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Denna position rapporterar till: Global Head IS Enterprise Architecture
Your role and responsibilities In this role, you will have the opportunity to define, operate, and continuously improve the enterprise architecture governance framework, standards, and compliance mechanisms. Each day you will ensure architectural consistency, risk reduction, and strategic alignment across ABB's decentralized operating model, while enabling local autonomy and innovation. You will also act as the custodian of architectural decision making, standards, and guardrails. You will be balancing enterprise coherence with domain and product team agility, making sure that EA rules and practices are embedded into the organization's operating model. This role has three/ four people reporting into it.
The work model for the role is: #Li_hybrid
You will be mainly accountable for:
Architecture Governance
Governing and operating the enterprise architecture governance model, including decision rights, escalation paths, and review forums.
Ensuring architecture choices are transparent, traceable, and aligned with enterprise strategy.
Embedding governance into delivery processes (e.g., portfolio, product, and investment lifecycles).
Overseeing governance boards across the organization and making sure that relevant decentralized governance is in place.
Practice Development
Defining and maintaining EA practice standards, frameworks, and methodologies aligned with industry best practices (e.g., TOGAF) and organizational strategy.
Establishing governance processes for architecture reviews, compliance and selection.
Training and support for architects and business consumers.
Enablement & Community Building
Driving initiatives to strengthen the EA community through training, knowledge sharing, and collaboration platforms.
Promoting adoption of EA tools (e.g., Ardoq) and ensuring effective onboarding and usage across domains.
Acting as a champion for the EA repository and toolset and driving cultural change by fostering a "community-led architecture" mindset.
Standards & Reference Architecture
Owning and maintaining
enterprise architecture standards
and policies across business, data, application, technology, security, and integration domains.
Continuous Improvement
Measuring governance effectiveness using defined KPIs (e.g., reuse, compliance, time-to-decision), continuously improving standards, governance processes, and tooling and staying current with industry best practices and evolving architectural trends.
Qualifications for the role
Bachelor's or master's degree in information systems, Computer Science, or related field
8+ years in Enterprise Architecture or related roles, with at least 3 years in practice enablement or governance
Proven experience in implementing EA frameworks, tools, and governance processes in a global organization
Experience in decentralized, multi-domain, or federated operating models
Strong understanding of EA domains (business, application, data, technology)
Familiarity with architecture modeling tools (e.g., Ardoq, ArchiMate)
TOGAF or equivalent EA framework certification preferred
Excellent communication and facilitation skills
Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
Strong governance, risk, and standards management capability
This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.
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Enterprise Architecture Practice and Governance Lead in Kraków – pracodawca: ABB Inc
ABB Inc oferuje pracownikom możliwość rozwoju zawodowego w dynamicznym środowisku, które promuje efektywność i zrównoważony rozwój. Pracownicy mają szansę na zdobycie doświadczenia w różnych obszarach, takich jak analiza funkcjonalna, zakupy czy zarządzanie wydarzeniami. Firma wspiera swoich pracowników w osiąganiu ich celów zawodowych, co przyczynia się do satysfakcji z pracy.
