Business Architect W&R Innovation & Subsidiaries

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 connect 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.

This is what we offer you

• a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

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 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
• 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 the 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 colleagues of the business architecture department are responsible for developing, maintaining, and safeguarding the technology strategy and architecture of Rabobank. Collaboration is the way of working, 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 Rabobank, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That is why Rabobank invests in you and works 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 and sustainable growth.

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

Core qualities valued for this role include result driven, complex problem solving, storytelling, collaborating, and organization sensitivity.