Lead Business Architect E&E Tech

As Lead Business Architect Engineering & Enterprise Tech, you shape Rabobank’s technology landscape with a clear vision and roadmap. You unite business, IT, engineering and executive stakeholders to translate strategy into architecture for enterprise domains. You influence transformation roadmaps and guide cross-functional delivery to support growth and customer focus. This role offers high-impact work across the organization, combining strategic thinking with hands-on leadership in a collaborative environment.

• thirteenth month salary
• 8% holiday allowance
• Employee Benefit Budget
• EUR 1,400 development budget per year
• hybrid working
• mobility budget for transportation needs

• Define and steer the long-term IT strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Engineering and Enterprise domain.
• Coach and develop business architects to foster continuous improvement and high performance.
• Lead stakeholder alignment across business, technology, and executive leadership to realise target architecture and roadmap.
• Balance business needs with technical possibilities, manage priorities, and support decision-making with timely escalation when needed.
• Guide implementation of the domain target vision to ensure feasibility and sustainability.
• Influence IT vendor and sourcing strategies in line with Rabobank’s long-term vision.

• 15 years of senior business or enterprise architecture experience
• Extensive IT platform architecture experience with governance of large-scale enterprise platforms
• Proven ability to build and maintain executive-level relationships across business and technology
• Strong leadership track record in coaching and developing senior professionals
• Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to translate complex challenges into actionable insights
• Outstanding communication, influencing, and negotiation skills
• Based in the Netherlands and legally authorized to work there

• collaboration
• communication
• influencing
• enterprise architecture
• IT strategy
• IT platform architecture