Procurement Domain Architect (m/w/d)

Role: Procurement Domain Architect
Project Type: Ongoing transformation (no greenfield)
Engagement: Full-time | Service Contract
Start: ASAP (latest February 1st)
Duration: 6 months initial, extension likely
Location: Düsseldorf area | ~80% remote
Language: English (mandatory) | German (nice to have)

Our customer is evolving its central procurement platform. The focus of the assignment is on architectural quality and time-critical delivery, ensuring long-term scalability, stability, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

Main Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the domain and target architecture for procurement platforms.

• Translate business and transformation needs into scalable, secure architectures.

• Define target states, architecture roadmaps, and technical guidelines.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture principles and governance.

• Act as architectural authority and sparring partner for platform teams.

• Evaluate architectural decisions regarding quality, performance, and security.

• Communicate architecture decisions clearly to business and IT stakeholders.

Key Requirements

• Strong enterprise procurement architecture experience.

• Solid supply chain domain expertise.

• Proven role as Domain Architect / Enterprise Architect.

• 12+ years of professional experience in complex IT environments.

• Deep technical understanding of cloud, integration, and platform architectures.

Nice to Have

• Distributed, cloud-native architectures.

• Modern integration patterns (APIs, event-driven, microservices).

• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and analytical databases.

• Strong understanding of non-functional requirements
  (scalability, availability, performance, security).

I look forward to your application!