Enterprise Architect (Value Stream Architect)

WHO YOU ARE
In these days, technology and business goes hand in hand, regardless of the final business product. From customer facing to internal use, technology solutions are all around us and you find this fascinating. Because of this, you keep yourself updated on emerging technologies and information technology trends regularly and have a good knowledge and understanding of innovations in this space.
Due to this passion of yours, you have many years of experience in leading the creation and refinement of value stream architecture blueprints, designs and patterns, aligning with the digital strategies. You inspire digital product and platform teams to develop new ideas, concepts, and strategical commitments as they design, build and deploy features and solutions.
During these years you have learned to build strong business relationships through co-creation and developed strong leadership skills with ability to collaborate and influence to drive a common purpose – creating customer value through digital possibilities. Sounds like you?
Of course, you share and live our culture and values, and we believe you have:
· Proven advanced training in information technology, computer science or equivalent
· Minimum 8 years of experience from product and engineering organizations in a leading position (e. g. technology/enterprise architect) and minimum 5 years of experience in building & designing internet facing distributed systems
· Proven enterprise architecture responsibility stretching across larger areas (value streams/domains) in a company with global stretch and worked with senior leadership
· Proven experience in the Finance & Leasing Processes like Prospect to Lease, Lease to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to report , Budgeting & Forecasting etc.
· Knowledge of ERP’s working with Asset Leasing like Dynamics FO and Dynamics CEM (Good to have)
· Demonstrable experience in working in an Agile and DevOps working set-up
· Possess knowledge across a range of different technology stacks, tools, ideally applied within a retail sector, and can change direction based on new ideas, approaches and strategies
· Demonstrable experience and knowledge of one or more architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)
· Experience in design and delivery of service-oriented architectures with modern development processes
· Extensive knowledge and experience of designing digital architecture blueprints
· Delivery experience of open source and/or cloud-based solutions
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
The responsibility of the Value Stream Architect is to develop and update the architecture landscape for a value stream. You will set the course with strategic direction, blueprints, principles, and standards. Based on this, you will guide our Digital organization to implement end-to-end delivery of digital products and platforms. You will be a key contributor to the shaping of our Digital Roadmap.
What you’ll do every day:
· Evaluate enterprise digital products and vendor solutions for onboarding to the Digital landscape
· Establish a digital products and technology roadmap for the value stream which is in line with the organization
· Drive implementation of the architecture roadmap according to plan, minimizing technical debt and maintaining a close feedback loop
· Ensure the solution assembly of digital products adhere to agreed architecture standards, principles and the overall blueprint of the value stream
· Ensure technology architecture designs and patterns account for non-functional requirements such as reliability, scalability, performance and resilience
· Support and organize teams following Agile and DevOps principles to implement, evolve, support and own the software and system components to Digital quality standards
· Contribute to building a digital mindset and an engineering culture that is accountability and results oriented
· Work closely together with Product/Platform Managers/Owners, Architects and cross functional teams along with other business stakeholders to maintain and update design specifications.
· Collaborate where applicable with the Ingka Group, towards the correct architecture
You will report to Architecture Manager, Rahul Kumar, and your place of work will be Malmö, Sweden.
ABOUT THIS WORK AREA
Together with IKEA Retail and Investments, Ingka Centres is part of the Ingka Group.
As a long-term partner of IKEA, we share our vision, our culture and our values, while what makes our businesses different is the way we fulfil our vision. We work hard to create a better everyday life outside of the home by developing virtual and physical meeting places where people can meet shop and connect with their communities.
Commercial and Digital (C&D) Domain enables Meeting Places, acting as a commercial engine to drive visitation and brand awareness through partnership and co-creation of innovative commercial and customer solutions, concepts and insights, creating an outstanding 360-degree experience for customers and communities’ solutions.
QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET’S CONNECT!
Perhaps there is something you’re wondering about? For job specific questions please contact hiring manager Rahul Kumar at rahul.kumar8@ingka.com.
Do you have questions about the recruitment process? Please contact Hektor Thomke at hektor.thomke@ingka.com
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, though no later than 2023-03-12.
We look forward to receiving your application!