Job Description

Chief Technology Officer / Chief Architect

European Union Institutions & Agencies

Client Focus: European Commission, European Parliament, Council of the EU, DGs, and EU Agencies

Reports To: [Account Executive / Regional CTO / Head of Technology, BeLux]

Key Internal Interfaces: Sales & Account Management, Solution Directors, Global Business Line Architects, Delivery Leadership, Marketing, Partner Ecosystem

Location: Brussels, Belgium (with travel to EU institution sites and Atos offices)

Role Overview

The CTO / Chief Architect for the EU Institutional Account is a senior, market-facing technology executive responsible for shaping and evangelizing the regional technology vision, driving innovation-led growth, and enabling sales through differentiated technical strategy and thought leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Vision & Customer Evangelism

Define and articulate the multi-year technology vision for EU accounts, aligning Atos’s global road map and growth objectives with the EU’s Digital Decade goals, Sovereignty mandates, and interoperability frameworks (EIRA, EIF).
Act as the chief evangelist for Atos’s strategy across cloud, cybersecurity, AI/ML, data platforms, automation, and digital transformation, translating complex technologies into compelling business value.
Continuously assess emerging technologies, industry trends, and competitor positioning within the EU institutional landscape to shape differentiated offerings and maintain competitive advantage.
Collaborate with Global Business Lines as a strategic feedback loop to orchestrate holistic strategies for service portfolio development and market positioning.
Develop and maintain an EU-specific technology radar, identifying trends and innovations relevant to institutional modernization priorities.

AI, Agentic AI & Intelligent Automation

Define and lead Atos’s AI strategy for EU institutions, encompassing Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs),Agentic AI, and intelligent automation frameworks.
Architect AI-readiness assessments for legacy estate, defining transformation pathways from traditional systems to AI-ready platforms.
Ensure all AI solutions comply with the EU AI Act, embedding responsible AI governance principles including transparency, explain ability, fairness, and human oversight.
Drive adoption of agentic AI and automation solutions as business enablers, demonstrating measurable operational impact through proof-of-concepts and reference implementations.
Collaborate with data science, ML engineering, and innovation teams to develop EU-specific AI use cases and solution accelerators.

Security, Compliance & Digital Sovereignty

Evangelize security-by-design, resilience, and compliance as core components of Atos’s technology value proposition. Architect resilient frameworks that satisfy NIS2,DORA, EU AI Act, and GDPR requirements.
Partner with security leaders to ensure Atos’s offerings are positioned as secure, compliant, and enterprise-ready across all threat vectors.
Lead the design of Sovereign-by-Design cloud and hybrid infrastructures ensuring data residency, jurisdictional control, and operational sovereignty within the EU.
Oversee the modernization of legacy stacks into cloud-native, AI-ready platforms while ensuring seamless interoperability across inter-institutional systems.
Ensure all architectural designs align with EU-specific standards including the European Interoperability Reference Architecture (EIRA) and the European Interoperability Framework (EIF).

Deal Architecture & Solution Design

Serve as the lead architect on large-scale, multi-million euro deal pursuits, owning the technical solution design, architecture narrative, and technical volumes in competitive bids and framework contract responses.
Define end-to-end solution architectures with clear delivery models, costing implications, risk assessments, and transition plans for complex EU institutional programmes.
Chair architectural review boards for major pursuits, ensuring solution quality, feasibility, and alignment with Atos’s delivery capabilities and global standards.
Develop repeatable solution frameworks, reference architectures, and reusable IP that accelerate bid response times and improve win rates.
Conduct technical due diligence on large opportunities, assessing feasibility, risk, and resource implications before committing to bids.
Lead executive-level technical discussions, whiteboarding sessions, and value-based solution narratives with C-suite clients during competitive dialogues and tender evaluations.

Cross-Architect Collaboration & Architecture Governance

Orchestrate collaboration across Atos’s architect community, aligning with Global Business Line architects, Solution Directors, domain architects, and delivery architects on deal-specific and programme-level designs.
Chair or participate in architecture review boards, resolving architectural conflicts across workstreams (infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, workplace, data) on multi-institutional deals.
Establish and enforce architecture governance frameworks aligned with industry standards (TOGAF, ArchiMate) and EU-specific standards (EIRA), ensuringconsistency across the EU account portfolio.
Act as the escalation point for technical design decisions during delivery, ensuring that what is built matches what was architected and sold.
Conduct architecture compliance reviews at key delivery milestones, providing quality gates between solution design and operational deployment.

Business Development & Innovation Leadership

Design and lead Innovation Workshops (using Design Thinking) and CTO Round Tables to co-create solutions with EU stakeholders.
Serve as a senior technology ambassador for Atos in client meetings, executive briefings, advisory councils, and industry forums.
Collaborate with partners (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, hyper scalers), global innovation teams, and centres of excellence to showcase Atos capabilities through demos, prototypes, and reference architectures.
Build and maintain long-term institutional relationships beyond individual procurements, positioning Atos as the default strategic technology partner.
Provide independent architectural assessments and technology roadmap workshops for DG-level stakeholders, demonstrating advisory value beyond commercial engagements.

Pre-Sales Excellence & Sales Enablement

Partner closely with sales, account teams, and marketing to support strategic pursuits, large deals, and competitive bids.
Enable sales teams with clear messaging, architectures, differentiators, and competitive intelligence that accelerate pipeline conversion and deal velocity.
Develop and maintain a library of solution assets, proposal templates, and technical narratives tailored to EU institutional procurement processes.
Monitor and anticipate EU procurement pipelines, including framework contracts, competitive dialogues, and calls for tender from DIGIT, DG CONNECT, and other DGs.

Team Leadership &Capability Development

Mentor senior architects and technical leaders in client-facing, advisory, and pre-sales roles, building a bench of CTO-calibre talent within the EU account.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer-centric thinking aligned with Atos’s values and the unique requirements of EU institutional clients.
Act as a role model for inclusive leadership and technical excellence in market-facing engagements.
Drive knowledge sharing across the architect community, ensuring lessons learned from pursuits and deliveries are codified and reused.

Required Qualifications & Experience

15+ years in senior technology leadership roles within global IT services, consulting, cloud, or enterprise technology organisations.
Deep expertise across cloud platforms, AI/ML (including Generative AI and Agentic AI), cybersecurity, data platforms, and digital transformation.
Demonstrated track record of architecting and leading the technical design on large-scale deals (€10M+), including owning technical volumes in competitive bids.
Strong experience in client-facing, pre-sales, and advisory roles, with proven ability to influence C-suite and DG-level executive stakeholders.
Proven ability to articulate complex technologies as business outcomes and competitive advantage.
Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ArchiMate) and familiarity with EU-specific standards (EIRA, EIF).
Understanding of EU procurement frameworks including framework contracts, competitive dialogue procedures, and public tender processes.
Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills for executive and public forums.
Full professional proficiency in English is required; French or Dutch is a significant advantage.
Eligibility for, or willingness to obtain, EU personnel security clearance (if applicable).

Preferred Qualifications

Direct experience working with EU Institutions (EC, EP, Council, EU Agencies).
Strong understanding of EU regulatory and compliance landscapes (NIS2, DORA, EU AI Act, GDPR).
Prior experience as a CTO, Chief Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or senior technology evangelist in a large IT services or consulting firm.
Experience supporting large-scale strategic deals and transformational sales pursuits across multiple technology domains.
Active participation in industry bodies, standards organisations, or advisory boards relevant to EU digital policy.
Experience with sovereign cloud architectures and data residency frameworks.

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