Enterprise-Level Architect Business Layer

You & your role

As an Enterprise-level Architect Business Layer, you will play a pivotal role in defining and maintaining enterprise-wide standards and principles for chains, processes and business functions. You take responsibility for achieving objectives across domains and have a strong focus on results. You will work closely with other architects and with stakeholders outside our department that drive simplification of our organization or that own relevant policies or procedures related to processes.

Achieve results

• Architecture guidance for chains, processes and business functions that align with internal policies and common practices in the market.


• Develop and maintain the enterprise chain and business function model ensuring they provide a robust foundation for more detailed e2e process and business function models.

Facts & figures

• 36 hours per week.


• Provide guidance to process architects and other architect roles


• Serving 9.5 million customers worldwide.

Top 3 responsibilities

• Delivering enterprise-wide guidance for structuring chains, processes and business functions to ensure alignment with business strategy; drive continuous improvement of the business architecture framework and provide input for the education and development of the business architecture community in this field of expertise.


• Govern compliance with applicable architectural standards, chair the Process Architecture Board, mentor process architects.


• Work closely with the Head of Enterprise Process Management to align formal policies and procedures with architecture guidance.

Together we achieve more

We believe in the power of differences. By combining the unique perspectives of our people, we become an even better bank. We are eager to discover what you will add to our team of Enterprise Architects.

Collaboration is central to our approach.

You will be part of a central team of enterprise architects, each covering a specific architectural domain. The architects of the Enterprise Architecture team are responsible for setting the overall architecture direction by formulating enterprise-wide standards and guidelines and monitor compliance. These architects work closely with colleagues from the various Architecture Domain teams. The Domain teams apply the enterprise-wide standards and guidelines in their specific areas and help guide the actual implementation. You’ll also work closely with fellow Enterprise Architects and members of the Process Architecture Board to ensure cohesive and future-proof architectural guidance.

Work on yourself & the world around you

At Rabobank, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we invest in you and work together for a better world. In short: at Rabobank, you work on yourself & the world around you.

You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment and a healthy work-life balance. You can work on banking matters for our private and business clients, as well as on societal issues such as food and energy transitions.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

At Rabobank, we believe we become stronger by complementing each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in each other. We seek diversity in knowledge, skills and experience, as well as in gender, background and culture. Every department strives for variety and the space to be yourself – whoever you are. That’s what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about.

You & your talent

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  Leadership & Communication: Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence across different business and technical domains.


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  BPM Expertise: Extensive experience in process architecture within large-scale, complex organizations. Expertise in business process modeling, enterprise architecture frameworks, capability-based planning and process improvement methodologies.


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  Skills: Strong analytical skills and a strategic mindset.

You & the application process

Apply for the position of Enterprise-level Architect Business Layer at Rabobank until January 16th, 2026.

• Questions about working at Rabobank and the procedure? Niels Diks, IT Recruiters via Niels.Diks@rabobank.nl


• The answers to frequently asked questions can be found at rabobank.jobs/nl/veelgestelde-vragen.


• A reliability assessment is part of the procedure.


• We respect your privacy.


• 🚨 To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands or elsewhere in the EU and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.


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