Domain Architect Managed Group Services (Freelance)

04-03-2026

Marktconform

Senior

The Hague

As a Domain Architect Managed Group Services (Freelance) at NN, you set architectural direction for MGS, align digital solutions for Group Support Functions, govern security/integration/data/compliance, shape the operating model, and steer vendor governance to reduce shadow IT.

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Domain Architect Managed Group Services (Freelance)

Role purpose: Define and govern domain architecture for Managed Group Services, ensuring scalable, secure, and standardized solutions aligned with business strategy and enterprise architecture.

Key responsibilities

Own the target domain architecture and roadmap, including principles, standards, and reference architectures.
Translate business needs into architectural designs, capabilities, and solution patterns.
Lead architecture decisions across initiatives, balancing cost, risk, performance, and time-to-market.
Collaborate with product, engineering, security, and operations to ensure end-to-end alignment.
Review and approve solution designs, ensuring compliance with enterprise policies and regulatory requirements.
Identify technical debt and drive modernization, cloud adoption, and platform reuse.
Support governance processes (architecture boards, design reviews) and provide clear documentation.

Required skills and experience

Proven experience as a Domain Architect, Enterprise Architect, or Solution Architect in complex organizations.
Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks, domain-driven design, and integration patterns (APIs, eventing, messaging).
Experience with cloud platforms, security-by-design, identity and access management, and resilience patterns.
Ability to create concise architectural artifacts (roadmaps, diagrams, decision records) and communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Stakeholder management, facilitation, and decision-making in cross-functional environments.

Empower Beyond Today – Strengthen the Backbone of NN’s Group Support Functions

Managed Group Services operates at the heart of NN’s support organizations. It acts as the bridge between Group Functions, such as HR, Facility Management, Procurement, Finance, Risk, Legal & Compliance and the external vendors delivering the majority of group‑wide shared services. Your work ensures that service delivery is robust, cost‑efficient and compliant, and that the architecture behind these services aligns with NN’s broader transformation ambitions.

What you are going to do

As Domain Architect MGS, you provide architectural direction for the Managed Group Services domain and help ensure that all digital solutions supporting Group Support Functions are stable, secure, future‑ready and aligned with EBT’s strategic objectives.

You will:

Deliver domain‑specific architectural guidance for Managed Group Services, including outsourced services such as Risk Reporting, IT tooling teams, and Group Services platforms
Guide product owners and function leads within Group Support Functions in translating their needs into sustainable architectural patterns.- Provide architectural oversight for the lifecycle of MGS‑related digital products and services, ensuring consistency in security, integration, data quality, compliance and vendor interactions
Support the domain architect in representing the MGS domain in architecture boards and EBT alignment sessions
Shape and refine the operating model for MGS, ensuring a clear division of responsibilities between business, IT and external suppliers and improving control over value, costs and risk
Contribute to the reduction of shadow IT within support functions by promoting reusable, governed and standardised EBT solutions
Ensure alignment with security, compliance and risk requirements
Support the EBT vendor‑management processes and governance structures around outsourced services

What we offer you

Our people are the driving force behind our organisation. We value the knowledge and expertise you bring. We believe that your temporary commitment can take our organization to a higher level. We offer you:

Competitive hourly rate depending on your knowledge and experience
Start as soon as possible for +/- 8 months
Hybrid way of working, party from home and partly from the office
International working environment with loads of knowledge sharing

Who you are

You are an experienced IT or Domain Architect with deep knowledge of complex operating models, vendor landscapes and group‑wide support processes.

8+ years of experience in IT architecture, enterprise architecture or domain architecture Proven experience in shared services, HR/Finance/Risk/Legal platforms, outsourcing governance or service management
Strong ability to work across central/Group Functions and IT organisations
Knowledge of security, compliance and risk frameworks relevant to shared services
A collaborative, proactive mindset

Who you will work with

You will work within the EBT Architecture team — a group of passionate professionals dedicated to shaping NN’s enterprise technology landscape. You will collaborate closely with:

Cem Dogan –Domain Architect GSF
Product Owners within Group Support Functions
Vendor management teams and external partners delivering Group Services
EBT leadership, security, compliance and architecture boards

Any questions?

Do you have any questions about the job or the procedure? Please contact Amy Brouwer, amy.brouwer@nn-group.com. Are you unsure whether you meet the criteria 100%? We would like to encourage you to apply anyway. We are curious about your unique qualities.

Bij NN geloven we dat onze kracht ligt in het omarmen van de volledige diversiteit van de mensheid. We erkennen en waarderen ieders uniciteit en bijdrage, wat ons in staat stelt om te groeien: als individu, als team en als organisatie.

Diversiteit, Gelijkheid en Inclusie zijn verankerd in onze cultuur, die wordt geleid door onze kernwaarden: care, clear en commit. Deze waarden helpen ons om een werkomgeving te creëren waarin iedereen zich welkom, gerespecteerd en trots voelt om deel van uit te maken.

Be you. You have our support.