Organization:ING Belgium/ Tech Strategy & Enterprise Architecture (TS&EA)
The opportunity
As Chief Architect for Tech Belgium, you are accountable for the architectural direction and outcomes of ING Belgium. You define and continuously evolve the target architecture, ensure alignment with ING’s global architecture strategy, and steer architectural decision‑making across all business and technology domains.
This role combines strategic leadership, people development, and architectural governance in a complex, regulated, and fast‑changing environment.
The team
You lead the Enterprise Architecture community in Belgium, including enterprise architects and chapter leads, and provide functional guidance to solution architects.You will report hierarchically to theCIO Belgiumand have a strong functional reporting line to the Global Head of Tech Strategy & Enterprise Architecture, being part of both their management teams.
Roles andresponsibilities
In this role, you are accountable for the following core responsibilities, which are essential to shaping and governing ING Belgium’s target architecture, in close alignment with business strategy, global enterprise architecture, and regulatory requirements.
Target Architecture Ownership
Strategic Translation &Road mapping
Architectural Decision‑Making
Steer architectural decisions to support digital transformation, customer experience, resilience, and cost efficiency
Landscape Simplification & Technical Debt Reduction
Structural Change Across Domains
Business & Portfolio Governance
Provide architectural input to quarterly business reviews, highlighting priorities, dependencies, risks, and trade‑offs
Architecture Community Leadership
Group Alignment & Representation
Represent Tech Belgium within Group Architecture, contributing to global alignment, learning, and reuse of best practices
Next to the above, you role‑model ING’s Orange Leadership behaviours:
How tosucceed
We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.
Proven experience with complex banking IT landscapes, spanning applications, platforms, integration, data, and infrastructure
Experience operating in Agile‑at‑scale organisations, balancing autonomy, alignment, and architectural coherence
Education & certifications
Rewards andbenefits
A senior leadership role with country‑level and group‑level impact. High exposure tostrategic decision‑making in Tech Belgium. A diverse, international, and pragmatic working environment. Opportunities for growth and mobility across ING.
Questions?
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