Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world! 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 5–7 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 minimum gross annual salary for this position in Italy is €50,000. Compensation for this position will be determined by the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, and overall alignment with the role's responsibilities‎ ‎ 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. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies S.a.s. di Externa Italia S.r.l.u.