Senior Business Enterprise Architect bei Temenos Group AG

Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We have been doing this for over 30 years through the pioneering spirit of our Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better, together.

We serve over 3000 clients from the largest to challengers and community banks in 150+ countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping them operate more sustainably.

At Temenos, we have an open-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create their own destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking and society.

We are seeking a strategic and visionary Senior Enterprise Architect to lead the design and evolution of our enterprise-wide IT architecture. This role is pivotal in aligning technology with business strategy, ensuring scalability, security, and innovation across our global IT landscape. The ideal candidate will not only bring deep technical expertise and architectural leadership but also demonstrate the potential to grow into the role of Chief Enterprise Architect.

• You will
• Enterprise Architecture Leadership: Design and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, ensuring alignment with business goals and IT strategy.
  
• Technology Strategy: Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to guide long-term IT investments and innovation.
  
• Governance & Standards: Define and enforce architectural standards, principles, and best practices across the organization.
  
• Solution Oversight: Provide architectural guidance for major IT initiatives, ensuring consistency, scalability, and integration.
  
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and external partners to understand needs and translate them into architectural solutions.
  
•  Business Applications Alignment: Consult, coordinate, and align closely with business applications teams within the IT department to ensure their strategies and roadmaps are fully integrated with the enterprise architecture vision.
  
• Establish a consulting and decision forum (e.g., enterprise architecture transformation forum) with key stakeholders from all business areas to ensure alignment of new business applications, software, or SaaS solutions with the enterprise architecture.
  
• Roadmap Development: Create and maintain multi-year architecture roadmaps, including application, data, infrastructure, and security domains.
  
• Mentorship & Leadership: Support and mentor solution architects and technical leads across the organization.
  
• Succession Planning: Prepare to assume the role of Chief Enterprise Architect, contributing to strategic planning and enterprise-wide transformation.
  

• You should have
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  
• 10+ years of experience in IT architecture, with at least 3 years in a senior or enterprise-level role.
  
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale architectures in complex, global environments.
  
• Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman), cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS), and integration patterns.
  
• Experience with enterprise tools such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and hybrid cloud environments.
  
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, and Microsoft Fabric.
  
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance long-term vision with practical execution.
  
• Experience in regulated or multinational industries is a plus.
  
• Fluent English, native English speaker is a plus

• Care about transforming the Banking landscape.
  
• Commit to being part of an exciting culture and product evolving within the financial industry.
  
• Collaborate effectively and proactively with teams within or outside Temenos.
  
• Challenge yourself to be ambitious and achieve your individual as well as the company targets.

• Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
  
• Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
  
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
  
• Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
  
• Study leave: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development