Architect D – Business Architect (Enterprise Architect)

Functieomschrijving

Positie

Business Architect Data & Analytics

Jij en je functie

Are you a strategic architect with a passion for data products and AI? You will take on the role of Area Architect for Enterprise Data Products. You define and drive the target architecture for the area, ensuring alignment with product vision and business needs.

Scope en verantwoordelijkheden

• Build enterprise-wide data products: Develop and maintain a strategically aligned portfolio of domain-agnostic data products and a shared enterprise data ontology, enabling consistency, reuse, and scalability.
• Enable AI at scale: Partner with business domains to create AI-ready data products that deliver relevant, contextualized data for advanced AI use cases (including Agentic AI), leveraging technologies such as knowledge graphs and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Automate and standardize data product delivery: Work with platform teams to industrialize data product creation using automation, computational governance, and enterprise data product implementation standards.
• As Area Architect you lead the area together with the Area Lead and Tech Lead and work closely with solution architects to align the area vision, realise the architecture strategy & roadmaps, and guide teams towards a future-proof architecture.

Your impact

• Define and communicate the strategic direction for data products and AI-ready data, enabling faster delivery of high-quality, reusable data assets.
• Lead and coach a team of solution architects, ensuring alignment on vision, architecture standards, and delivery of future-proof solutions.
• Lead and steer as part of the area leadership team and support product delivery with a strong architecture vision and roadmap.
• Ensure data and AI products are scalable, compliant, and delivering real business value.
• Translate emerging market developments and innovations into strategic architecture direction and tangible business value.

Practical examples

• Create and communicate an architecture vision on data products for AI-ready data, aligning with business stakeholders, architects and Global Data Management.
• Collaborate with business architects to shape a shared enterprise data ontology.
• Mentor and coach a team of solution architects within your area.

Vereisten

Experience

• 7+ years in relevant roles, including 3+ years in enterprise or business architecture in a complex D&A environment.
• Experience in global, multi-business line environments.

Expertise

• Strong architecture vision on data products, AI-ready data, and data ontology.
• Deep understanding of strategy, capabilities, and value streams to ensure the business ‘what and why’ precedes the technical ‘how’.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable architectural solutions.

Leadership & communication

• Experience delivering results in a leadership position, steering the domain together with the business lead and tech lead.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders across business and IT.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills towards solution architects.
• Excellent communication skills, from C-level to engineering teams.

Praktische informatie

Working time: 36 or 40 hours per week

Languages: English and Dutch mandatory

Eisen

• AI
• Business architecture
• D&A environment

Je sollicitatie dient uiterlijk 21 juli 2026 om 11:00 uur door ons te zijn ingediend, voorzien van een motivatie (waarin wordt toegelicht hoe aan de eisen en gunningscriteria wordt voldaan) en twee referenties. Wij ontvangen je gegevens graag minimaal één werkdag vóór de sluitingsdatum.