Enterprise Architect - Banking

Job Description

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a strategic architecture and transformation initiative within Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB).

In this role, you will work closely with senior technology and business stakeholders to define target architectures, assess complex technology landscapes, and drive strategic decisions around applications, platforms, data, integration and modernization.

This is a hands-on architecture role. We are looking for someone who can analyse complex environments, challenge existing approaches, develop target-state options and turn architectural decisions into clear, actionable recommendations.

What will you do?

• Define decision-ready reference and target architectures for priority CIB capabilities, including capability decomposition, target building blocks, architecture principles, data and integration patterns, and transition considerations.
• Work closely with CIOs, Domain Technology Heads and senior business stakeholders, challenging existing architectures, inherited constraints, local variations and investment assumptions.
• Analyse current application and platform landscapes to identify duplication, fragmentation, obsolescence, dependencies, risks and opportunities for consolidation.
• Translate architecture decisions into clear application-level recommendations, such as adopt, consolidate, migrate, selectively invest, contain or retire, including dependencies and transition sequencing.
• Assess buy, build and reuse alternatives, evaluating market maturity, comparable CIB adoption, integration fit, vendor lock-in and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Prepare and lead architecture decision forums and domain working groups, presenting options, trade-offs, recommendations, required decisions and open dependencies.
• Assess EUCs (End User Computing) and AI-enabled local solutions within the target architecture, defining appropriate classification, controls, ownership and transition paths.
• Translate architecture decisions into fundable initiatives, contributing to preliminary business cases, expected benefits, complexity assessments, risks and investment planning.
• Collaborate with global and cross-domain teams to ensure alignment between strategic architecture and business transformation objectives.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

Mandatory requirements:

• 8+ years of professional experience in technology architecture, enterprise architecture or technology transformation.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in CIB / Wholesale Banking. Experience in this sector is mandatory.
• Proven experience defining reference architectures, target architectures and/or transition states in complex technology environments.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Application landscape rationalization
  • Platform consolidation
  • Technology modernization
• Strong understanding of current-to-target assessments and their implications across areas such as:
  • Applications
  • Data
  • Integration
  • Cloud
  • Resilience
  • Cybersecurity
• Ability to engage with senior technology and business stakeholders, constructively challenge existing approaches and clearly communicate architectural recommendations.
• English: minimum B2 level, ideally C1, with professional fluency in both written and spoken English. You will be required to prepare and present recommendations, lead meetings and collaborate with global stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of a major CIB domain or transversal technology platform.
• Experience leading global or cross-domain transformation initiatives.
• Experience assessing buy / build / reuse alternatives, market solutions and TCO.
• Experience working with large-scale application portfolios and producing decision-ready architecture materials.
• MBA or postgraduate qualification in Finance, Technology Management or a related field.

Additional Information

What do we offer you?

• Full-time and permanent employment contract.
• Hybrid role based in Madrid.
• Professional growth possibilities & learning opportunities
• Possibility to join a multicultural team & work in the international environment
• Variety of benefits to support your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing:  private medical insurance, life insurance, lunch and transport card as part of the flexible remuneration pack, and online language classes
• Smart Office Pack

If you have read this far and you are looking forward to joining this challenge, do not hesitate to apply... we would be delighted to meet you!

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