Business Architect Enabling Functions Veghel • Vanderlande

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The Business Architect – Enabling functions  plays a strategic role in managing IT products that support the core processes of designing, delivering, and maintaining solutions for our customers / business stakeholders. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business and IT to define the product vision, roadmap, and features, ensuring alignment with business goals. Reporting to the Value Chain Manager in the Business Partnering Department, you will focus on business alignment, partnership, and driving roadmap synchronization.

• Define and execute the IT product vision, strategy, and roadmap to align with business objectives.
• Manage the IT product lifecycle, ensuring continuous improvements based on business needs and technological advancements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, IT teams, and external partners, to gather requirements and define product features.
• Prioritize the ICT Portfolio backlog, balancing business value, time criticality, and opportunity enablement.
• Ensure IT solutions are scalable, maintainable, and effectively support business processes.
• Foster alignment between business and IT, ensuring solutions drive Business KPIs and Automation KPIs.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in IT product management.

The Business Architect – Enabling Functions is part of the ICT Business Partnering Department, which ensures alignment between business needs and ICT solutions to maximize value delivery. The team includes Business Architects, Project & Portfolio Managers, and a Release Train Engineer, working together to manage the demand and delivery of IT-driven solutions in the ICT Portfolio

What do we ask from you?

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Information Systems, ICT Management, Innovation Management).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT Product Management, business architecture, or a related field.
• Strong understanding or experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe Agile).
• Knowledge or expertise regarding topics like; Finance, Consolidation, HR and Legal and related IT solutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture principles and methodologies.
• Experienced in working in a cross-functional, international team environment.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Flexibility to travel internationally.
• Fluent in English (additional languages are a plus).

What we offer​

In this challenging and responsible position, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.​

This position offers a competitive salary range of € 6282 to € 8525 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale. 

On top of your fixed salary you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:​
 

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).​
• Flexible working hours.​
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).​
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.​
• Working from home allowance.​
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.​
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.​
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.​
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.​
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Your application

Are you interested in this position? Then apply now directly on our workday vacancy link with your resume and a short summary about your interest in this role.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.