Enterprise Architecture Manager for Battery Manufacturing (m/f/d)

WELCOME TO BASF

The implications of climate change for our future and the necessary actions are obvious. Among the crucial measures, the transition to large-scale clean energy stands out. The global demand for power from renewable sources like wind and solar is on the rise. Stationary energy storage emerges as a key technology, ensuring a reliable power supply despite the intermittent nature of these sources by storing excess energy and discharging it during peak demand. 
This job gives you the opportunity to direct your career towards actively contributing to sustainable solutions and establishing large-scale production capacities for NAS® batteries - a cutting-edge technology ideal for long-duration stationary energy storage with superior features.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

As our Enterprise Architecture Manager, you will lead the Enterprise Architecture Management Office (EAM) and drive a holistic view of our organization’s architecture. Your focus will be on capabilities, value streams, and the lifecycle of IT applications - from integration to rationalization. Your areas of responsibility include:

• Definining and maintaining enterprise architecture models (business, application, data, technology) and developing architecture blueprints and roadmaps
• Keeping architecture documentation up-to-date and accessible for all stakeholders
• Establishing architecture principles, policies, and standards
• Reviewing and approving solution architectures for compliance and enforce architectural governance and ensureing compliance with internal and external standards
• Managing an inventory of applications, technologies, capabilities, identify redundancies and opportunities for consolidation
• Ensurng IT initiatives align with business goals and enterprise standards
• Identifying architectural risks and propose smart mitigation strategies

Following the successful completion of our initial investment project, exciting opportunities await- whether in shaping the plant’s target organization or contributing to future investment endeavors.

WHAT YOU OFFER

• Degree in computer science, business information systems, IT, software engineering, information systems management or enterprise architecture
• Proven experience in modelling business processes, data flows, and system landscapes as well as guiding organizations through architectural change and transformation
• A results-driven mindset with the ability to deliver sustainable impact
• Excellent communication in English, German or Japanese is an additional plus
• A collaborative spirit and passion for working in intercultural environments
• Commitment to contributing to sustainable solutions that address climate change

WHAT WE OFFER

• Following the successful completion of the initial investment project, promising opportunities arise for the involvement in the plant’s target organization or subsequent investment endeavors
• Inspiring networks for the development and implementation of your ideas (e.g. Women in Business)
• Mentoring programs and learning opportunities for your professional and personal development
• Career paths as professional development to other positions in the company (including job rotation)
• Support with childcare (e.g. company daycare, holiday programmes)
• Fitness and health studio, medical care center with numerous offers for your health
• Deutschlandticket as a discounted job ticket, job bike

HOW TO REACH US

• Yasemin Koparan (Talent Acquisition), Tel.:+49 30 2005-58540 will be happy to answer your questions for this position
• You can also reach our recruiting team here
• First information about our application process can be found here

ABOUT US

BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH (BSES) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF SE. BSES is the exclusive distributer of the NAS® batteries and co-develops the NAS® technology together with its Japanese partner NGK Insulators Ltd. Learn more about Stationary Energy Storage GmbH at https://on.basf.com/StationaryEnergyStorage

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