Business Architect Data & Analytics

We are seeking a highly motivated Business Architect Data & Analytics. You will take up the role of Area Architect for the Area Enterprise Data Products within Tribe D&A Products & Transformation. You will be responsible for the target architecture on area level that supports the product vision.

The Area Enterprise Data Products realizes key data products. These data products are used by multiple consumers across different business domains to reduce the time to market, improve cost efficiency, and increase the quality of business solutions. We apply product thinking to ensure that every data product design begins with the data consumer(s) value in mind. The portfolio of the area includes the Client Data Foundation, which provides many (historical) viewpoints and properties of our customers. Another example is the Customer Liquid Asset Position, which collects the end of day balances for all products (liquid assets) within Rabobank. A key challenge in this role is to drive the future direction of our enterprise data products portfolio, aligning this with business needs while ensuring ease-of-use and scalability.

As Area Architect, you manage the area together with the Area Lead and Tech Lead. You will work closely with the solution architects within the area, aligning the area vision, realizing the architecture strategy & roadmaps, and contributing to our purpose. You guide the teams towards the best results in a future-proof architecture, keep each other on our toes, and help each other where possible.

You need to have the courage to challenge and develop yourself even when you and your team make a mistake. The important part is that you (and your team) learn from that and grow. With your experience, insights, and skills, you will provide a great contribution to our business users, enabling them to unlock value from data faster and better.

Top Selection Criteria:

• Minimum 7 years working experience in relevant roles, with at least 3 years of architecture experience in a complex data & analytics environment.
• You have experience with the concept of data as a product.
• You are comfortable in a leading role and can provide coaching and guidance to a team of Solution Architects.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to communicate technical solutions in business terms and influence and persuade others with an open mindset.
• Practical experience with architecture methods and techniques.
• You have a helicopter view: overseeing a wide domain and any consequences certain (design) decisions have on both business and IT.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with business & IT leaders and colleague architects.
• Language: English mandatory, Dutch is a plus.

Your Position in the Architecture Department

The architecture department, with over 100 members, develops, maintains, and enforces Rabobank's IT strategy and architecture to support the bank's long-term goals in commercial, efficiency, and risk areas. We work as one effective team, believing in the power of diversity to make us a better bank. We are eager to see what you can bring to our team. You will be part of the 10-member D&A-architecture team, which sets the architecture direction for the Data & Analytics Products & Transformation and Global Data & Analytics Platform Tribes. We collaborate closely with Solution Architects from Tech4D&A, believing that architecture should be team-owned.

Practical Examples of Activities:

• Develop an information architecture for bank-wide client data with your team, business and IT stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Create and communicate an architecture vision on data products for unstructured data, aligning with business stakeholders, architects, and the Chapter Global Data Management.
• Mentor and coach approximately six solution architects within the Area Enterprise Data Products.

Position: Business Architect Data & Analytics
Duration: 01-07-2025 - 30-09-2025 with option for extension.
Language: English mandatory.
Location: Utrecht.
Freelance: Not allowed.
Application Deadline: 15-07-2025 16.00.

Top Selection Criteria

• Minimum 7 years working experience in relevant roles, including at least 3 years of architecture experience in a complex data & analytics environment.
• You have experience with the concept of data as a product.
• You are comfortable in a leading role and can provide coaching and guidance to a team of Solution Architects.

Other Requirements

• Ability to communicate technical solutions in business terms, and can influence and persuade others with an open mindset.
• Practical experience with architecture methods and techniques.
• You possess a helicopter view: overseeing a wide domain and understanding the consequences of certain (design) decisions on both business and IT.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with business & IT leaders and colleague architects.
• Language: English is mandatory; Dutch is a plus.

Join Us in Making a Difference!

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Do you want to work for our client in The Netherlands? 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 suitable jobs.

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.

About Rabobank

At Rabobank, we embrace diversity and inclusion, fostering a collaborative environment where every team member can thrive. We are committed to innovation and excellence, ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards for our customers.

Talking of Rabobank: we are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9.5 million customers. Together with these customers, our members, and partners, we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands, we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work, and do business.

Rabobank is a global leader in the Food & Agri value chain, sharing knowledge, networks, and financing to help farmers, suppliers, processors, distributors, and retailers worldwide. Our mission is to contribute meaningfully to the challenge of sustainably feeding 10 billion people by 2050. Growing a better world together.

Rabobank is a financial services provider for over 8.5 million customers in 40 countries. We work together to create a better world in many ways, such as:

• Raising awareness about food waste with Natuur & Milieu.

• Being climate-neutral since 2007 and promoting sustainable living environments.

Working Conditions

This job role is split between operational (run) and project (build) work, with a 75%/25% distribution. Some changes are planned outside business hours to minimize impact on the business. This job vacancy is for the location Utrecht (NL).

Do You Want This Too?

Be the best version of yourself! We are here to help by focusing on your development and investing in an environment where you can continue to learn. We provide the space for you to innovate and undertake new challenges. For example, we offer plenty of growth opportunities to help you surpass your expectations and excel in doing the right things exceptionally well, allowing you to grow as a professional.

On top of that, you can count on us (based on a 36-hour working week):

• An Employee Benefit Budget (10% of your monthly income). How you spend this budget is up to you! Consider purchasing extra holiday days or adding to your pension.

• Relatively high flexibility in working hours and location-independent work, depending on the team’s planning.

• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel by OV! If you drive a car or motorcycle, you can choose a commuting fee.

• A pension scheme where you only contribute 5%.

Let’s get acquainted!

Are You the One?

Are you the new colleague who wants to strengthen our clientele and make a difference for yourself, our customers, and society? We would love to receive your application for this vacancy.

Useful to Know:

Even if you do not meet the profile 100%, but you believe you can fulfill the role perfectly, we encourage you to apply. We invest in your growth and development.

Responses are handled in accordance with vacancy management. Felix de Bruin, our IT Recruiter, is happy to answer any questions about the application process via email or through the provided application link.

Screening is part of the application process. We conduct checks based on the screening procedures that apply within our client to ensure that new employees are sufficiently reliable to carry out work with our clients. For this vacancy, individual assessments and skill tests may be part of the application process.

Everyone is different, and it's precisely these differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we are curious about you!