Strategic Enterprise Architect — Align & Transform

Heerema Marine Contractors; Leiden; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan

13th month salary

Holiday allowance

30 days off

In-house gym

Leiden office

Job summary

Heerema Marine Contractors is seeking an Enterprise Architect to shape and govern our digital and IT landscape from Leiden. You will ensure technology decisions support business strategy, operational excellence, and long‑term sustainability, working closely with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

You will guide architecture principles, standards and reference patterns, drive portfolio planning, and collaborate across domains to ensure coherent, scalable solutions that align with business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Engineering, or Business (or equivalent).
• Approximately 10+ years of enterprise architecture, IT strategy, or complex solution experience.
• Experience across business, application, data and technology architecture domains.
• Experience with cloud ecosystems and modern application architectures.
• Experience with architecture modelling and repository tooling (LeanIX).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve the enterprise IT landscape and align with business capabilities.
• Provide architectural guidance across initiatives to ensure scalability and long‑term sustainability.
• Drive early-stage architectural assessment and ensure scope, value, and alignment prior to portfolio approval.
• Assess architectural fit for new ideas and reuse opportunities; guide governance practices.
• Contribute to portfolio planning and technology roadmaps.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to align strategy with technology choices.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Portfolio planning

Technology roadmaps

Agile/Lean

Architecture governance

Cross-domain influence

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT/Engineering/Business

Tools

LeanIX

Job description

Heerema Marine Contractors is seeking an Enterprise Architect to shape and govern our digital and IT landscape from Leiden. You will ensure technology decisions support business strategy, operational excellence, and long‑term sustainability, working closely with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

You will guide architecture principles, standards and reference patterns, drive portfolio planning, and collaborate across domains to ensure coherent, scalable solutions that align with business