IT Business Architect

Esko
- Location

Sint-Denijs-Westrem, East Flanders, Belgium
- Category

Information Technology
- Job Id

R10260954

Imagine yourself
- Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.
- Collaborating with a vibrant, diverse, global team.
- Joining a company with a proven track record of success and an exciting future.

It’s all possible with a role at Esko. Esko, a Veralto company, is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods. Our integrated platform and comprehensive tools empower retailers, pre-media and trade shops, manufacturers, and converters to manage best-in-class packaging design and print processes.

Innovation in the is built into the DNA of our business: every day, we challenge ourselves to be better by seeking out new ways to elevate our products, our processes, and our people.

Reporting to the Enterprise Architect & Senior Manager Web Applications /.NET / Integrations, the IT Business Architect is a key advisor to IT and business stakeholders. You will translate strategic goals into actionable architectural blueprints—mapping business capabilities, defining value streams, and ensuring technology investments deliver measurable outcomes. This pivotal role will guide the transformation of our digital ecosystem, ensuring business and technology are tightly aligned to drive value across the organization. The role is offered as Hybrid and office location is in Ghent.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Strategy & Architecture Alignment**
- Define and maintain a holistic view of Esko’s business architecture—linking strategy, capabilities, services, and systems.
- Lead the development of capability maps, value streams, and maturity models to inform IT and business roadmaps.
- Partner with the Enterprise Architect to shape and maintain the IT strategy and architectural direction.
- Ensure technology initiatives are aligned with strategic business goals and capability needs.

**Business Process & Capability Modeling**
- Assess the current maturity of capabilities and define transformation roadmaps to drive operational excellence.
- Support prioritization of digital initiatives based on impact to strategic value streams.

**Stakeholder Collaboration & Governance**
- Act as a bridge between business units and IT—facilitating alignment, common language, and shared priorities.
- Collaborate closely with Solution and Technical Architects to ensure cohesive and scalable end-to-end solutions.
- Influence governance processes and advocate for architecture principles in cross-functional initiatives.

**Digital Transformation Leadership**
- Be a core contributor to enterprise-wide digital transformation programs—ensuring architectural integrity and business value.
- Help design the governance models, tools, and methods to accelerate digital maturity and innovation.

**The essential requirements of the job include**:

- Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT Management, Mathematics, Physics, or related discipline. Or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience in IT, with strong experience in business architecture, or senior business analysis roles.
- Deep experience modeling business processes, capabilities, and value streams using industry-standard techniques and tools.
- Proficient in enterprise architecture tools (e.g., LeanIX, Ardoq—preferred).
- Proven experience in large-scale, cross-functional digital transformation initiatives.
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills—able to influence across business and technical stakeholders.
- Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

Esko is proud to part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment _where purpose meets possibility_: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources—and building rewarding careers along the way.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

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