In Materialise’s Staff department, we believe that meaningful impact starts with people and their expertise. If you’re passionate about shaping a strong, effective, and forward-looking organization, you’ll love being a part of this team. Through the knowledge and dedication of these teams, we’re creating value every day and building the foundation for long-term success. What you will do Enterprise architecture leadership   Define, own, and continuously evolve the Enterprise Architecture vision, target state, and principles  Maintain enterprise-wide capability maps and translate them into architectural direction  Establish and enforce architectural guardrails to guide decision-making across teams  Ensure alignment between business strategy, IT strategy, and architecture evolution  Portfolio and investment alignment  Shape and support demand intake and portfolio prioritization from an architectural perspective  Define and maintain the architecture runway to enable business initiatives and support business agility  Ensure alignment between portfolio investments and target architecture  Advise on trade-offs between business value, technical sustainability, and complexity  Domain-level engagement   Guide and coach domain architects, ensuring consistency across domains  Facilitate alignment across enterprise platforms and BU-specific solutions  Ensure solution designs contribute to an integrated and coherent enterprise landscape  For selected domains, act directly as a domain architect: creating roadmaps, maintaining standards, facilitating solution alignment Integration and standards   Govern enterprise architecture standards and guardrails, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and security across IT and BU-delivered systems  Ensure end-to-end architectural alignment across central enterprise systems and BU-specific systems, enabling an integrated enterprise landscape  Embed non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, scalability, security, maintainability) by design, ensuring reliable, secure, and cost-effective operations  Solution selection leadership Oversee solution evaluation processes for major enterprise and cross-BU systems   Ensure solution selection decisions align with strategic roadmaps, architectural principles, and long-term sustainability  Agile architecture enablement Act as a senior leader of the Architecture Enabling Team — embedding agile activities where needed to support delivery: supporting teams in backlog refinement and solution design, participating in PI Planning and Preparation, shaping the architecture runway and enablers  Foster an agile, just-enough architecture approach that avoids stage-gate delays and heavy upfront design while maintaining alignment with strategic direction  Your profile At least 5 years of proven experience in enterprise-level architecture leadership in complex, multi-BU environments Strong skills in business capability modeling, architecture road mapping, and strategic portfolio alignment Strong facilitation skills; able to translate business goals into actionable design guardrails Strong people and team leadership skills, with demonstrated experience in influencing, coaching, and aligning teams through non‑hierarchical influence as well as direct line management Strong ability to influence senior business and IT stakeholders Knowledge of agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS) and their architectural roles Good, professional communication skills English What’s waiting for you Work that matters The technology we build at Materialise pushes the boundaries. You’ll find pride in building something that matters, whether you designed it, printed it, or shipped it. No matter your role, we unlock new possibilities to build a better and healthier world every day. At Materialise, we expect you to think about the customer, not just the task. You push for better solutions and care about the difference your work makes. A people-centered space When you join Materialise, you join a group of colleagues invested in you, not just your work. From your own team to a department across the world, you’ll find a sense of belonging with people who help without being asked, challenge you, and have your back. At the same time, we expect you to invest in the people around you — not just your own work — to make the group stronger than the sum of its parts. An environment of trust As a company of innovators, we know how crucial autonomy is in your work. When we hire you, we trust in your expertise, giving you space to organize your tasks, work flexibly, and make your own calls. At Materialise, we expect you to deliver on that trust and keep your commitments. A career ready to build When you see opportunities for your career to grow at Materialise, we encourage you to go for them. People shape a fulfilling career at their own pace here. At Materialise, we expect you to take initiative in your own development. Don’t wait for someone else to plan your career. Step into the space and make it count. Make a difference in our Staff department. At Materialise, we’re all working towards making the world a better and healthier place every day. And you can be a part of it all! Explore our opportunities to become a part of our team. Not finding the right fit? 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