Enterprise Architect Enablement and Governance — Swiss Re
- Location
- Bratislava, SK
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 14 days ago
Role overview
Are you a strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of business and technology?
Do you want to shape the architectural backbone of one of the world's leading re/insurers?
Swiss Re is looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join its Group Enterprise Architecture function — a role with real influence, global reach, and the opportunity to drive meaningful transformation at scale.
- Are you a strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of business and technology?
- Do you want to shape the architectural backbone of one of the world's leading re/insurers?
- Key Responsibilities: Architecture Enablement & Strategy
- Define and evolve enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, standards, and guardrails to enable consistent and scalable delivery across the organisation.
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities: Architecture Enablement & Strategy
- Define and evolve enterprise architecture frameworks, principles, standards, and guardrails to enable consistent and scalable delivery across the organisation.
- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
- In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements.
- Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.
- Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract. About Swiss Re
- Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient.
- We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.
- Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients.
Application process
- If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
- This is a high-impact individual contributor role with broad enterprise exposure, offering significant influence across Swiss Re's most strategic transformation initiatives — from AI/GenAI adoption to large-scale application modernisation.
- Translate business strategy into target architectures, roadmaps, and transition plans spanning business, application, data, and technology domains.
- Establish reusable patterns , reference architectures, and best practices, including for AI/GenAI adoption.
- Drive standardisation, simplification, and reuse to improve efficiency and long-term sustainability.
- Ensure alignment between business capabilities, application landscapes, data models, and platforms. Governance & Design Authority
- Play a key role in architecture governance and Design Authority forums, ensuring high-quality, transparent decision-making.
- Enforce governance processes through structured reviews across the full architecture lifecycle.
Additional details
- Key Responsibilities: Architecture Enablement & Strategy
- Ensure alignment between business capabilities, application landscapes, data models, and platforms. Governance & Design Authority
- Contribute to the architecture community through mentoring, coaching, and knowledge sharing. Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
- Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
- You will be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking community of architects who are passionate about making a real difference.
- TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification , demonstrating a structured and recognised approach to architecture practice. These are additional nice to haves:
- For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 2,200 and EUR 3,700 per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
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Notes and original content
- About the Role
- Key Responsibilities:
- Architecture Enablement & Strategy
- Ensure alignment between business capabilities, application landscapes, data models, and platforms.
- Governance & Design Authority
- Contribute to the architecture community through mentoring, coaching, and knowledge sharing.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
- About the Team
- TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification , demonstrating a structured and recognised approach to architecture practice.
- These are additional nice to haves:
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Re offer for this role?
Swiss Re lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Bratislava, SK. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Swiss Re offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Swiss Re during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Swiss Re?
Use the "Apply now" button on this page — it links directly to Swiss Re's original listing at swissre.com, so your application goes straight to the employer's own applicant-tracking system. Frontaliere Ticino does not collect or forward applications itself.
