Enterprise Architect

Role Overview

As we continue to evolve our business expand our product ecosystem and embed AI more deeply into how we operate we are strengthening our Architecture capability to bridge business strategy and technology strategy.

The Enterprise Architect plays a critical role in shaping the companys long-term architectural direction ensuring our systems remain scalable resilient cost-efficient and AI-enabled. This role sits at the intersection of business data and technology translating complex business needs into pragmatic future-proof architectures that support EcoVadis growth and innovation agenda.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Direction

• Translate business and product strategy into enterprise-level architectural direction and roadmaps
• Define and maintain the target architecture across business application data and technology layers
• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture metamodel and maintain the EA repository
• Assess and document as-is architectures identify gaps overlaps and structural risks and drive simplification
• Lead strategic architecture initiatives such as application rationalization and modernization
• Manage strategic technology risks across the organization
   

Governance & Decision Support

• Define and steward architecture principles standards and guardrails
• Review and challenge major architectural decisions ensuring alignment with long-term goals
• Support executive decision-making with clear trade-offs and options not just diagrams
• Govern the adoption of new tools and platforms across the organization as well as decommissioning efforts
• Continuously improve architecture governance practices to remain lightweight and effective
   

Collaboration & Enablement

• Act as a trusted advisor and liaison between business product engineering data and security stakeholders
• Partner with Solution Architects and Tech Leads to align local designs with enterprise direction
• Work with IT and Security teams to ensure architectures align with security strategies and policies
• Participate in agile cross-functional teams providing architectural guidance for specific business domains
• Translate business product and technical requirements into architecture specifications for selected enterprise initiatives
   

Data AI & Emerging Technologies

• Collaborate on data architecture analytics and data governance models (e.g. data mesh federated ownership)
• Guide the responsible adoption of AI/ML and agent-based capabilities across the enterprise
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends with a business-value lens avoiding hype-driven decisions
   

Operational Excellence

• Contribute to the improvement of IT service management tools and processes
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve the Enterprise Architecture practice
   

This scope of responsibilities may evolve based on company priorities.

Qualifications :

Required

• 8 years in architecture roles including 5 years in Enterprise Architecture
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture disciplines; practical experience with frameworks such as TOGAF (used pragmatically)
• Extensive experience with systems integration including SaaS platforms and modern integration patterns
• Experience working in hybrid legacy modern environments
• Strong understanding of data consistency quality and accessibility
• Proven experience working in agile environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and influence skills including engagement with senior and C-level leaders
• Ability to operate comfortably across multiple levels of abstraction from strategy to hands-on initiatives
• Strong business acumen and ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders
• Excellent communication facilitation and negotiation skills
• Fluency in English
   

Personal Attributes

• High level of proactivity and autonomy
• Strong planning prioritization and organizational skills
• Pragmatic mindset with a focus on evolution over big-bang transformations
• Comfortable challenging assumptions while remaining collaborative

Additional Information :

Offer available to candidates currently eligible to live and work in Spain

Location: Hybrid in Barcelona (4 times a month in the office) / Full remote from Spain

In return for your expertise we offer:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to professional mental health support
• Referral bonus policy
• Learning and development 
• Sustainability events and community involvement
• Peer recognition program
• Employee-led resource groups
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card)
• Dental Benefits 
• Life & Accident Insurance Private Health Insurance
• Paid employee volunteer day
• Paid moving day (1/year)
• Time off: 1 Community Service Day 1 Personal Day
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week)
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV in English with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you! 

Dont fit all the criteria but still think youd be a good candidate Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. Were interested in hiring from a diverse and skilled talent pool regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people people with long-term health conditions and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments including the provision of interview questions please let the hiring team know.

Our teams strength comes from everyones uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color national or ethnic origin ancestry citizenship religion beliefs age sex gender identity sexual orientation neurodiversity disability parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you your application we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs marital status number of children religion gender residential postal code university graduation date past medical or parental leave(s) taken nationality (instead please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country) university name (instead please state any degrees obtained and the study major).

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time