Chief Enterprise Architect JP055218

Chief Enterprise Architect Namur Hybrid

We are looking for an experienced Chief Enterprise Architect to lead the definition and implementation of an Enterprise Architecture framework and the transformation roadmap for a large multi-entity environment.

Location: Namur Belgium
Work model: Hybrid with regular on-site collaboration
Start: ASAP
Duration: Until August 2027
Commitment: Full-time / approximately 120 days
Experience: 10 years in Enterprise Architecture / IT Architecture / IT Urbanisation

You will take overall ownership of the Enterprise Architecture framework and ensure the coherence quality and governance of the organisations transformation initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Define and implement an Enterprise Architecture repository/framework
• Develop and maintain IS and application landscape mapping
• Model business functional organisational application data and technical architectures using ArchiMate
• Define architecture principles standards and reusable patterns
• Establish an Architecture Governance framework including roles policies and standards
• Develop transformation roadmaps and target-state architectures
• Ensure alignment between business strategy IT investments and organisational objectives
• Integrate security compliance resilience and continuity requirements including NIS2 and GDPR
• Facilitate architecture governance committees and management-level presentations
• Coordinate with business stakeholders process owners data experts and technical teams
• Drive cross-organisation alignment and manage architectural complexity and technical debt

• 10 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture IT Architecture or IT Urbanisation
• Proven experience defining and deploying Enterprise Architecture frameworks and transformation roadmaps
• Strong experience advising senior management and executive stakeholders
• Experience working in multi-business multi-entity or complex organisational environments
• Expert knowledge of TOGAF and ArchiMate
• Strong expertise in:
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Architecture Governance
  • Business Application Data & Technology Architecture
  • IT Roadmaps and Transformation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • GDPR
  • Cross-organisational governance

Experience within:

• Public sector or public-service organisations
• Utilities such as water or energy
• Technical organisations operating industrial or geospatial information systems
• GIS / Geomatics
• ERP / SAP and application integration
• SCADA IoT and sensor environments
• Asset Management
• NIS2 and IT resilience

• Strong influencing leadership and facilitation
• Excellent stakeholder and change-management capabilities
• Ability to translate complex architecture topics for non-technical audiences
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable facilitating governance committees and cross-organisation collaboration
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to architecture delivery

French: Native / Bilingual
English: Nice to have

If youre an experienced Enterprise Architect looking for a strategic transformation assignment with significant cross-organisational impact wed be interested in hearing from you.