Senior Enterprise IT Architect

Job title:

Senior Enterprise IT Architect

Company

Eurofins

Job description

Company DescriptionWhy are we here?Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.Job DescriptionIn a nutshellDue to our continuing success and growth, Eurofins is currently looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join the GSC IT Architecture Office team, for supporting the management and evolution of an application landscape serving a wide range of Business Lines addressing a large set of markets with different business models.The ideal candidate must be proficient in Enterprise Architecture related disciplines such as business modelling (business process, value stream), functional analysis, requirement and value analysis, application portfolio management, architecture roadmap and willing to travel up to 20% of the time.Where will you be based and what business will you support?You will be part of the Enerprise Architecture Office Team in Dublin offices.How can you help us?

• Work with business and technical stakeholders to understand business operation and strategy to frame problem statements or articulate new application requirement with proper justification;
• Capture the representation of the applications and systems landscape. Analyse application landscape dependencies (technical and functional, application interfaces, program/roadmap).
• Identify the capabilities and limitations/risks of the current applications landscape used by the business line;
• Identify synergy or opportunities by evaluating scenario such as repurpose application assets or innovations within or across the different business lines.
• Develop recommendation to address limitations or enabling synergies by guiding application roadmap preparation.
• Support formalisation of scope, drivers, justification of business requirements for application development investment requests.
• Support Solution Architects in shaping solution design and making application architecture design decisions aligned with business imperatives once investment is approved.

What can we do for you?You will be part of a fast-growing company with opportunities to grow.QualificationsAre you our kind of extraordinary?

• Ability to understand business strategy, operations, and technology trends.
• Business Analysis (business requirement, functional requirements and value engineering).
• Enterprise Architecture modelling.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex business and Technology concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication skills targeting leadership audience (CxO and VP level).
• Highly tolerant and resilient to volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. VUCA is not a justification for not delivering.
• Experience of delivering complex programs and managing multicultural and distributed teams within global organizations with many stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with a focus on driving business outcomes through effective architecture, yet attentive to details.
• Team player: involves others, builds trust with colleagues, shares knowledge and seeks opportunities for cross functional working and collaboration.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence decision-makers.

Technical Qualifications and Knowledge:

• 8+ years of experience in an IT position with exposure to multiple IT roles (Business analyst, Project manager, Architect, IT / Business relationship manager). Preferably in long standing position of in-house IT Departments or within IT Consultancy firms active in Enterprise Architecture consulting market.
• Extensive functional knowledge in multiple enterprise functions (sales, production, Laboratory, digital …) relevant to Industries with ties to Eurofins markets and customers.
• Prior experience and knowledge of Test Inspection Certification sector is a plus, logistic/manufacturing or service to industry sectors addressing low margin/competitive market is also valuable.
• Exposure to Enterprise Architecture Assessment and Management methods such as TOGAF, etc. (certification is a nice to have);
• Knowledge of Enterprise Process, Information, Application, and Technology Blueprints preparation;
• Familiar with Enterprise Architecture blueprint development, governance, and management
• Broad technical aptitude, knowledge and experience across application, information, technology, and process domains

What else should I know?Languages: Fluent English. Other languages would be considered as a plus.Additional InformationWhat can we offer you?

• A competitive salary package, including bonus and benefits;
• Extensive on-the-job coaching and training opportunities;
• A hybrid working setup;
• Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organization;
• A dynamic working environment with a good team spirit where personal development and growth are highly encouraged.

Your application:As the role and Eurofins’ IT Talent Acquisition team are international, please ensure to submit your application in English.Want to know more about us?We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!Find out more in our career page:Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 63,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

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Location

Dublin

Job date

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 23:13:17 GMT

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