**Location:**Alcantarilla, ES Bad Schwartau, DE **Date:** Dec 2, 2025 At Hero, we value our people as the core of our success. As a global leader in natural and healthy food products, we foster an open, innovative work environment where employees are encouraged to make a real impact. Our values \- Create Wow, Everyone Hero, Nourish Others, and Take Responsibility \- reflect our commitment to nurturing talent and promoting a collaborative, inclusive culture. Joining Hero means becoming part of a mission\-driven company that prioritizes sustainability, quality, and the well\-being of both its employees and consumers. **What makes this opportunity stand out?** As our **Enterprise Architect** (m/f/d) at Hero, you are far more than a technical expert \- you become the bridge between business and IT, the designer of future\-ready architectures and a driver of global transformation. You shape how the group evolves into One Hero, orchestrating cross\-company simplification, integration and innovation initiatives. You work directly with our Senior Leadership team to influence key decisions and drive technology\-enabled competitive advantage. You will join a truly international environment, working across business units, countries and platforms. If you enjoy navigating complexity, connecting people and defining big\-picture architectures that unlock business value, this might be your next career step. **This is what you can expect** * Translate business strategy into architectural principles, target landscapes, and clear roadmaps. * Ensure architectural governance by defining standards and monitoring compliance across projects and cloud solutions. * Embed EAM into IT strategy, demand management and portfolio processes. * Drive the simplification of the global IT landscape and identify consolidation and innovation opportunities. * Develop business capability maps, data landscapes and architecture blueprints. * Lead the Integration Team, define the integration strategy, and secure successful integration projects. * Manage the group\-wide technology portfolio, evaluate emerging technologies and address risks and lifecycle needs. * Collaborate closely with business, IT, GPOs and C\-level stakeholders, acting as a translator and change agent. * Review solution designs for architectural fit and maintain transparency using LeanIX. **This is what you need to be successful in this role** * Strong strategic thinking and understanding of FMCG business models, capabilities, processes and data landscapes * Ability to translate business needs into target architectures and transformation roadmaps * Broad knowledge of cloud and hybrid architectures, integration patterns, data platforms, analytics, AI and APIs * Good understanding of IT security, data protection and compliance * Experience with EAM, IT governance, IT strategy, portfolio management and transformation programs * Familiarity with frameworks such as TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT, BPM and with modeling of capabilities, processes, data and architectures * Strong stakeholder management, communication, storytelling and change management skills up to C\-level * Empathy, leadership ability and the capacity to align diverse teams * Fluent English; German or Spanish is a plus * Experience with LeanIX, Signavio, SAP S/4HANA and MS Office 365 **This is what we offer** * At our company, people come first: **You are important** * A highly influential strategic role with visibility at the top management level * The opportunity to shape Hero Group’s global transformation and define a future\-ready IT landscape * An international, collaborative environment across markets and functions. * Leadership responsibility for a motivated integration team * The chance to drive innovation, modernize architectures and introduce new technologies across the group * A role with purpose: simplifying, harmonizing and modernizing a global FMCG organization * Competitive compensation and the ability to make a lasting impact **We are looking forward to hearing from you!** By the way, just be yourself during the application process, as this helps us see if we are a good fit. We embrace diversity and welcome all applicants: Regardless of where you come from, how old you are, which gender you identify with, what you believe in, and who you love. Apply now »