Business Architect - Senior

Wequel; Södertälje kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

WeQuel is seeking an experienced Business Architect in Södertälje to lead the transformation of global production systems within Shopfloor IT. You will translate business needs into sustainable processes, information flows, and IT solutions, ensuring alignment across stakeholders.

The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, working closely with Product Owners, Solution Architects, Project Managers, and Process Owners to drive analyses, gap assessments, and pre-studies,

Qualifications

• Experience with Shopfloor IT and production execution is preferred.
• Strong analytical ability to visualize processes and dependencies.
• Ability to translate business needs into IT solutions and target architectures.
• Experience facilitating workshops and cross-functional discussions across levels.

Responsibilities

• Own and further develop Business Architecture within Shopfloor IT/Production Execution.
• Translate business needs into sustainable processes, information flows, and IT solutions.
• Identify and develop improvement opportunities across processes, information flows, and IT support.
• Align business objectives, IT initiatives, and target architecture.
• Connect current-state needs, future target states, and upcoming strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, Product Owners, Solution Architects, Project Managers, and Process Owners.
• Contribute to and direct the initiative portfolio within the assigned area.
• Analyses, discovery activities, gap analyses, and pre-studies.
• Develop visualizations and decision-support material.
• Facilitate discussions and decision-making across business and IT stakeholders.

Skills

Business Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Process Modelling

Swedish & English

Analytical Skills

Education

Academic degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Business Architect – Consultancy Assignment within the Manufacturing Industry

We at WeQuel are now looking for an experienced Business Architect in Södertälje, where you will become an important part of the Shopfloor IT (VEIS) function with a focus on driving the transformation of a global production system. In this role you will take a global and strategic perspective, ensuring that business needs are translated into sustainable processes, information flows, and IT solutions, while creating alignment and driving change from early analysis through to implementation.

As a consultant with us, you get the opportunity to work at one of our clients, a leading company within the manufacturing and automotive industry, where you contribute to optimizing processes, implementing modern IT solutions, and creating sustainable, data-driven ways of working.

Your responsibilities:

• Ownership and further development of the Business Architecture within Shopfloor IT / Production Execution
• Translation of business needs into sustainable processes, information flows, and IT solutions
• Identification and development of improvement opportunities across business processes, information flows, and IT support
• Alignment between business objectives, IT initiatives, and the target architecture
• Connection of current-state needs, future target states, and upcoming strategic initiatives
• Collaboration with business stakeholders, Product Owners, Solution Architects, Project Managers, and Process Owners
• Contribution to and direction of the initiative portfolio within the assigned area
• Analyses, discovery activities, gap analyses, and pre-studies
• Development of visualizations and decision-support material
• Facilitation of discussions and decision‑making across business and IT stakeholders

You work in a dynamic environment where you independently drive your area forward while collaborating with multiple interfaces across the organization.

Requirements:

• Strong business experience and solid understanding of operational environments and business processes
• Relevant academic degree or equivalent professional experience
• Fluent Swedish and English, spoken and written
• Good understanding of IT terminology, IT environments, and business systems
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to structure complex and abstract information, and to visualize and communicate processes and dependencies clearly
• Experience working at the intersection of business and IT, including analyses, discovery work, gap analyses, and/or pre‑studies
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience facilitating discussions and workshops across functions and organizational levels
• Structured, proactive, and solution‑oriented, with the ability to work both strategically and close to the operational business
• Meriting: previous experience within Business Architecture, business process and/or information modelling, and experience from Shopfloor IT, Production Execution, manufacturing, or similar industrial environments

Assignment details

• Start: 2026-09-21
• End: 2027-09-20
• Workload: 100%
• Remote: 100% ONSITE (primarily on‑site, with some flexibility)

We offer:

At WeQuel, you become part of a consultant team that values people first – we believe success is created through engagement, collaboration, and development. We offer a flat organization with short decision‑making paths, a strong sense of community, and the opportunity to influence your own development.