Domain Architect

IT Domain Architect

About AAK
Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.

AAK specializes in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. We enhance their sensory experience – by giving the silkier mouthfeel in premium chocolate, the juicier texture in a plant-based burger, and the puffier appearance in a lower-fat pastry. We can also optimize their production by substituting existing ingredients with plant-based equivalents that give better efficiency. AAK’s value-adding solutions enable our customers to be successful in a better way.

At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 150 years.

About the role
AAK has embarked on an ambitious transformation of the digital application landscape, and this is a unique opportunity to influence that journey as a domain architect. As part of this AAK has invested in Salesforce as a platform – join fast and you’ll be part of shaping this platform from the very beginning at AAK.

As a domain architect you will play a crucial role in driving CRM transformation by aligning technology solutions with business objectives, designing robust system architectures, enabling seamless integration and data management. As part of that creating the right user experience both internally and towards customers fostering great user adoption and continuous improvement.

Your primary focus will be on in the commercial excellence (CRM) area but as a domain architect you will also be involved in the broader architecture landscape involving product excellence (PLM) and HR applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design complex IT systems, including software, data modelling and integration components.
• Develop high-level software architecture designs for applications and systems.
• Provide expert guidance in the development and setup of cloud-based platforms, services, and architectures.
• Responsible for complex integrations of systems and applications across the organisation.
• Lead the overall security setup of the architectural domain, applying current principles and best practices to continuously improve our risk mitigations.
• Optimize principles for change and release management to secure stable operations and new features.
• Create and manage well-structured and efficient APIs for system interactions.
• Continually monitor system performance and resource utilization. Support the business to capitalize on performance optimization.
• Responsible for your own continued professional development, keeping up with emerging technologies and trends such as AI, SaaS and PaaS, both within the domain and outside the domain to secure proper guidance towards business.

About you
We are looking for a profile with several years of experience from a similar position who is working business oriented with off-the-shelf solutions and the suite of business applications that enhance our ways of working and collaboration across our business regions.

You are an independent and outgoing team player with a good eye for details and a structured way of working. You are characterized by being proactive, customer oriented, responsible, well organized, and enthusiastic. You have a strong personal integrity and a high willingness and ability to share knowledge and experience. As you will be working globally, you must have an international mindset, supported by a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English.

We are looking for a person who has:

• a bachelor’s degree or similar in computer science, information technology, system engineering or related field of study
• several years of experience from system architecture. Experience with Salesforce is an advantage but not a requirement.
• experience in API and system interactions
• some understanding of programming languages
• experience in SaaS and a high interest in technologies such as AI, Paas and technology trends.
• capability to bridge business and technical language
• experience in working directly with business (business acumen)
• business process understanding and modelling to shape direction
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• a structured and solution-oriented mindset

Our offer to you:
We offer a job with a great opportunity to work in an international environment where you will be a part of a growing team. We have several offices around the world, and you can expect some travelling as part of your job. We are ready to invest in you and your career development.

We believe that good work-life balance is crucial to the overall well-being and productivity for employees, which means that it can sometimes be more efficient to work from home. We also believe in the power of in-person collaboration which provides more opportunities for communication, learning, creativity and relationship building.

You will be working in Global Business Application – Application Enablement Team and we would like you to be situated near one of the offices in Aarhus or Karlshamn where your colleagues are placed.

Curious and up for the challenge?
If you like the look of this job and know you can bring your skills to contribute to our purpose, we look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible. We would like the position filled as soon as possible and therefore the evaluation of candidates is ongoing – however we are willing to wait for the right person for the job. Please note that we only accept applications via our webpage.

We look forward to hearing from you!

AAK prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.