Head of Enterprise Architecture to Oatly

THE OATLY WAY  

Oatly is a company built on the idea of change. Our mission is to help people upgrade their everyday lives and the health of the planet by making tasteful oat-based food products accessible to a wider audience in a world-class manner. It's why we come to work every day. With head office in Malmö and production in Sweden, Netherlands and the US, our products are available in almost 30 countries across Europe, North America and Asia.  (http://www.oatly.com/) www.oatly.com (http://www.oatly.com)   



THE ROLE  

Our growth is fast - and accelerating. More and more people choose to switch to a plant-based diet for the sake of their health and the planet. We offer you a great opportunity to take an active part in the expansion of a great company with great products.  

Oatly has a culture where accelerated international growth requires fast decisions and flexible mind-sets. Decisions are made close to the functions and with the involvement of responsible parties rather than in large management team meetings. The base in science, strong focus on health and sustainability reflects priorities and culture. Creativity and making “the impossible” possible is a key priority for the company and for the people in the team. 

If you’re getting a tingly feeling reading this, thinking you want to be part of making sure Oatly can actively making the world a better place, we are happy to tell you that we are looking for a Head of Enterprise Architecture.

The role as a Head of Enterprise Architecture holds the overall leadership role leading a team of 5-10 Solution Architects to define and own the Architecture roadmap through a period of genuine technology transformation for Oatly. The role ensures that the work of the Enterprise Architecture function adds value, is relevant to the business strategy, and meets the goals set for the digitalization portfolio by executive management.

We offer you a great opportunity to take an active part in the digitalization and expansion of a great company with great products.

  

WHAT YOU WILL DO   

This position is calling out for an individual who has successfully scaled and matured an architecture function and has defined a cloud-first technology roadmap for a large, complex global business. A technical architecture background is required, but a key focus will be working with a highly talented team to shape an incredibly flexible leading architecture at all levels.

In your role you will: 

- Work closely with all key stakeholders to define, plan, and deliver a modern data driven enterprise architecture that enables Oatly’s business strategy

- Facilitate among stakeholder’s alignment around the mission and vision of this function to foster a business-driven agile culture and mindset

- Be leading the design of the technology strategy, enterprise architecture and shape the technology roadmap

- Architecture leadership experience at Head of level

The role will report to CIO and be part of the Business Technology Strategy Management Team. The position in based in our HQ in Malmö.

 

WHO YOU ARE  

We are looking for a passionate digital business leader that has a proven record of delivering business value by leveraging digital technology. For this role you have an exam in bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.

To be successful in this role it would be great if you have: 

- Strong integrity and a business mindset

- Architecture leadership experience at Head of level

- Evidence experience growing and maturing an Architecture function

- Strong understanding of various Architectural principles

- Experience from being in a very dynamic, resilient and fast-paced environment

- Proven track record of successful architecture-driven digital transformations

- Pragmatic and holistic approach

- Interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation

- A strong commercial, delivery focussed mindset, with the capability to effectively communicate at board level

- Ability to have meaningful conversations with Developer, Architects, IT leaders and Business Stakeholders about how systems should be designed.

To be the perfect fit for Oatly, we believe that you are an improvement driven person with an analytic, holistic and structured approach. You have social competence and enjoy working independently as well as together with others. You are of course excellent at communicating, both verbally and written, in English and perhaps in Swedish.

Finally, we hope that you share our values and have a great interest to carry out our mission in order to make the world a little bit better.  



COME JOIN US  

We welcome people from all backgrounds who see sustainability and health as important values. If you have the curiosity, passion and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s do this together! It will be fun!  Promise!  

Apply for the position no later than 2021-06-13.

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