Head of Enterprise Architecture and Technology Management (m/f/d)

To further develop our IT architecture, we are looking for an experienced leader with strategic foresight and a sound understanding of architecture and technology.
In this key position, you will lead and develop the group-wide Enterprise Architecture function and be responsible for technology management and architecture governance.
Together with your team, you will shape the long-term development of our IT landscape and ensure that business strategy, processes, data, applications, and technologies follow a common target image.
In doing so, you will create the foundation for stable, secure, and future-proof solutions.

Head of Enterprise Architecture and Technology Management (m/f/d)

What awaits you?

• Functional and disciplinary leadership and further development of a team of 12 enterprise and domain architects
• Strategic further development of the IT landscape with around 500 business applications and a broad technology portfolio, aligned with the group and IT strategy
• Steering of the IT landscape considering business value, standardization, complexity, risks, and costs
• Responsibility for architecture and technology governance including leading the architecture and technology board
• Further development of the architecture metamodel, methods, standards, and architecture principles of Raiffeisen Gruppe
• Responsibility for technology management including technology portfolio, technology standards, and lifecycle management of the group-wide technology stack
• Co-shaping the IT strategy as well as architectural steering of strategic transformation initiatives and ensuring architecture-compliant solutions
• Assessment of relevant technological developments, particularly in the areas of cloud, platforms, and artificial intelligence, as well as their sustainable integration into architecture, governance, and operating models
• Active stakeholder management across business, IT, security, governing bodies, and external partners, as well as the development of convincing decision-making bases

What do you bring with you?

• University degree in computer science, business informatics, or a comparable field; further training in Enterprise Architecture, technology management, or business administration is an advantage
• Several years of leadership and budget responsibility in a demanding IT environment
• Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture as well as in the strategic development and steering of complex IT landscapes
• Demonstrable success in the development and implementation of architecture strategies, target images, and roadmaps, as well as in the establishment of effective architecture and technology governance
• Sound understanding of modern software development, DevSecOps, and CI/CD as well as experience with cloud and platform architectures
• Experience in a regulated environment is an advantage and a good understanding of security, compliance, operational risks, and resilience
• Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking, strong leadership and communication skills, as well as the ability to bring different interests together and consistently drive changes forward
• Confident appearance, high analytical competence, and convincing communication at all hierarchical levels up to the executive board; very good German skills, at least level C1.

We offer flexible working models

The work-life balance of our employees is important to us. Therefore, we create the conditions so that working hours can be designed flexibly – with offers for mobile working, home office, and part-time positions.

We maintain a family-like environment

The cooperative values are our pillars: together. For each other. They shape our cooperation and how we treat one another. The "Du" culture creates personal closeness and equality at eye level across all functional levels.

We live diversity and equal opportunity

We promote the different perspectives, experiences, and competencies in our teams. Because this diversity makes us special and contributes decisively to our success.

We offer collective profit sharing instead of individual bonuses

We put collective performance at the forefront. Therefore, we have collective profit sharing instead of individual bonus payments. This promotes a healthy corporate culture in which overarching goals are pursued together.

We promote personal and professional development

Lifelong learning is part of our culture. We create space for individual professional and personal development and support our employees specifically – with a diverse internal education j4id10414797a j4it0940a j4iy26a