Chief Solution Architect

Sandvik Machining Solutions (SMS) have an exciting portfolio that holds some of the strongest brands in the market, and as a leading supplier in the global cutting tool industry, we’re proud to serve our customers with products and solutions for optimized productivity and profitability. We’re now looking for a Chief Solution Architect to join our open and transparent team – someone who thrives in a global environment and wants to be an important player in shaping our organization and supporting the strategic directions of our technology investments.
We’re right now gearing up for big changes – To Make The Digital Shift really happen across our Business Area. Areas like automation, AI Enterprise Integrations and Data Management are all vital enablers in order to create a seamless flow of information across our organization. We’re therefore searching for a new talent to be a part of this dynamic journey and strengthen our Solution Architecture capabilities.
About the job
We are looking for you that would like to become a key player in the revolution towards a fully digitalized organization. In this position, you ensure that translation of business requirements into digital solutions are implemented and provide technical guidance how to support business needs and strategy. You’re overall responsible for our solution architecture - including platforms, applications and design principles - and you enable a successful translation of business requirements into IT solutions that aligns with our enterprise future-state architecture vision. Researching new and emerging technologies for practical application to business problems and strategic initiatives is a big part of your assignment, and you also identify and review critical organizational and financial impacts of the solution architecture.
Other responsibilities include:
Platform Owner of newly established Business Area Data Platform
Owner of Business Area Enterprise Integration capabilities
Support BA strategic initiatives
Support strategic sourcing activities
Coaching divisional solution architects in their daily work
Active member of Business Area EA Team

You report directly to the Vice President and CIO at SMS and work closely with colleagues within divisional IT teams. Flexible location and business travel is included.
About you
We’re looking for someone with a degree in economics, technology or IT, combined with extensive experience from a similar role within large projects or business transformations. You have leadership experience and a certification in Solution Architecture. As we’re a global organization, you have excellent skills in both written and verbal English.
You’re an effective and open-minded collaborator and working professionally and with confidence comes naturally to you. You’re humble in your approach and handle your work with integrity by navigating dynamically in a complex and cross-functional environment. Creating trustworthy collaborations is one of your strong suits, and you effortlessly share information and knowledge to increase our common expertise and reach successful solutions.
A few words about us 
At Sandvik, we offer a global arena of brilliant minds, and we’re technology driven, innovative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive! Success is a team effort, and we believe that diversity inspires, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together, and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.   
Application
Send your application no later than April 12, 2022. Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0037903).
As we aim for an open and fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. Shortly after the last application date, you’ll therefore be asked to take a personality and logic ability test.
Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Dan Ekholm, Vice President and CIO Sandvik Machining Solutions, +46 (0)72-585 06 20
Union contacts - Sweden
Thomas Lilja, Unionen, 070-261 04 82
Kerstin Norlén, Akademikerföreningen, 070-616 42 83
Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, 026-26 19 84
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.
Recruitment Specialist
Magnus Pålsson

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Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group offering solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing as well as advanced materials. In 2021 the Group had approximately 44,000 employees and revenues of about 99 billion SEK in about 150 countries.
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