Rabobank

Business Architect W&R Innovation & Subsidiaries

Rabobank  •  €91k - €130k/yr  •  Kingdom of the Netherlands (Hybrid)  •  7 hours ago
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Job Description

This is what we offer you

Gross monthly salary between € 7.556 and € 10.794 (scale 11).

  • Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance

  • 10% Employee Benefit Budget

  • EUR 1,400 development budget per year

  • Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)

  • A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

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Job Title

Business Architect W&R Innovation & Subsidiaries

Business Architect – Wholesale & Rural Subsidiaries & Innovation

How do you turn innovation ideas into scalable architecture solutions that help Rabobank stay future-ready for more than 9,500,000 customers?

You & your role

What does it take to guide innovation initiatives from idea to scalable business solution while balancing business value, technology, and future growth?

As Business Architect – Wholesale & Rural Subsidiaries & Innovation, you know the secrets of connecting innovation, business strategy, and architecture into practical solutions that create impact. You work closely with business and technology stakeholders to shape future-proof architectures for innovation initiatives and subsidiaries. Together with enthusiastic teams, you guide discovery, market fit, solution fit, and scale-up phases while ensuring smooth collaboration across Rabobank.

Examples from practice

  • Writing target architecture for GenAI-based use cases, such as providing summarization for Credit Memos or enabling interactive research tools that support better conversations between bankers and our clients
  • Guiding and supporting spin-outs being carved out of the existing Rabobank landscape, providing the required direction for a successful independent IT landscape
  • Creating the target architecture for the Rabo Research landscape, aligning with enterprise standards while keeping the needs of the business in mind

Facts & figures

  • Supporting innovation initiatives across 38 countries and more than 9,500,000 customers.
  • Over 48,000 Rabobank colleagues worldwide.

Top responsibilities

What challenges will you solve when innovation, business goals, and technology landscapes come together in one role?

  • Lead and steer the innovation processes and experiments and contribute broad IT and business knowledge
  • Deliver Target Architectures, Project Start Architectures (PSA), and Architecture Decision Records (ADR) to guide the innovation process
  • Bridge the gaps between business and IT and between the Tribes and Innovation and/or subsidiaries
  • Deliver and maintain the architecture for foundations and W&R subsidiaries
  • Play an active role in the W&R Architecture team, collaborating and contributing to the architecture responsibilities of the W&R domain and the Rabobank-wide architecture

You will also contribute actively to the wider architecture community within Wholesale & Rural and Rabobank-wide architecture initiatives, helping shape long-term technology direction and innovation standards.

Together we achieve more than alone

How do you make the biggest impact when working together with people who challenge each other to think ahead?

We believe in the power of differences. By combining people's differences, we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you will bring to our team at Wholesale & Rural Business Architecture.

“As a Business Architecture team we aim to have an integrated approach with processes, IT and Business to find sustainable and future-proof solutions and business value for our organization and customers.”

Lizel Groenewald, Business Architect Processes.

All of the colleagues of the business architecture department are responsible for developing, maintaining, and safeguarding the technology strategy and architecture of Rabobank. Collaboration is the way we work; as one solution-oriented team within Rabobank. You will work in an environment where innovation, entrepreneurship, and teamwork come together to help shape the future of banking.

Work on yourself & the world around you

How do you continue developing yourself while contributing to innovations that matter to society? For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That is why we invest in you and work together toward a better world. At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you simultaneously.

This is reflected in your personal development budget, hybrid working environment, and healthy work-life balance. You also contribute to innovations that support clients, sustainable growth, and the mission of Growing a better world together.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

How do different perspectives help create stronger innovation and better solutions?

At Rabobank, we are working toward a culture where everyone feels welcome. We value our differences and use them to collaborate more effectively and make better decisions. By staying open to different perspectives, we create an environment where colleagues feel heard, respected, and empowered to contribute.

You & your talent

What knowledge and mindset help you succeed in an environment where innovation and architecture continuously evolve?

  • Master’s degree in a relevant field.
  • At least 3 years of experience in enterprise architecture or business architecture.
  • Hands-on experience with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and Archimate.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Current knowledge of cloud computing, Generative Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, and cybersecurity.
  • Experience with innovation frameworks such as business model canvas and design thinking.

We value the following core qualities: result driven, complex problem solving, storytelling, collaborating and organization sensitivity.

You & the application process

Respond to the vacancy for Business Architect – Wholesale & Rural Subsidiaries & Innovation until fulfilment.

  • For substantive questions about this role: Michel Angevare, Lead Business Architect Wholesale & Rural, via michel.angevare@rabobank.com.
  • Questions about working at Rabobank and the procedure? Niels Diks, IT Recruiter, via niels.diks@rabobank.nl.
  • If you are invited for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will contact you via SMS and email to schedule the interviews.
  • You can find answers to frequently asked questions here
  • Assessments and a reliability assessment can be part of the application process. We respect your privacy
Rabobank

About Rabobank

Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Our goal: to help customers realize their ambitions. We serve about 10 million customers in 47 countries. As an international financial institution, we work on the well-being and prosperity of millions of people. In the Netherlands, we serve individual and business customers. Globally, we focus on the food and agriculture sectors. For big or small challenges, in every area, people join forces in search of solutions. Rabobank has been doing this for 125 years, and we will continue to grow a better world together.

As an employer, we support the growth of colleagues every day. At Rabobank, you can work on your own development & shape the world around you. This is reflected in your own development budget, our hybrid work environment, and a good balance between your work and home life. You can work on banking matters for our individual and business customers, as well as on societal issues such as food and energy transitions.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Utrecht, NL
Year Founded
Unknown
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