Product Owner - Enterprise Architecture (w/m/x)

As the IT of the REWE International, we work together with our more than 450 IT employees to develop innovative IT products and services for all our corporate divisions in Austria and abroad, setting the tone for modern trade. In the role of Enterprise Architecture Product Owner, you develop and lead a vision for our IT system landscape together with your team. You will also closely work with Solution Architects on the alignment of individual products within the application landscape to the new cloud-based technology-stack.

YOUR TASKS – AS DIVERSE AS OUR GROUP

• Leadership of EAM Team (Enterprise architecture management) at REWE International. Together with your team
• Designing and offering services that the EAM team offers to the organization
• Governance of the IT architecture and preparation of strategic decisions for C level management like e.g. Cloud first strategy
• Running key EAM processes and services, such as architecture board and IT process integration
• Driving the modernization of the REWE application landscape
• Moderation and coordination of architecture decisions
• Review architecture decisions and projects to align the application landscape business and IT priorities
• Consulting solution architects, teams and product owners in defining a feasible aligned architecture  
• Analysis and documentation of the existing system landscape (applications, infrastructure, data flow, etc.)
• Establish and govern an end-2-end view of the application landscape along the business domains
• Constant alignment of the application landscape with domains, capabilities and product portfolio
• Establishing standards and guidelines regarding architectures
• Training of the IT organization in relevant architectural methodologies and guidelines
• Internal marketing of EAM team and communication of results and progresses 

YOUR PROFILE – AS STRONG AS OUR BRANDS

• You have professional management experience and with Enterprise Architect Management methods and frameworks, e.g. TOGAF, Arc42, …
• Preferably, you have experience in the retail sector 
• Successfully completed IT training (HTL, FH, university, or similar)
• Experience in cloud architecture, Java SE, Java EE, Angular, Spring Boot, GCP, Kafka, Kubernetes, …
• Awareness of legacy technologies such as Oracle Forms, PSQL, Oracle DB, …  
• Experience in the transformation of legacy applications
• Experience with modeling in ADOIT, or working in EAM tools such as ArchiMate, LeanIX or similar
• Leadership and mentoring skills 
• Holistic and strategic mindset
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Broad and deep technical know-how
• Knowledge of system integration, macro-architecture patterns, software design and architecture
• Knowledge in the areas of information security (ISO 27001) as well as data protection (GDPR)
• Fluent in English and German
• Certification in one of the major public cloud offerings is an advantage, especially GCP.

OUR BENEFITS – AS CONVINCING AS OUR PRODUCT RANGE

• Long-term, interesting and varied work for a reliable employer in a supportive team
• A family-friendly company culture with flexible working hours and remote working options according to your individual needs
• Staff shopping and travel discounts
• Numerous training and further development opportunities within the Group (5% of working time for self-organized training and education)
• A neutral company car for private use
• Your own company mobile phone and laptop for maximum working flexibility
• A lunch allowance
• An industry-standard, attractive and performance based annual gross salary starting at 67.000 Euro (on a full-time basis) with the possibility of higher pay according to experience and qualifications