IT and software development

IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture Lead

Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and business value? Step into a role where you shape the digital direction of Mining and ensure that strategy, enterprise architecture, and major initiatives are seamlessly aligned to drive lasting business value.

Why Sandvik?
We’re building a stronger digital foundation – and this is your chance to influence it from the core. Here, you get to:

Influence high‑level decisions that shape our digital capabilities.
Operate close to senior leadership, advising on strategic and architectural choices.
Connect enterprise‑wide ambitions with concrete architectural outcomes.

About the job

You lead and define our digital IT strategy for Mining, setting the direction for how technology drives business performance and long-term competitiveness. You ensure that strategy is translated into clear priorities and consistently reflected in major initiatives. To enable this, you direct the central enterprise architecture team and the federated EA practice across Digital Business Capabilities (DBC), acting as the integrator between strategic ambition and architectural intent.

Job responsibilities:

Lead and coordinate DBC strategy development with the CDO, DBC management, and the CDO Office.
Define strategic priorities, focus areas, and success criteria for digital IT across Mining.
Translate strategy into clear direction for major initiatives, ensuring consistency and focus in execution.
Act as a senior advisor to the CDO and CDO Office Director on digital, technology, and transformation-related decisions.
Drive alignment across divisions and initiatives, resolving cross-domain trade-offs at enterprise level.
Direct enterprise architecture to support strategy execution, including principles, guardrails, and target states.
Oversee, anchor and communicate architecture strategies as instruments for delivering strategic outcomes and long-term architecture qualities.

Location and flexibility
This role is flexible between Sweden, Finland and Ireland.

Your profile

With extensive experience in senior leadership roles within IT strategy, enterprise architecture and transformation, you bring proven expertise at the enterprise scale. Your track record demonstrates clear analytical strength and the ability to shape strategic ambition into actionable architectural direction. You have successfully defined enterprise architecture priorities and led teams toward long-term coherence. Your background also includes:

Extensive experience guiding enterprise architecture and IT strategy across complex, federated, and politically layered organizations.
Trusted advisor to senior executives, providing clear direction on architectural and strategic decisions.
Skilled in structuring and resolving enterprise-level trade-offs with integrity and an enterprise mindset.
Leadership in setting and driving enterprise architecture direction; experience leading EA teams is a strong advantage.

Curiosity, integrity, and a long‑term perspective guide the way you work. You move easily between strategic thinking and practical direction‑setting, and you collaborate naturally with stakeholders at all levels.

Our culture

At Sandvik, we’re tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. We believe that success is a team effort so we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where people can be themselves and reach their full potential. We invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact:

James Crilley, Executive Talent Acquisition Expert, james.crilley@sandvik.com

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Hiring Manager

Richard McKinney, Director of Data & Analytics

Union contacts – Sweden

Cecilia Mickelsson, Unionen, +46 (0)70-616 90 89
Fredrik Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70-266 78 50
Olle Hansson, Ledarna, +46 (0)70-650 57 43

How to apply

Please send us your application through our application system as soon as possible and no later than May 1st, 2026. Job ID: R0089612. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail.

Our recruitment process is open and fair – we welcome all applicants and evaluate every unique application in line with the specified requirements profile, to find the best match for the position. To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at

hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.

Business area Mining is a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Applications include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. In 2025, sales were approximately SEK 63 billion with about 18,400 employees.

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