AI & Data Solution Architect – HR

Sandvik; Sandvikens kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandvik seeks an AI Architecture Lead for HR Technology to shape and govern AI use across HR. You will provide architectural direction for Workday-native capabilities, custom solutions, and AI agents, aligning with our AI strategy and standards.

Reporting to the Head of HR Technology, with a dotted line to the Manager Architecture Advisory. You will work with HR, IT and architecture specialists to identify AI opportunities, run pilots, and design scalable, secure AI-driven HR solutions across

Qualifications

• Experience shaping AI solutions for HR technology.
• Strong knowledge of generative AI, large language models, AI agents, and solution architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the AI strategy and roadmap for HR together with the Head of HR Technology.
• Identify valuable AI opportunities, translate business needs into viable solutions, and lead or contribute to studies, pilots, and implementations.
• Establish architectural and governance principles covering data, privacy, security, documentation, ownership, and lifecycle management.
• Assess development across our global HR system Workday and its AI capabilities, as well as other large language models, agentic AI, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Design how AI interacts with HR systems, enterprise platforms and data sources, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective.
• Facilitate workshops, build AI awareness and collaborate with HR, IT, architecture, legal and data privacy specialists.

Skills

Strong English communication skills

AI architecture knowledge

Generative AI & LLM familiarity

Tools

Workday platform

Job description

• Strong English communication skills.
• Erik Knebel, Akademikerföreningen, [phone]

Do you want to help shape how AI transforms HR? In this newly created position, you combine hands-on technical expertise with a strong architectural mindset to turn business needs into secure, scalable, and valuable AI solutions.

This is an opportunity to:

• Build and shape an AI capability that's new to HR Technology.
• Work at the forefront of AI while continuously developing your own expertise.
• Take significant ownership while collaborating closely with HR, IT, and architecture specialists.

About The Job

You shape and govern the use of AI across HR Technology. You provide architectural direction for Workday-native capabilities, custom-built solutions and AI agents, ensuring that development aligns with the company's AI strategy, technology architecture and standards. You report to the Head of HR Technology, with a dotted line to the Manager Architecture Advisory, Enterprise Architect.

Job Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the AI strategy and roadmap for HR together with the Head of HR Technology.
• Identify valuable AI opportunities, translate business needs into viable solutions, and lead or contribute to studies, pilots, and implementations.
• Establish architectural and governance principles covering data, privacy, security, documentation, ownership, and lifecycle management.
• Assess development across our global Human Capital Management System Workday and its AI capabilities, as well as other large language models, agentic AI, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Design how AI interacts with HR systems, enterprise platforms and data sources, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective.
• Facilitate workshops, build AI awareness and collaborate with HR, IT, architecture, legal and data privacy specialists.

Location and flexibility

This position is based at the World Trade Center in Stockholm, or Sandviken, with a hybrid setup. For the right candidate, remote work from elsewhere within the CET time zone may be possible.

Your profile

You bring extensive experience from technical positions and have built AI solutions and worked closely with the technologies and architectural concepts behind them. We place significant value on curiosity, a willingness to learn, and the ambition to continuously develop both your own expertise and how AI can create value across our HR organization.

Your background includes

• Strong knowledge of generative AI, large language models, AI agents, and solution architecture.