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Enterprise Architect (m/f/d)

Location: 

Alcantarilla, ES Bad Schwartau, DE

Date:  Dec 2, 2025

At Hero, we value our people as the core of our success. As a global leader in natural and healthy food products, we foster an open, innovative work environment where employees are encouraged to make a real impact. Our values - Create Wow, Everyone Hero, Nourish Others, and Take Responsibility - reflect our commitment to nurturing talent and promoting a collaborative, inclusive culture. Joining Hero means becoming part of a mission-driven company that prioritizes sustainability, quality, and the well-being of both its employees and consumers.

 
What makes this opportunity stand out?
 
As our Enterprise Architect (m/f/d) at Hero, you are far more than a technical expert - you become the bridge between business and IT, the designer of future-ready architectures and a driver of global transformation. You shape how the group evolves into One Hero, orchestrating cross-company simplification, integration and innovation initiatives. You work directly with our Senior Leadership team to influence key decisions and drive technology-enabled competitive advantage.

You will join a truly international environment, working across business units, countries and platforms. If you enjoy navigating complexity, connecting people and defining big-picture architectures that unlock business value, this might be your next career step.

 
This is what you can expect 
 
  • Translate business strategy into architectural principles, target landscapes, and clear roadmaps.
  • Ensure architectural governance by defining standards and monitoring compliance across projects and cloud solutions.
  • Embed EAM into IT strategy, demand management and portfolio processes.
  • Drive the simplification of the global IT landscape and identify consolidation and innovation opportunities.
  • Develop business capability maps, data landscapes and architecture blueprints.
  • Lead the Integration Team, define the integration strategy, and secure successful integration projects.
  • Manage the group-wide technology portfolio, evaluate emerging technologies and address risks and lifecycle needs.
  • Collaborate closely with business, IT, GPOs and C-level stakeholders, acting as a translator and change agent.
  • Review solution designs for architectural fit and maintain transparency using LeanIX.
 
This is what you need to be successful in this role
 
  • Strong strategic thinking and understanding of FMCG business models, capabilities, processes and data landscapes
  • Ability to translate business needs into target architectures and transformation roadmaps
  • Broad knowledge of cloud and hybrid architectures, integration patterns, data platforms, analytics, AI and APIs
  • Good understanding of IT security, data protection and compliance
  • Experience with EAM, IT governance, IT strategy, portfolio management and transformation programs
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT, BPM and with modeling of capabilities, processes, data and architectures
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, storytelling and change management skills up to C-level
  • Empathy, leadership ability and the capacity to align diverse teams
  • Fluent English; German or Spanish is a plus
  • Experience with LeanIX, Signavio, SAP S/4HANA and MS Office 365
 
This is what we offer
 
  • At our company, people come first: You are important
  • A highly influential strategic role with visibility at the top management level
  • The opportunity to shape Hero Group’s global transformation and define a future-ready IT landscape
  • An international, collaborative environment across markets and functions.
  • Leadership responsibility for a motivated integration team
  • The chance to drive innovation, modernize architectures and introduce new technologies across the group
  • A role with purpose: simplifying, harmonizing and modernizing a global FMCG organization
  • Competitive compensation and the ability to make a lasting impact
 
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
 
By the way, just be yourself during the application process, as this helps us see if we are a good fit. We embrace diversity and welcome all applicants: Regardless of where you come from, how old you are, which gender you identify with, what you believe in, and who you love.

Good reasons to work for Hero

  • A challenging, varied job with a lot of creative freedom in a successful company
  • A modern workplace and an international team 
  • Flexible working hours and high independence within your area of responsibility
  • Competitive employment and working conditions 

More about us

We are an international food company that is passionate about good, natural food. Since our foundation in 1886, our ethos remains unchanged – making high quality, natural products that are easily available to consumers.

If the mix of strong Swiss roots with the international flair of a global corporation appeals to you, and you appreciate the freedom to work independently, then we should definitely get to know each other.

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