Business Architect, Data & AI

Swedbank Corporates & Institutions

Business Architect driving data-centric business solutions at Swedbank. Leading capability design and leveraging data to create competitive advantage in a collaborative culture.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeUmeå • 🇸🇪 SwedenMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive innovation from business perspective by utilizing modern technologies to create competitive advantage from bank’s data assets.
Build capabilities and shape the Swedish Banking data landscape by being core contributor in translating business strategies into scalable solutions with a focus on event processing, machine learning and advanced AI solutions.
Work across complex, multi-domain areas by keeping holistic view of business capabilities, assessing impacts across processes, platforms and data flows, guiding Swedish Banking to the optimal mix of IT investments to meet strategic targets and deliver business value.
Collaborate in cross-functional teams with IT-architects, domain architects, engineers, data scientists and business owners to deliver impactful, efficient and scalable solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A university degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
Proven experience (5+ years) in business architecture or related roles, preferably in data-centric transformation initiatives.
Experience in banking or financial services (3+ years), with a solid understanding of the risk and regulatory impacts related to data usage.
Hands-on knowledge of modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks), streaming technologies, and analytical frameworks.
Experience working with modern data architecture principles (e.g. data as a product, data as a service), data governance frameworks and various data architecture patterns.
Familiarity with analytics, AI and machine learning integration into business processes.
Ability to translate business strategies into solution hypotheses and manage multiple senior stakeholders throughout the process.
Excellent communication skills, both using words and visuals to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Fluency in English, Swedish proficiency is an advantage.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development.
Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society.
An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities.
A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role.
Benefits such as our share based reward program Eken, company pension plan, employee offer for banking products, health insurance.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data architecturemachine learningAI solutionsevent processingdata governance frameworksdata as a productdata as a servicestreaming technologiesanalytical frameworksdata-centric transformation

Soft Skills

communication skillsstakeholder managementcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingholistic viewtranslating business strategiesimpact assessmentvisual communicationcross-functional teamwork