Enterprise Architect

At Ayvens, progress starts with you.

Our ambitions to shape the future of sustainable mobility are powered by our talent. Join us, and get better with every move. Ayvens is seeking a highly experienced Senior Enterprise Architect to drive business and technology transformation across key Corporate Services functions, including Finance, Risk & Compliance, Human Resources, Legal, and Procurement. This strategic role is responsible for shaping the target enterprise architecture, ensuring that business requirements are fully understood, assessed, and translated into sustainable, scalable, and compliant technology solutions. The successful candidate will define transformation roadmaps, guide investment decisions, and ensure alignment between business objectives, IT strategy, regulatory requirements, and Ayvens/Sociégé Conseil standards. Working across global and local teams, the Senior Enterprise Architect will collaborate with business stakeholders, delivery organizations, and technology partners to design and govern end-to-end solutions that deliver business value, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and excellent user experience. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in Ayvens' digital transformation journey and contribute to the future of sustainable mobility.

What are you going to do?

As the Senior Enterprise Architect for Corporate Services, you will:

• Enterprise Architecture Strategy Own and maintain the enterprise architecture landscape for Corporate Services, including Finance, Risk & Compliance, HR, Legal, and Procurement domains with a comprehensive inventory of applications, platforms, integrations, and capabilities.
• Define target architectures and transformation roadmaps aligned with business strategy and technology objectives.
• Identify opportunities for application rationalization and develop decommissioning plans to reduce complexity and optimize costs.
• Business Alignment & Solution Design Assess business initiatives by evaluating scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, and criticality.
• Translate business needs into end-to-end architecture solutions and transformation programs.
• Provide architecture leadership throughout the lifecycle of strategic initiatives, from ideation and business case development to implementation and adoption.
• Ensure solutions balance business value, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, scalability, and user experience.
• Architecture Governance Ensure adherence to Ayvens and Sociégé Conseil architecture principles, standards, and governance processes.
• Collaborate closely with Data, Security, Infrastructure, and Integration teams to establish and enforce enterprise-wide governance.
• Drive architecture review activities and support decision-making through clear recommendations and impact assessments.
• Contribute to risk management, compliance reviews, and regulatory initiatives.
• Stakeholder Management & Transformation Leadership Act as a trusted advisor and senior point of contact for corporate function leaders.
• Build strong relationships with central and local stakeholders across multiple countries and business entities.
• Support strategic planning, investment prioritization, cost assessments, and business case development.
• Define adoption roadmap for global solutions and support onboarding of local entities.
• Identify transformation risks and dependencies and proactively propose mitigation actions.
• Delivery Partner with delivery teams to ensure architecture designs are successfully implemented and transitioned into operational support.
• Ensure consistency between architectural vision, project execution, and operational objectives.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives that enhance service quality, efficiency, and business performance.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a strategic and pragmatic architecture leader with extensive experience in enterprise transformation and complex corporate environments.

Experience & Expertise Minimum of 7 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or IT Strategy roles. Proven experience within automotive leasing, mobility services, financial services, or similarly regulated industries. Strong understanding of Finance, Risk & Compliance, Procurement, HR, and Legal business processes. Experience with enterprise platforms such as ERP, BPM/Workflow, Financial and Risk & Compliance solutions. Solid knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, data architecture, cloud technologies, and security principles.

Skills & Competencies Strong strategic thinking and the ability to define long-term architectural roadmaps. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex challenges into actionable solutions. Proven ability to influence senio