Enterprise Architect, IKEA

IKEA

Location:
Netherlands, Delft

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

We are currently establishing a product and platform-based organisation, where product areas will enable development of the needed and prioritised capabilities across Inter IKEA. Our aim is to secure a strong and clear connection between business strategies and the goals for each product team. A new framework is being developed to define how we lead in the process and capability dimensions and how this will connect to the data product, digital product and platform management. Our aim is to create a clear and simple framework for Inter IKEA that will enable product teams to deliver value to our customers, co-workers, and partners in an efficient and scalable way, connecting functions and improving collaboration across the IKEA value chain. In the work it is expected to understand the current architecture, define a future-oriented target architecture and a logical sequence of activities on how to reach the target state in a stepwise approach. For this role specifically we are looking for an enterprise architect focused on AI. You are a natural leader, a team player and a person that actively collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to get progress and reach concrete business results.

Job Responsibility:

Shaping ideas – in close collaboration with relevant internal and external stakeholders – into concrete, robust and appropriate Process, People, Data and Technology architectures and transition roadmap
Describe the current and future state of intended business change as well as the transition to reach the future state ensuring aligned and consistent business process and IT development across IKEA value chain
Secure that the transition roadmap reflects the level of uncertainty of the future state
Balance the transformations of foundational building blocks with continued business value delivery
Communicate and baseline the architectures and transition roadmaps with relevant business and IT stakeholders within and across organization(s) and seek understanding and agreement to ensure aligned and consistent business process and IT development across IKEA value chain
Collaborate closely with business and IT stakeholders to improve architecture with learnings from the implementation
Bringing the AI initiatives together, to define a common roadmap, aligned priorities and governance, together with teams across inter IKEA

Requirements:

Min. 2 years relevant job experience
Bachelor’s/University level in computer science, information technology, engineering, or another STEM disciple
TOGAF certification is a plus
Experience in agile practices and ways of working
Analytical skills and eye for detail
Planning and organisational skills
Effective communicator, able to present content and gain buy-in
Business change experience in a digital/data driven transformation
Excellent English language skills (written and verbal communication)

Nice to have:

TOGAF certification

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Job Posted:
July 25, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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