Your Architectural Vision and Consultancy Skills are Essential for Delivering Target Architecture on Sustainability!

You and Your Job

As the external architect within the Wholesale & Rural Business Architecture department, you are responsible for delivering the Target Architecture on Sustainability for the Wholesale & Rural domain.

Sustainability is an Important Topic for Rabobank

We have committed ourselves to the Paris Climate Agreement, not only for our own operations, but we also want to help our customers achieve their own ‘road to Paris’. That said, sustainability is also a domain that is still undergoing rapid developments, including new and upcoming regulations, the way we collect and process sustainability data, and evolving our business models.

We therefore need a flexible architecture to cover our current and future needs across our entire Wholesale & Rural portfolio, which spans 27 countries globally, including a variety of business lines from Rural Lending to our agricultural clients in large markets like the US, Brazil, and Australia, to Project Finance where we finance large projects, such as building new wind farms.

Your Collaborative Role

You will work collaboratively with the W&R Business Architecture team (15 FTE), alongside other architects within Rabobank and a variety of stakeholders within our business and other departments. Your aim will be to gather information on the various initiatives already running, assess the requirements we have as an organization, develop a compelling and future-proof architecture, and subsequently communicate and convince all stakeholders that this is the right path forward.

Together We Achieve More Than Alone

We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's diverse perspectives is what makes us an even better bank. We are very curious about what you can contribute to our team at Wholesale & Rural Business Architecture.

As a Business Architecture team, we aim for an integrated approach that combines processes, IT, and business to find sustainable, future-proof solutions and deliver business value for our organization and our customers.

Architecture Department Overview

The more than 90 people in the architecture department are responsible for the development, maintenance, and enforcement of the IT strategy and architecture of Rabobank. This ensures an effective long-term direction for IT in support of the bank’s strategy—considering commercial, efficiency, and risk perspectives. Working together as one effective team at Rabobank is central to our mission.

Speaking of Rabobank, we are a Dutch bank operating in 38 countries, serving over 9.5 million customers. Together with these customers, our members, and partners, we strive to create a world where everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands, we work towards creating a country where people are satisfied with how they live, work, and conduct business.

Position Details

Architect D - Business Architect (Enterprise Architect)

• Language: English mandatory
• ZZP Allowed: No
• Description Vacancy: External Sustainability Domain Architect

Facts & Figures

• 24-40 hours per week (depending on the candidate; part-time is an option)
• 43,822 Rabobank colleagues around the world
• Duration: 01-11-2025 - 31 January 2026 with an option for extension
• Location: Utrecht
• Application Deadline: 14-10-2025 15:00

Eisen: Architectures

Experience Required

• 7 years of enterprise or business architecture experience
• 7 years of architecture and modeling experience (e.g. TOGAF)
• 3 years of experience in the financial industry, preferably in wholesale banking

Additional Experience

• Experience with sustainability and sustainability architecture is a plus
• Experience in Target Operating Model design is a plus

Communication Skills

We’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills and proven success in stakeholder management. You should be able to develop a vision and maintain a steady direction.

Technical Knowledge

Please note that while a certain level of IT knowledge is required, this is primarily a business architecture role.

Language Proficiency

Fluency in English is essential.

Core Qualities

We find it important that you recognize yourself in the following qualities:

• Result driven
• Complex problem solving
• Judgment and decision-making
• Storytelling
• Negotiating
• Collaborating
• Organization sensitivity

Other Information

A security check is part of the process. We respect your privacy.

Sharing would be appricatied! Paylaşırsanız sevinirim! Do you want to work for our client in The Netherlands? Hollandada ICT alaninda calismak?

Let’s meet! Are you the person we’re looking for?

If you are, we are happy to receive your application including your motivation.

Growing a better world together: You'll already be aware that our client is a financial services provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in countless ways, such as:

A third of all the food we purchase is thrown away. Together with Nature & Environment, we’re working to increase awareness among consumers of how to reduce food waste. As part of a project with Humanitas, we are helping people who are experiencing financial difficulties to get their household finances in order. Together with ‘Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland’ (the Dutch Council for Refugees), we are helping 1,500 refugees find a suitable job. Interested? Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you fuel and invest in your career and ambitions in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional.

Our client is a financial service provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries, you know already. Our Red Team works for all the locations of our client in all these countries. Do you also know that we are working together on a better world? We do this in 101 ways like for example our knowledge and experience of Ethical Hacking and Red Teaming sharing with other organizations and "hackers". That belongs to us at ' growing a better world together '

Working conditions: This job role offers a balanced split between operational (run) and project (build) work, with a distribution of 75% operational and 25% project-related tasks. To minimize the impact on business operations, some changes may be scheduled outside of regular business hours.

Do you want this too? Do you aspire to be the best version of yourself? We are delighted to support your development and invest in an environment where continuous learning is encouraged. We provide you with the freedom to innovate and take initiative. By offering numerous growth opportunities, we help you exceed your own expectations and excel in your work, enabling you to grow both personally and professionally.

Moreover, you can expect the following benefits based on a 36 or 40-hour working week:

• An Employee Benefit Budget equivalent to 10% of your monthly income, which you can use according to your preferences. This budget allows you to purchase additional holiday days or make additional contributions to your pension.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of location-independent work, depending on the team's planning.
• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel using public transportation. If you commute by car or motorcycle, you can opt for a commuting allowance.
• A pension scheme with a contribution rate of only 5% from your side.

Let's get to know each other.

Are you the person we are looking for? The new colleague who wants to strengthen our client's team and make a difference for yourself, our customers, and society? We would love to receive your application for this vacancy.

Please note: Even if you don't meet all the criteria mentioned in the profile, but you believe you can fulfill the role effectively, we encourage you to apply. We invest in your growth and development.

Responses to applications are handled in accordance with our vacancy management process.

If you have any questions about the application process, ww will be happy to assist you via email (info@if-solutions.nl) office +31 10 210 87 90 or through the provided application link.

Screening is a standard part of the application process. We assess candidates based on the screening procedures followed by our client to ensure that new employees are reliable and suitable for their roles.

For this vacancy, an individual assessment and skills testing may be included as part of the application process.

We believe that everyone is unique, and it is precisely these differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we are curious to know more about you.