Enterprise Architect

In this role you will lead and shape Springer Nature’s enterprise architecture by establishing frameworks, principles, and governance that align with business strategy. You will drive cross-functional collaboration to enable transformation, scalability, and future-proof architectures. You will act as a change agent, fostering a consensus-driven culture and guiding senior leaders on technology direction and architectural decisions. This is an opportunity to influence architecture at scale and connect business goals with engineering outcomes.

• Shape and drive the enterprise architecture strategy with senior stakeholders
• Develop and govern architecture principles and standards aligned with business objectives and tech trends
• Define and implement architecture blueprints and metamodels across the organisation
• Champion adoption of architectural frameworks such as TOGAF and ArchiMate
• Collaborate with leaders to ensure enterprise-wide architectural decisions are implemented
• Foster a culture of architecture through workshops and cross-functional collaboration
• Provide strategic guidance on emerging technologies and platform architectures
• Ensure governance and compliance with agreed architectural practices

• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, and metamodels
• Experience in low-mandate, consensus-driven environments
• Exposure to multiple technology environments and alignment with evolving business needs
• Practical experience in defining architecture blueprints and roadmaps
• Experience with TOGAF, ArchiMate or similar frameworks
• Ability to develop and communicate architectural principles, standards, and frameworks

• Thought leadership
• Stakeholder influence and relationship building
• Cultural change and facilitation
• TOGAF
• ArchiMate
• Architecture governance