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Abeille Assurances

French insurer offering protection and savings

Enterprise Architect

IT OperationsUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeBois-Colombes, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac +5 qualification from an engineering program or equivalent university education in computer science, information systems, or complex systems.
  • At least 10 years of information-systems experience, including at least 5 years in solution and/or enterprise architecture roles.
  • Significant experience in insurance, bancassurance, or mutual insurance is strongly preferred; alternatively, experience in a regulated environment such as banking, healthcare, or energy is acceptable.
  • French fluency is essential, and professional English is required for working with vendors and the AÉMA group.
  • Appreciated certifications include TOGAF, ArchiMate, cloud certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect or AWS Solutions Architect, and SAFe Architect.
  • The role calls for influential leadership, teaching ability, critical thinking, listening, diplomacy, and rigor.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to defining and updating the target enterprise architecture in line with IT strategy and the 2040 vision.
  • Co-develop multi-year architecture roadmaps, including the 2027–2030 plan, and translate them into operational milestones.
  • Assess major technology directions, including cloud, APIs, data, and core platforms.
  • Lead or co-lead architecture forums, including the enterprise architecture committee, CAB, and Design Authority.
  • Review architecture dossiers produced by design teams and delivery partners and provide reasoned opinions.
  • Ensure architecture principles and standards are applied, and evolve the standards repository, patterns, and design rules.
  • Validate, rather than produce, project teams’, delivery partners’, and vendors’ cost and effort estimates; challenge key assumptions, assess the macroeconomic coherence of architecture options, and advise on their sustainability.
  • Govern architecture repositories, including application maps, business-capability repositories, standards, reference building blocks, and interfaces.
  • Ensure consistency with related repositories, including the CMDB, data repositories, master data, and service catalogue.
  • Maintain a consolidated view of technical debt across the application and infrastructure estate.
  • Qualify, prioritize, and instrument technical-debt reduction through a controlled build/run approach.
  • Coach solution architects and project managers on architecture practices and deliverables.
  • Facilitate the architecture community through guilds, dojos, and practice-sharing.
  • Monitor technology, regulations including Solvency II, DORA, GDPR, and DDA, and competitors.
  • Act as a cross-functional reference for Build, Run, Data, and Cybersecurity teams, and support business functions and IT governance by informing decisions, challenging proposed directions, and securing trade-offs without replacing project teams.

About the Company

Abeille Assurances

French insurer offering protection and savings

Abeille Assurances offers a broad range of protection, savings, and retirement products for more than 3 million clients in France. As part of Aéma Groupe, it leverages a long history, 4,300 employees and 1,000 general agents to deliver insurance and related financial services. It differentiates itself through a strong commitment to sustainability and social impact, with programs like Positive Assurance, ESG-focused savings, and initiatives to support employees and communities.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$13.5M
Headquarters
Bois-Colombes, France
Founded
1855

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