / Lead Solution Architect

Contract Type: PAYROLL ONLY - ZZP / Freelance / Self-Employed NOT ACCEPTED

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Solution Architect to lead the design of an end-to-end Product Consumption Architecture within a large, international financial services organisation.

This is a strategic architecture assignment focused on transforming how internal digital products and technology services are requested, consumed, managed and financially accounted for across a complex enterprise environment.

The successful candidate will define the target-state solution architecture, identify gaps within the existing technology landscape and develop a realistic implementation roadmap to support a scalable, standardised product consumption model.

You will work alongside senior enterprise architects, domain architects, technology leaders and business stakeholders to establish a unified architectural direction across multiple business and technology domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design of an integrated end-to-end solution architecture covering digital product consumption and service management.
• Architect processes spanning forecasting, pricing, digital contracting, ordering, consumption, charging and invoicing.
• Translate strategic business objectives and product-oriented operating models into scalable, implementable architecture.
• Analyse existing enterprise applications, processes, information flows and integration dependencies.
• Define target-state architectures, solution blueprints and transition architectures.
• Design and optimise business processes, system interactions, information flows and enterprise integrations.
• Work with platforms such as ServiceNow, Pega and enterprise financial/cost management systems.
• Collaborate with senior architects across multiple domains to achieve architectural alignment.
• Lead complex technical discussions, challenge existing design decisions and resolve competing architectural priorities.
• Identify architecture gaps, technical dependencies, implementation risks and transformation opportunities.
• Develop practical implementation roadmaps, including transition phases, milestones and dependencies.
• Present architecture decisions, trade-offs and recommendations to senior technology and business leadership.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks.

Essential Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Senior Solution Architect, Lead Solution Architect or equivalent within large enterprise environments.
• Proven experience designing complex, end-to-end enterprise solutions spanning multiple business and technology domains.
• Strong expertise in business architecture, process architecture and information architecture.
• Experience translating business operating models and strategic transformation objectives into technical solution designs.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration, system dependencies, information flows and architecture governance.
• Hands-on experience assessing complex existing IT landscapes and designing target-state architectures.
• Demonstrable experience developing implementation roadmaps and transition architectures.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional architectural discussions involving senior stakeholders and domain architects.
• Experience evaluating architecture options, managing trade-offs and driving technical decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills.
• Ability to influence senior decision-makers without direct reporting authority.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with Product-Led Thinking, digital product operating models or product consumption architectures.
• Understanding of technology financial management, including pricing, forecasting, cost allocation, consumption charging and invoicing.
• Knowledge of FinOps, Technology Business Management (TBM) or Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Experience working with ServiceNow, Pega or comparable workflow and enterprise service management platforms.
• Experience delivering enterprise-wide operating model or digital transformation programmes.
• Familiarity with technology product catalogues, service consumption frameworks and internal digital marketplaces.
• Previous experience within banking, financial services or highly regulated enterprise organisations.

Key Skills

• End-to-End Solution Architecture
• Enterprise & Business Architecture
• Target-State & Transition Architecture
• Business Process Modelling
• Information Architecture & Data Flows
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Product Consumption Architecture
• Operating Model Transformation
• Architecture Governance
• Technology Cost Management / FinOps / TBM
• ServiceNow / Pega
• Strategic Architecture Roadmapping
• Cross-Domain Stakeholder Management

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced enterprise-level Solution Architect who combines strong technical architecture capabilities with business process understanding and excellent stakeholder management.

You should be comfortable navigating complex enterprise environments, challenging established approaches and bringing multiple senior architects together to agree on a practical architectural direction.

Experience within banking or financial services would be advantageous, otherwise candidates from other large, complex enterprise environments will also be considered.

Direct experience with Product-Led Thinking is not essential, provided you have the architectural expertise to understand new operating models quickly and translate them into practical, scalable solutions.