Shape the architecture that connects digital operations across our global organisation. The Digital Operations Platform (DOP) will connect processes, data and decisions across a heterogeneous landscape of ERP, PLM, MES, logistics and other operational systems. As future-proof platform, the DOP provides reusable capabilities for integration, orchestration, governed data, semantic interoperability, user experience and AI while systems of record remain responsible for transactions and execution.
As DOP Lead Architect (m/f/x), you own and continuously evolve the end-to-end DOP architecture. You translate strategic ambition and emerging business needs into platform boundaries, reusable capabilities and pragmatic architectural decisions. You ensure in collaboration with other lead roles that new use cases strengthen a coherent, scalable and operable platform.
Internal Titel: Enterprise Architect (m/f/x)
Creating passion: your responsibilities
Own and evolve the end-to-end DOP architecture including the conceptual, logical and transition architecture across experience, orchestration, data and intelligence, semantics, integration and platform runtime
Act as the program’s design authority. Lead cross-cutting architecture decisions, make tradeoffs and risks transparent, assure solution designs and govern exceptions within the
enterprise architecture framework
Shape the platform scope and boundaries. Evaluate new use cases for platform fit and determine which capabilities belong to DOP, business domains or systems of record, balancing reuse and harmonisation with domain autonomy and avoiding unnecessary centralisation. Build for reuse through delivery. Guide the initial use cases and turn proven processes, semantic services, integration patterns and experience components into reusable DOP capabilities that accelerate subsequent use cases
Enable semantic interoperability. Work with domain, data and integration architects to establish consistent semantics across APIs, events, data products and AI services
Lead product-neutral decisions. Evaluate technologies against capability fit, interoperability, security, resilience, operability, lifecycle cost, sovereignty and supplier dependency
Connect governance and engineering. Translate guardrails and non-functional requirements into practical guidance for delivery teams and ensure implementation through transition into operations
Secure internal ownership. Guide architects and external partners while retaining decisions, knowledge, reusable assets and essential documentation inside the organization
Lead architecture across all DOP layers. Orchestrate and align architects across the layers to ensure a coherent end-to-end platform architecture
Your organisational context
Your permanent organisational home will be Enterprise Architecture Management, with an explicit delivery mandate into the cross-functional DOP programme. You will work closely with the DOP Product / Platform Lead, who owns product direction, priorities and value, and the Platform Engineering Lead, who owns platform build and operations. You will align the contributions of integration, semantic, AI, security and domain architects.
Your accountability is the coherence of the overall DOP architecture and its technology decisions. Business domains retain ownership of their processes, specialised capabilities and business meaning; specialist architects retain accountability for their respective architectural areas.
The impact you will make
Clear target architecture and a realistic transition roadmap for implementation
Clear platform and domain boundaries, avoiding duplication and preserving business ownership
Reusable architecture patterns validated through initial use cases
Consistent semantic contracts across systems, data products and AI services
Transparency in technology decisions and architectural risks
A secure, operable and extensible platform with strong internal architecture ownership
Contributing your strengths: your qualifications
Substantial experience in enterprise, solution and platform architecture, including architectural leadership in complex transformation programs
Proven ability to translate business capabilities and end-to-end processes into target architectures, transition roadmaps and deliverable increments
Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, event-driven integration, cross-system orchestration and heterogeneous enterprise landscapes
Sound understanding of platform and domain boundaries, federated data ownership, semantic contracts and compatibility across APIs, events and data products
Experience with cloud or hybrid architectures, platform engineering, DevSecOps, resilience, observability and operational readiness
Ability to lead technology evaluations and communicate architectural options, risks and decisions effectively to business leaders, architects and engineering teams
Strong systems thinking, pragmatic architectural judgement and the ability to align stakeholders without direct authority and make transparent decisions without unnecessary complexity
Experience in manufacturing or international, multi-site industrial environments, with familiarity with ERP, PLM, MES, WMS, TMS or enterprise planning, is an advantage
Our commitment to you: your benefits
As an internationally successful family business, the Liebherr Group offers you a secure job, a unique variety of tasks and exciting development opportunities. Become part of our strong team today and get to know the Liebherr Group as a reliable partner. Profit from these benefits:
Attractive remuneration and social benefits
Flexible and hybrid working
Freedom for creative work
Company pension scheme
- Crisis-proof workplace
- Individual development and training opportunities
- Employee benefits & discounts
- Bicycle leasing through salary conversion
- Healthy & regional catering in the company restaurant
Company health management programme
EGYM Wellpass
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Das Unternehmen
Die Liebherr-IT Services GmbH mit Sitz in Oberopfingen bei Kirchdorf an der Iller erarbeitet IT-Lösungen für die gesamte Firmengruppe, koordiniert die standortübergreifenden IT-Anwendungen und berät die Gesellschaften der gesamten Firmengruppe in IT-Fragen.
Standort
Liebherr-IT Services GmbH
St. Vitus 1
88457Kirchdorf/Oberopfingen
Deutschland (DE)
Kontakt
Verena Maucher
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