Lead Information Architect
Workplace: Karlstad, Sverige
Expires: August 31, 2025
Join an authority playing a crucial role in security, democracy, and sustainability. Lead the IT department's information architecture efforts across the 21 County Administrative Boards in Sweden, enhancing architecture governance in a transforming environment focused on digitalization, innovative solutions, security, and preparedness.
Main requirements:
  • Relevant academic education or equivalent experience
  • Several years of professional experience in information architecture using established methods, tools, models, and processes
  • Several years of experience working as an architect in business and/or IT development
  • Experience leading architecture work in the information domain
  • Experience leading and documenting information modeling workshops
Responsibilities:
  • Overall responsibility for the information architecture work in the IT department and leading other information architects
  • Designing and maintaining the target state and guidelines of information and data architecture
  • Educating and supporting the organization in information architecture matters
  • Monitoring trends and developments in information and data architecture such as AI, metadata management, data sharing, and information security
  • Quality assuring and following up compliance of the information architecture
Required hard skills:
  • Information architecture methods, tools, models and processes
  • Information modeling and documentation
  • Leading architecture work
  • Workshop facilitation and documentation
Recommended hard skills:
  • Experience with large organizations handling diverse systems and information volumes
  • Familiarity with modeling languages such as UML and ArchiMate
  • Knowledge of the TOGAF architecture framework
Soft skills:
  • Leadership skills
  • Development-oriented mindset
  • Initiative-taking
  • Consideration of the bigger picture
  • Good communication and engagement skills
  • Collaboration and networking abilities
  • Goal-oriented, persistent, and structured working style
  • Ability to apply theory practically adapted to business needs
Frameworks:
  • TOGAF
Natural languages:
  • Swedish (Proficient)
  • English (Working knowledge)
Cultural skills:
  • Commitment to diversity and representing the population served
  • Contributing to a good work climate