KPMGI Senior Manager - Enterprise Architect – Application & Technology Domains

KPMG International is seeking a Senior Manager - Enterprise Architect – Application & Technology Domains to join the Solutions Team, which unifies expertise across Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, and Compliance to design, build, and govern the technology platforms that power the business.

The team delivers tailored solutions aligned to business needs, ensuring security, scalability, and operational excellence, and empowers the organization with innovative, resilient, and compliant technology solutions that drive business outcomes, enhance operational efficiency, and future-proof the enterprise.

The Global Digital Enterprise Architecture team connects business strategy to execution across all architecture layers. It provides methodologies, frameworks, and tools to support decision-making and drive transformation, is evolving toward a consultative, value-driven model, and is maturing its EA capability in close collaboration with the CTO Office to establish a high-impact, federated EA function.

Your challenges

The core services provided by Global Digital are crucial to the future, enabling KPMG’s digital transformation, providing trusted technology services, ensuring security across the network, and accelerating the Collective Strategy.

Ways of working are based on the principles of customer-centricity, communities of expertise, an optimized delivery model, flexibility, a culture of empowerment, and fulfilling careers.

This is an exciting time to drive technology excellence at the heart of Collective Strategy v3.0, with Global Digital colleagues playing a pivotal role in making this a success.

This is what you bring

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as enterprise architecture, computer science, information systems, or engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and IT in general.
• Proficiency in architecture modelling, capability-based planning, and technical standards.
• Ability to translate business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps.
• Working knowledge of software development practices, including programming and software development lifecycle.
• Solid understanding, preferably with certification, in cloud computing and cloud-native architectures such as Azure, GCP, AWS, and M365.
• A practical understanding of the relevant regulatory landscape, including GDPR, ISO27001, ISO42001, and financial regulations.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and consulting skills.
• Experience working in agile environments such as SAFe, Scrum, and DevOps.
• Fluency, preferably with certification, in TOGAF and ArchiMate.
• Experience with EA tooling such as OrbusInfinity, LeanIX, and BizzDesign.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across time zones, with strong knowledge of security, authentication such as OAuth and OpenID Connect, and performance tuning.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Proven track record as a senior enterprise architect in large enterprises, with the appropriate seniority, business knowledge, and technology experience.
• Proven experience in EA Application and Technology domains.
• Track record of engaging business stakeholders and driving strategic alignment.
• Knowledge of delivering outcomes in large, complex, and federated organizations with multiple hierarchies and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with federated governance, standards, and compliance processes.

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract

What will you do?

As Senior Enterprise Architect, you will be responsible for establishing the Application and Technology domains within the EA team, developing appropriate architecture, ensuring alignment with relevant initiatives in the Business and Data domains, including the Integrated Value Chain program, and establishing appropriate metrics.

You will manage and oversee architecture governance within your domains.

You will contribute to driving strategic alignment between KPMG International’s business and technology, enabling architecture-driven transformation.

You will act as a single point of contact for EA initiatives in your domains, both within KPMG International and within the wider KPMG organization, integrating decentralized efforts into a coherent architectural landscape and supporting federated governance, distributed decision-making, and continuous improvement.

You will own and evolve the Technology Blueprint, a cornerstone for KPMG’s enterprise-wide technology strategy and governance approach. You will collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to ensure the Blueprint supports enterprise objectives.

As part of your remit, you will actively engage in horizon scanning to identify and assess emerging technologies and trends within the Technology and Application domains, ensuring KPMG International remains at the forefront of innovation and strategic opportunity.

As a member of a small team, you will contribute to building out and maturing the EA function within KPMG International and the wider KPMG organization, helping to establish best practices, frameworks, and a collaborative team culture.

This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with senior business and technology leadership across the organization, strengthening EA capabilities. You’ll be part of a global team based in the Netherlands, collaborating across primarily US east coast, UK, and India time zones.

A role with KPMG International offers the opportunity to gain a unique understanding of how a global organization operates and to work on projects that impact the whole organization.

This is what we offer

• Pension accrual without a compulsory personal contribution.
• 30 vacation days on a full-time basis and the option to buy more days or sell vacation days.
• Hybrid working, with the flexibility to work from home or at the office.
• A completely furnished home office.
• A lease car or a mobility budget.
• A laptop and iPhone.
• Choice of different courses that contribute to personal and professional development.
• Focus on well-being, including a gym at the Amstelveen office or a discount for a gym near your home, plus access to health and vitality programs.
• Social activities such as team events, drinks with colleagues, and events with KPMG colleagues.