Strategic Enterprise Architect — Remote/Hybrid

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is a longstanding technology expert and market leader for sophisticated and novel applications in sealing technology and electric mobility solutions worldwide. Thanks to our unique materials and technology expertise, we are a proven supplier for demanding products and applications, as well as a development and service partner to customers in the automotive industries and in general industries. With our approximately 13,000 employees worldwide, we generate sales of about 2.5 billion euros.

Some of your Benefits

Diversity & Inclusion: We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.

International Opportunities: Grow in your career through international exchange and global job opportunities.

Sustainability & Social Commitment: We support social and sustainable projects and encourage employee involvement.

Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

Flexible Work Models: We allow for flexible work models to ensure both professional and personal success.

Are you passionate about shaping enterprise-wide architecture, driving IT transformation, and aligning technology with business strategy?

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to establish and evolve the architectural foundation across the organization. In this role, you will design and govern the enterprise architecture landscape, ensuring alignment with business priorities, scalability, and long-term value creation.

This position combines strong strategic thinking with hands-on execution, enabling the translation of complex IT landscapes into actionable transformation roadmaps while fostering alignment across business and IT stakeholders.

Italy - Remote

Remote

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies S.a.s. di Externa Italia S.r.l.u.

payments The MINIMUM gross annual salary for this position in Italy is €42,000. Compensation for this position will be determined by the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, and overall alignment with the role's responsibilities.

Work Model: The position follows a hybrid work model when based at an FST Italy site. Remote work may be considered for locations not in close proximity to an FST Italy site.

Enterprise Architect (f/m/d)

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Architecture Foundation: Build and maintain the Enterprise Architecture baseline by mapping the current IT landscape (applications, components, integrations) and aligning it with the target architecture.
• Framework & Strategy Alignment: Define, evolve, and ensure alignment of the Enterprise Architecture framework with business strategy, security requirements, and group standards.
• Governance & Standards: Establish and enforce Enterprise Architecture governance, including guidelines, review processes, and compliance with defined standards.
• Demand & Portfolio Alignment: Support and integrate Enterprise Architecture into IT demand management processes, ensuring architectural validation, prioritization, and value-driven decision-making.
• Architectural Roadmaps & Transformation: Assess the current landscape against the target architecture, identify gaps, and drive pragmatic transformation initiatives with Solution Architects.
• Architecture Design & Decision Support: Guide architecture and service design decisions, ensuring scalability, resilience, cost efficiency, and overall solution quality.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Transparency: Ensure clear documentation and visualization of architecture while engaging business and technical stakeholders to drive alignment and adoption.

Qualifications

• Enterprise Architecture Expertise: Strong experience in Enterprise Architecture frameworks, governance models, and architecture best practices, with 3–5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Education & Certifications: Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification is a strong plus.
• IT Landscape & Transformation: Proven ability to assess complex IT environments and define actionable transformation roadmaps.
• Security & Service Management: Solid understanding of IT security, compliance, and service lifecycle management principles.
• Tools & Modeling: Experience with architecture modeling and visualization tools (e.g., LeanIX or similar platforms).
• Execution & Delivery Mindset: Strong ownership, ability to translate strategy into execution, manage priorities, and drive results in complex environments.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Excellent communication, storytelling, and influencing skills, with a collaborative and structured working style.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr