Senior Business Demand and Information Architect

Senior Business Demand and Information ArchitectLocation: Solna, Stockholm, SwedenStart Date: 16th October 2026End Date: 31st December 2027Work Style: 40 hours per week, 5 days per week Role Purpose / Success Criteria / KPIsLead and structure the end-to-end business demand process, covering intake, analysis, prioritisation, decision-making, and follow-up.Translate business needs into clear IT demands, value cases, and measurable outcomes with defined scope, acceptance criteria, and KPIs.Support implementation of the Data Governance Office and governance model to ensure business data is accurate, trusted, usable, and aligned with operational and analytical needs.Establish a holistic and future-proof view of information, data, and IT capabilities across the Customers Nordic business area. Key ResponsibilitiesParticipate in business demand governance and maintain transparent intake, analysis, prioritisation, and decision documentation across stakeholders.Capture, analyse, and structure business needs, converting them into well-defined IT demands with clear business value and measurable outcomes.Maintain a holistic view of the IT landscape and demand portfolio, balancing short- and long-term functional, commercial, and strategic needs.Develop and communicate a shared business information glossary across Customers Nordic.Establish and maintain a shared data model supporting consistent use of business information across the organisation.Define shared and local data needs, ownership, domain boundaries, and standards in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders.Work with the System Owner and Data Governance Lead to define common data-quality standards across Customers Nordic. TasksStructure data domains and organise shared versus local data using DAMA and Data Mesh principles.Support projects and business demands through information and data analysis, architecture guidance, and decision material.Use data and insights to identify business pain points and opportunities across customer behaviour, sales performance, and process efficiency.Translate identified opportunities into prioritised demands, value cases, and practical improvement initiatives.Contribute to business, process, data, and IT transformation programmes and help move the organisation from current to target state.Collaborate closely with the Data Governance Lead, System Owner, Demand Architects, business security representatives, internal IT, and other stakeholders.Evaluate development alternatives against enterprise architecture, information security, data-governance, and organisational standards. DeliverablesTransparent demand-intake, prioritisation, and decision records supported by clear stakeholder governance.Defined IT demands with agreed scope, acceptance criteria, KPIs, expected business value, and follow-up measures.A shared business information glossary and data model across Customers Nordic.Defined data domains, ownership, shared-versus-local information principles, and common data-quality standards.Architecture recommendations, value cases, and transformation roadmaps supporting delivery from current to target state. Authority / AccountabilityLead the business demand and information-architecture process from initial intake through to prioritised, measurable outcomes.Balance stakeholder interests, create alignment, and make or facilitate timely decisions needed to achieve agreed outputs.Represent sound IT and information-architecture practice in projects, programmes, and operational assignments.Drive change from current to target state while maintaining alignment with enterprise standards, security expectations, and business priorities. Qualifications and ExperienceMaster's degree in Information Systems or a comparable discipline and at least 10 years of relevant experience.Strong knowledge of utility and electricity-sector business processes and supporting IT capabilities.Extensive information-architecture experience covering demand intake, analysis, prioritisation, value cases, and follow-up.Deep business and IT architecture experience across process, information, and system views, preferably within a large international organisation.Strong knowledge of DAMA, Data Mesh, data domains, ownership, data governance, and data quality.Strong analytical skills covering KPIs or OKRs, data-led decision material, and collaboration with BI and analytics teams.Proven leadership and change-management experience, including agile delivery and stakeholder influence.Ability to incorporate security regulations and information-security considerations into architecture work.Fluent Swedish and English.Strong Enterprise Architecture expertise is essential; Solution or Application Architecture experience is advantageous.