Business Tech Manager - Enterprise Architecture

Do you want to help shape the future technology landscape at Kappahl Group?

At Kappahl Group, technology is a key enabler in developing our brands, enhancing the customer experience, and creating an efficient and sustainable business. We are now looking for a Business Tech Manager – Enterprise Architecture who wants to play a key role in ensuring that our business and technology initiatives are aligned and create long-term value.

This is an opportunity to combine strategic thinking, leadership, and technical expertise in a role with significant impact across the entire Group. This position combines responsibility for Enterprise Architecture with line management responsibilities and forms part of the Business Tech Leadership Team.

About the role

As Business Tech Manager – Enterprise Architecture, you will be responsible for developing and leading our Enterprise Architecture function. Together with the business, Business Tech, and our partners, you will create a clear direction for how technology, processes, and information should evolve to support Kappahl Group’s goals and strategy.

You have a holistic view of both business and technology and help the organization make long-term, sustainable decisions regarding systems, platforms, integrations, information management, security, and emerging technologies such as AI.

At the same time, you will lead and develop the Enterprise Architecture team, creating the conditions for collaboration, quality, and progress.

What you will do

• Ensure that architecture principles, standards, and guidelines are applied consistently across the organization.

• Define and maintain a long-term target architecture for our application and technology landscape.

• Lead and develop Kappahl Group’s Enterprise Architecture function.

• Lead architecture decision forums.

• Contribute to Kappahl Group’s overall technology strategy and direction.

• Act as a strategic partner to the business on matters related to digitalization and technology development.

• Drive initiatives within areas such as AI, information security, integration, and modern platforms.

• Develop and strengthen partnerships with vendors and external partners.

• Actively contribute to the Business Tech Leadership Team and cross-functional forums.

We believe you have

• Several years of experience in leadership roles within IT, technology, or Enterprise Architecture.

• Experience driving organizational change and large-scale transformation initiatives.

• The ability to translate business needs into sustainable technology solutions.

• A strong understanding of modern platforms and technologies, preferably within the Microsoft ecosystem.

• Experience in working with an EA-tool.

• Knowledge in areas such as information security, integration, and AI.

• Experience building relationships, creating alignment, and leading in complex environments.

• Excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English.

Who are you?

You are a strategic and business-oriented leader who thrives at the intersection of people, business, and technology.

You are curious about future opportunities, able to see the bigger picture, and skilled at creating structure in complex environments. At the same time, you are a team player who builds strong relationships, inspires trust, and brings people together around a common direction.

For you, architecture is not only about technology, but about creating the foundation for the business to succeed.

You recognize yourself in our values – Inclusive, Courageous and Joyful!

Are you interested?

The position is a full-time permanent position with placement at our head office in Mölndal. Kappahl celebrate diversity and strive to eliminate all forms of discrimination. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.

You apply easily by attaching your CV. We apply continuous selection. We look forward to your application as soon as possible.

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The Kappahl Group is a leading fashion chain in the Nordics, with around 350 Kappahl and Newbie stores across Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Poland and the UK, as well as online sales in more than 20 markets throughout Europe and Asia. Founded in 1953, the Group has grown into an international fashion business with profitable and sustainable growth at the heart of its strategy.

We want to make a difference in the fashion world and to lead the way by always keeping our promises: taking care of the world around us and minimizing the environmental impact for each garment. And at the same time fulfil our employee promise "We promise you the right to always be yourself - a place to belong”. The Kappahl team consists of some 4,000 colleagues in eight countries, all with different backgrounds, ages, skills and styles. Our common motivation is to create a responsible world of fashion and offer fashion to a wide variety of people and lifestyles. A responsible fashion that feels right, for the bearer and for the world we live in. Today, more than 99% of the products are made of certified or licensed materials. Our overall climate goal is to halve the value chain's absolute climate emissions by 2032 and to have 100% traceability from fibre to finished garment in 2026. We also have a goal that 50% of the range is produced for a circular economy in 2026.

More information at kappahl.com.