STRATEGY AND ARCHITECTURE LEAD

Join Asahi Europe & International as our Strategy and Architecture Lead
📍 Function: #digital

At Asahi Europe & International (AEI), we're more than just a beer company. We're the proud custodians of world-renowned brands like Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Grolsch, and Kozel, united by a bold mission: to inspire people around the world to drink better. Operating in 90 markets with 10,000+ colleagues, we’re shaping the future of premium beverages globally — and digital innovation is at the heart of it.

We’re looking for an ambitious and visionary Strategy and Architecture Lead to join our dynamic #digital function and help drive our next phase of digital transformation.

🔍 What you’ll do

As the Strategy and Architecture Lead, you will play a pivotal role in guiding AEI through business transformation, leveraging emerging technologies to deliver measurable outcomes. You’ll own the Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice, champion innovation, and orchestrate cross-functional collaboration to align our IT strategy with AEI’s bold growth ambitions.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Shaping and executing IS strategy across the AEI landscape, aligning tech with business value

• Leading our enterprise architecture design, governance and innovation

• Driving the evolution of the EA practice into an agile internal consultancy

• Spearheading technology-enabled business model transformation

• Overseeing strategic vendor partnerships and sourcing strategies

• Enabling digital-first delivery across SAP, BI/Analytics, and beyond

• Managing a high-performing architecture team (#dLT) with an innovation-first mindset

🎯 What we're looking for

You are a strategic thinker and enterprise technology leader with a passion for enabling growth and transformation. You're comfortable with complexity and energized by change. You bring:

• Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture, IS strategy, or IT transformation at scale

• Deep understanding of emerging technologies, platform models, and data-driven innovation

• Strong leadership and people management skills, able to inspire and lead high-performing teams

• Experience driving alignment between business objectives and technology capabilities

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across business and technical domains

• Prior experience managing vendor governance and strategic partnerships

• Ideally, experience with SAP landscapes and modern BI/Analytics solutions

🌍 Why join Asahi?

At AEI, you’ll be part of a globally connected, forward-thinking digital team that’s empowered to shape the future of one of the most iconic beverage portfolios in the world. We believe in agile ways of working, data-driven decisions, and most of all, people-first leadership.

You’ll have the chance to:

• Make a global impact in a strategic leadership role

• Work across borders and brands in a diverse, international culture

• Lead innovation that matters — from AI to smart sourcing

• Grow within an organization that values curiosity, ownership, and collaboration

Ready to raise the bar?
Join us in shaping the future of premium beverages through technology.

🟢 Apply now and be part of the journey to inspire the world to drink better.