Enterprise Architect – Banking (Relocation to Spain)

About the Position

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a strategic architecture and transformation initiative within Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB).

In this role, you will work closely with senior technology and business stakeholders to define target architectures, assess complex technology landscapes, and drive strategic decisions around applications, platforms, data, integration, and modernization.

This is a hands-on architecture role. We are looking for someone who can analyze complex environments, challenge existing approaches, develop target-state options, and turn architectural decisions into clear, actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Define decision-ready reference and target architectures for priority CIB capabilities, including capability decomposition, target building blocks, architecture principles, data and integration patterns, and transition considerations.
• Work closely with CIOs, Domain Technology Heads, and senior business stakeholders, challenging existing architectures, inherited constraints, local variations, and investment assumptions.
• Analyze current application and platform landscapes to identify duplication, fragmentation, obsolescence, dependencies, risks, and opportunities for consolidation.
• Translate architecture decisions into clear application-level recommendations, such as adopt, consolidate, migrate, selectively invest, contain, or retire, including dependencies and transition sequencing.
• Assess buy, build, and reuse alternatives, evaluating market maturity, comparable CIB adoption, integration fit, vendor lock-in, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Prepare and lead architecture decision forums and domain working groups, presenting options, trade-offs, recommendations, required decisions, and open dependencies.
• Assess EUCs (End User Computing) and AI-enabled local solutions within the target architecture, defining appropriate classification, controls, ownership, and transition paths.
• Translate architecture decisions into fundable initiatives, contributing to preliminary business cases, expected benefits, complexity assessments, risks, and investment planning.
• Collaborate with global and cross-domain teams to ensure alignment between strategic architecture and business transformation objectives.

Requirements

Mandatory requirements:

• 8+ years of professional experience in technology architecture, enterprise architecture, or technology transformation.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in CIB / Wholesale Banking. Experience in this sector is mandatory.
• Proven experience defining reference architectures, target architectures, and/or transition states in complex technology environments.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Application landscape rationalization
  • Platform consolidation
  • Technology modernization
• Strong understanding of current-to-target assessments and their implications across areas such as:
  • Applications
  • Data
  • Integration
  • Cloud
  • Resilience
  • Cybersecurity
• Ability to engage with senior technology and business stakeholders, constructively challenge existing approaches, and clearly communicate architectural recommendations.
• English: minimum B2 level, ideally C1, with professional fluency in both written and spoken English. You will be required to prepare and present recommendations, lead meetings, and collaborate with global stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Nice to Have

• Strong knowledge of a major CIB domain or transversal technology platform.
• Experience leading global or cross-domain transformation initiatives.
• Experience assessing buy / build / reuse alternatives, market solutions, and TCO.
• Experience working with large-scale application portfolios and producing decision-ready architecture materials.
• MBA or postgraduate qualification in Finance, Technology Management, or a related field.

We Offer

• Full-time and permanent employment contract.
• Hybrid role based in Madrid.
• Professional growth possibilities & learning opportunities.
• Possibility to join a multicultural team & work in the international environment.
• Variety of benefits to support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing: private medical insurance, life insurance, lunch and transport card as part of the flexible remuneration pack, and online language classes.
• Smart Office Pack.

About the Company

Talan – Positive Innovation

Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultants in 21 countries and a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.

Talan at a Glance

Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowerment to deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenue this year.

Our Core Areas of Expertise

• Data & Technologies: We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.
• Cloud & Application Services: We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.
• Management & Innovation Consulting: We lead business and digital transformation initiatives through project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.

We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.

If you have read this far and you are looking forward to joining this challenge, do not hesitate to apply... we would be delighted to meet you!

Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).