Chapter Lead Data Architect

As a Chapter Area lead of the Data Architect Chapter in Poland, you will act as:

Data Architect domain expert:

• The key contributor to a product team, working on functional/technical deliverables and contributing to everyday business challenges.
• Share knowledge within the Group and actively stay updated on innovations and trends within the area.
• Skilled network builder (internally/externally) and cross-functional collaboration is crucial and natural.

Line manager for Data Architect chapter members in Poland:

• Passionate about creating the right environment for the Data Architect chapter members to develop competences and skills.
• Eager to coach people and develop the chapter expertise level by upskilling and recruiting new team members.
• Act as a role model and lead your Group by example toward the new ways of working, sharing best practices, tools, and methods.

You will be a part of the Data Architect Chapter Leadership team which is spread over 5 international locations and report to the Head of the Chapter Data Architects.

These will be some selected responsibilities:

• Build & develop competence, including attracting and developing talents
• Build a Data Architect community across the Volvo Group and enable knowledge sharing across domains
• Work as a Data Architect expert
• Develop the working methods for Data Architects
• Secure "external" input and best practice sharing in the community
• Manage capacity planning and new requests for Data Architects

We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:  

• Collaborative environment in Swedish organisational culture
• Hybrid work opportunities, employment contracts and flexible working hours
• Work-life balance: we make sure you enjoy quality time away from work
• Career & Development: partnership with professionals, identifying career paths, including global opportunities
• Unlimited access to many learning platforms, including Azure Academy, Pluralsight, Udemy
• Health & safety: we offer private healthcare
• Volvo League: We run team games in various sports

You want to take your career to the next level, working with amazing people worldwide.

To be successful in this position, you have a university degree or equivalent and several years of experience as a data architect practitioner, as well as experience in leadership within line organizations or projects. 

You are passionate about defining and designing end-to-end scalable data solutions ensuring they align with enterprise architecture and industry standards.

• As a data architect and technical leader, you can actively participate in and guide the development efforts, using the full capabilities of our cloud data platform, like data ingestion and replication, data lakes and data warehouses, and data consumption technologies such as reporting and visualization, AI/ML, advanced analytics, and API data access.
• You are able to develop, document, and maintain logical and physical data models that accurately reflect our existing environment and adapt them for new projects and enhancements. You are a team player, working closely together with internal teams including compliance, privacy, risk, information security, support, and operations.

The right candidate will be able to think, act strategically, operate, and implement change tactically, effectively dealing with ambiguity and managing change priorities in a business-focused, fact-based, and collaborative way to achieve real impact. This role requires solid communication skills as you will be responsible for conveying data delivery solutions to functional partners across multiple levels of the organization, and a passion for leading, inspiring, and developing people.

As Line Manager, we expect you to develop your area of responsibility by defining the right priorities based on a customer-centric mindset. We encourage the ability to drive the business forward, act upon opportunities and ideas, and transform them into value (financial, cultural, or social) for others. We create an environment where continuous improvements and learning maximize the outcome of our work.