Enterprise Architect for OS & BF

About

Richemont owns some of the world’s leading luxury goods Maisons, with particular strengths in jewellery, fine watches and premium accessories. Each Maison represents a proud tradition of style, quality and craftsmanship and Richemont seeks to preserve the heritage and identity of each of its Maisons. At the same time, we are committed to innovation and designing new products which are in keeping with our Maisons’ values, through a process of continuous creativity.

The Enterprise Architect for OS & BF plays a strategic role within Group Technology by shaping and evolving the architectural landscape across foundational business domains such as Finance, HR, Procurement, Manufacturing, Traceability, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Omnichannel Operations. This role ensures that enterprise architecture provides a coherent, scalable, and business‑aligned blueprint for these vertical capabilities, enabling Richemont’s Maisons and Group Functions to operate efficiently and transform effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide domain‑specific architectural leadership and serve as the architecture authority for all OS & BF functional domains.
• Translate business capability needs into target architectures, high‑level designs, and actionable architectural guidance.
• Guide and harmonize solution delivery; support and coach solution architects across Finance, HR, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Omnichannel programs.
• Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise principles, domain boundaries, integration standards, and technology guardrails.
• Lead and animate design authorities; chair or co‑chair Design Authority sessions for OS & BF, ensuring consistent architectural decision‑making.
• Validate solution designs and manage architectural risks, trade‑offs, and technical debt considerations.
• Define and maintain domain reference architectures; build and update business capability maps, target‑state blueprints, domain architecture models, and transition roadmaps.
• Provide reusable patterns, architectural building blocks, and guidelines specific to OS & BF domains.
• Support major transformation programs such as composable ERP modernization, manufacturing & supply chain digitization, traceability platform development, omnichannel platform evolution, HR platform enhancements, and procurement transformation.
• Promote cross‑domain alignment; represent the OS & BF domains in enterprise‑wide architecture forums and contribute to global architectural principles.
• Identify cross‑domain dependencies and drive harmonization across Applications, Integration, Data, Technology, and Security domains.
• Ensure compliance with standards and governance; guarantee adherence to enterprise architecture standards, security guidelines, integration patterns, and technology frameworks.
• Support quality gates, governance processes, and architectural assurance mechanisms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and innovation opportunities; assess innovative solutions relevant to vertical domains (e.g., AI in operations, automation in supply chain, digital twins in manufacturing, advanced analytics in finance).
• Recommend opportunities for modernization, simplification, or consolidation.

Requirements

• Significant experience as an Enterprise Architect in a complex, large‑scale enterprise.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, SABSA, Zachman) and their application.
• Strong expertise in one or more domains: Finance, HR, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Retail/Omnichannel, etc.
• Deep understanding of ERP platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA), HRIS systems, supply chain suites, and related enterprise platforms.
• Proven ability to design and maintain target architectures, capability models, and transition roadmaps.
• Fluency in architecture modeling and documentation tools (e.g., LeanIX, ArchiMate, etc.).
• Ability to translate control objectives into practical, repeatable, and standardized technical controls.
• Ability to balance long‑term (“big picture”) and short‑term implications of decisions and organizational goals.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of EA alternatives and apply multiple solutions to business problems.
• Skilled at influencing, guiding, and facilitating stakeholders and peers in decision‑making.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and guide cross‑functional teams on architectural topics.
• Technology‑neutral mindset; unbiased toward specific technologies or vendors, focused on outcomes.
• Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is an asset.