Enterprise Architect

INNOCOM – Innovation meets Commitment

Who are we?

INNOCOM is a fully independent Belgian company that has guided organizations through large and complex, strategic change projects for more than 20 years. We take on the challenges that keep our clients awake at night and strive to achieve the desired results with outstanding commitment and expertise.

INNOCOM is considered an authority in the field of bringing strategy-into-execution and strategic alignment. We do this by applying our expertise in the field of agile organization, enterprise architecture and IT strategy.

We focus on transformations where a significant digital impact can be expected and more agility is aspired.

Our cross-industry know-how is continuously reinforced and sharpened by our INNOCOM Institute, which is one of the few private companies in Europe accredited to provide a full-fledged Master-after-Master program ("Master in Enterprise Architecture") and several masterclasses on applying these methods. Its ecosystem supports relationships with other universities and R&D partners to enable innovation inside and outside.

We thrive on exponential knowledge enabled by the combined brainpower, expertise and experience from our +-80 consultants. We take pride in our unique dynamic community-driven organizational model in which we heavily invest since 2016.

As a small company relying on warm relationships, we always strive for sustainable collaboration and make every effort to deliver results and quality.

We don’t just do projects, we embark on missions together with our customers to guide them all the way.

What do we stand for?

• We believe in Black Coffee: When you put milk in black coffee, you’ll never have black coffee again. Like that metaphor, we do not compromise, we are honest. This is reflected in:

a) the business we do, but also b) in how we do business

• We believe in mutual growth and a healthy work life balance
• We are extremely customer focused and 100% independent
• Excellent consultants with the right mindset giving their ultimate commitment

What does a consultant in enterprise architecture do?

• The role of an INOCOM EA is helping our clients translate and implement their strategy. This is done by establishing a digital strategy and roadmap that enables our clients’ portfolio to support current and future business capabilities. Furthermore, they apply architectural processes and techniques across our clients’ organization.
• They lead the development of a single holistic enterprise architecture model for the whole of the organization, from all architecture perspectives (Business Services, Business Processes, Information, Applications and Technology).
• They ensure the Enterprise Architecture is continuously aligned to the business Strategy, Business Operating Model and IT strategy, and satisfies all enterprise architecture requirements.
• An Enterprise Architect @ INNOCOM manages change in business, via a focus on business value/business outcomes and stakeholder alignment, enabling them with effective decision making, whilst reducing complexity
• He/she strives for common understanding and shared commitment through effective communication amongst stakeholders.
• An INNOCOM EA supports in the performance of the transformation process by continuously gaining fit-for-purpose insights into the current and future state of the enterprise, delivering roadmaps and alternatives to make transitions.

Who are we looking for

Someone who is:

• Open & honest, highly energetic and intrinsically motivated.
• A fast learner, able to absorb new skills and quickly adapt to new contexts
• Capable to build trusted relationships with senior management.
• Extremely customer focused, able to adapt quickly to new environments, connect easily with people and context.
• A conceptual, creative and critical thinker.
• Passionate about change and eager to push it forward while managing expectations.
• A natural communicator, able to explain complex topics in understandable language to different stakeholders (ability to communicate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders)
• Able to create impact
• A team player

Do you have following hard skills?

• Excellent oral and written English, Dutch and/or French communication skills.
• At least 5 years’ experience with enterprise architecture within a corporate environment.
• Ideally coming from a technology architecture background (application/integration/data/ infrastructure/security)
• Thorough knowledge of enterprise architecture and its sub-disciplines: business architecture, information architecture, application architecture, infrastructure architecture…
• Excellent understanding of architecture/design patterns.
• Good knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (Togaf, Zachman,…), methods and tools. Certification is an asset.
• Affinity with agile practices.

See a match? Got More questions?

Apply and become our next Enterprise Architect with expertise in Strategy Execution!