Senior Enterprise Architect - Corporate Services

About the role

Ayvens, a global leader in sustainable mobility, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Enterprise Architect to drive business and technology transformation across Corporate Services functions including Finance, Risk & Compliance, Human Resources, Legal and Procurement. The role defines the target enterprise architecture, shapes transformation roadmaps, guides investment decisions and ensures alignment between business objectives, IT strategy, regulatory requirements and Ayvens/Société Générale standards.

Key responsibilities

• Own and maintain the enterprise architecture landscape for Corporate Services, including a comprehensive inventory of applications, platforms, integrations and capabilities.
• Define target architectures and transformation roadmaps, identify application rationalization opportunities and develop decommissioning plans.
• Assess business initiatives on scope, timeline, dependencies, risks and criticality, and translate them into end-to-end architecture solutions and transformation programs.
• Provide architecture leadership from ideation and business case through implementation and adoption, balancing value, efficiency, compliance, scalability and user experience.
• Ensure adherence to Ayvens and Société Générale architecture principles and standards, and collaborate with Data, Security, Infrastructure and Integration teams on governance.
• Drive architecture reviews, support risk management, compliance reviews and regulatory initiatives, and act as a trusted advisor to corporate function leaders.
• Support stakeholder engagement, investment prioritization, cost assessments, adoption roadmaps and mitigation of transformation risks.
• Work with delivery teams to ensure designs are implemented and transitioned to operations, and promote continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture or IT Strategy roles.
• Proven experience in automotive leasing, mobility services, financial services or similarly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation programs in multinational organizations.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of sustainable mobility services, electric vehicle ecosystems and emerging mobility business models.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of Finance, Risk & Compliance, Procurement, HR and Legal business processes.
• Experience with enterprise platforms such as ERP, BPM/Workflow, and Financial and Risk & Compliance solutions.
• Solid knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, data architecture, cloud technologies and security principles.
• Strategic thinking, analytical skills, stakeholder influence and communication with both business and technical audiences.