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

Your Mission

You will take overall ownership of the Enterprise Architecture framework and ensure the coherence, quality and governance of the organisation's 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

Required Experience & Skills

• 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

Nice to Have

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

Soft Skills

• 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

Languages

French: Native / Bilingual
English: Nice to have

If you're an experienced Enterprise Architect looking for a strategic transformation assignment with significant cross-organisational impact, we'd be interested in hearing from you.