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
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