Kering Lead Enterprise Architect

About Kering

Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve the Group's architecture framework to ensure a common reference model across all entities and align with Group technology strategy
• Formalize and continuously develop architectural principles, standards, patterns, guidelines, repositories, templates, and governance practices
• Structure and maintain architecture repositories and documentation to ensure accessibility, consistency, and long-term sustainability
• Define architecture templates, artifacts, and deliverables; contribute to process industrialization and strengthen standardization and reusability
• Support the evolution of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) tools and modeling practices
• Contribute to architecture governance bodies, including Architecture Committees and Design Authorities
• Support teams in applying standards and best practices; ensure compliance with the architecture framework across projects and programmes
• Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities within the existing architecture framework
• Define and monitor KPIs for quality and adoption to measure the effectiveness of the architecture framework
• Promote awareness and understanding of the architecture framework among architects and technology teams
• Provide methodological guidance on the use of architecture repositories, standards, and practices
• Lead and engage the architecture community, bringing stakeholders together around a shared architecture framework
• Organize knowledge-sharing, co-creation, and capitalization sessions to promote lessons learned and increase maturity of architecture practices across the Group

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, C4, or equivalent
• Solid understanding of Enterprise Architecture covering applications, data, cloud, and infrastructure domains
• Proven experience defining and formalizing architecture standards, patterns, principles, and repositories
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) tools and documentation/collaboration platforms
• Ability to design, structure, and evolve governance processes, models, and mechanisms
• Good understanding of Agile, Product, and DevSecOps environments
• Awareness of Information Systems modernization challenges and integration of emerging technologies, particularly AI
• One or more certifications in Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF, ArchiMate, EAM tools such as LeanIX, MEGA, BizzDesign, SAFe Architect, or equivalent Agile certification) considered a strong asset

Skills

Experience

["At least 7 years of experience in a similar enterprise architecture leadership role", "Demonstrated expertise in defining and evolving architecture frameworks with strong understanding of governance, standardization, and information systems transformation", "Experience in architecture governance within complex, multi-entity organizations", "Ability to promote common standards and support their large-scale adoption", "Proven capability to structure and industrialize practices to improve consistency, quality, and reusability of architecture assets", "Experience working in international and multicultural environments with strong collaboration skills across technical, business, and executive stakeholders", "Strong analytical, documentation, and cross-functional coordination skills", "Comfortable operating in complex, international environments"]

Education

Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Workplace

Culture

Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.

About Cerulean

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