The posting
We are opening a position for a Business Enterprise Architect based in Bern, Switzerland. The role will strengthen a multidisciplinary portfolio team responsible for shaping the future of road infrastructure and asset management. The successful candidate will bridge strategic objectives and operational needs by defining a coherent business architecture across capabilities, processes, roles and organisational structures.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and continuously refine the business architecture in alignment with strategic and operational objectives.
- Structure and model business capabilities, processes, roles, responsibilities and their key interdependencies.
- Analyse the current operating model and identify gaps, improvement opportunities and areas requiring transformation.
- Define target business architecture principles, future-state models and appropriate intermediate stages.
- Consolidate requirements and perspectives from multiple business and technical stakeholders into a consistent architectural framework.
- Prepare clear recommendations and decision-making materials to support portfolio-level choices and priorities.
- Contribute to transformation roadmaps by translating architectural gaps into prioritised actions and implementation steps.
- Facilitate workshops and produce clear architecture models, visualisations and documentation for diverse stakeholders.
- University degree in Business Administration, Business Information Systems, Engineering or a comparable discipline, or equivalent education supported by relevant further training.
- Several years of practical experience in enterprise architecture with a strong business focus.
- Solid expertise in infrastructure and/or asset management, ideally gained in a complex organisational environment.
- Strong understanding of business capabilities, process architecture, organisational structures and transformation planning.
- Knowledge of GIS/geodata and their interaction with BIM is a valuable advantage.
- Relevant methodological expertise, ideally supported by certifications such as TOGAF 9.2 or later, ArchiMate 3.2, BPMN 2.0 and UML 2.5.
- Strong analytical, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into clear architectural models and recommendations.
- Strong German communication skills are required; French is a significant advantage.



