Enteprise Architect

Intro

Nilfisk is a global leader in professional cleaning solutions, driven by more than 120 years of innovation, craftsmanship, and customer focus. Our success is built on understanding the needs of thousands of professionals worldwide and delivering the products, services, and digital solutions that power their work every day.

With a landscape of 150+ applications supporting colleagues across continents, we are now searching for an Enterprise Architect who can help shape the next evolution of our digital ecosystem. You will play a central role in designing a modern, connected, and scalable application environment that enables Nilfisk to operate smarter, faster, and more efficiently across the globe, specifically focused on e-commerce and the digital portfolio.

If you are not afraid to take on a complex challenge, enjoy translating business ambition into robust technical design, and want to be the bridge between vision and execution, this is your opportunity!

Major Function

Our Enterprise Architect partners with senior leaders, product teams, and technical experts, translating business strategy into actionable architectural roadmaps and ensuring that technology investments support longterm goals to deliver meaningful business outcomes. This position is based out of our headquarters in Copenhagen, reporting to the Head of Digital Planning & Portfolio under our CIO, but may require occasional international travel to discuss with colleagues in person.

Essential Responsibilities

Business-Technology Alignment & collaboration:

• Align business priorities with appropriate technical solutions, balancing trade-offs between business requirements, costs, and industry best practices.
• Co-drive the business roadmap in collaboration with business stakeholders, fostering a strong partnership and shared vision.

  Resource Optimization:

• Ensure optimal utilization of existing IT solutions and prevent duplication of capabilities across the organization.
• Proactively investigate steps and initiatives that can be taken to further optimize and consolidate existing enterprise application landscape

  Roadmap Establishment & Alignment:

• Ensure alignment and coordination of roadmaps between different delivery teams and IT solutions to maintain consistency and achieve strategic objectives.
• Drive vendor selection processes in pre-project stages for the projects in the Nilfisk IT & Digital portfolio and ensure alignment with our application landscape roadmap.
• Evaluates current-state technological requirements and assesses new and upcoming technologies regarding the organization’s requirements.
• Integrate diverse technologies and platforms to create a cohesive IT environment that supports business goals.
• Assess and manage risks associated with IT projects and solutions, implementing mitigation strategies to minimize impact.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement within the IT landscape, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.

Governance and Compliance:

• Establish and enforce IT governance and compliance standards, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with IT stakeholders to regularly assess the health of the IT estate in relation to enterprise compliance, risk, security, sustainability and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with various teams and individuals within the organization to evaluate and address any gaps or vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure.
• Provide recommendations to implement measures so that the IT estate remains compliant with relevant regulations and standards, while also being resilient and able to withstand potential risks and threats.

Your New Team

You will join a globally connected, dynamic team of project managers and other support roles for the IT organization, working with the business to develop and deliver solutions that will benefit both Nilfisk and our customers. Your primary focus at the start will be supporting the e-commerce solution that Nilfisk is implementing with technical decisions and architectural perspectives.

Why Join Us

Nilfisk is built on a culture of trust, freedom, and collaboration. You will join a workplace that values curiosity, welcomes diverse perspectives, and encourages you to question ideas so we can always find the best solutions together.

At Nilfisk, mistakes are learning opportunities—and growth is a shared journey. You will benefit from:

• An international, inclusive working environment
• Opportunities to develop professionally and follow your own career path
• Strong support for learning and upskilling
• Local benefits and a modern workplace culture
• The chance to shape solutions used daily by service professionals worldwide

Qualifications to Succeed in the Position

• Background in IT with extensive experience as an Enterprise Architect for a complex IT landscape, specifically containing SAP, Salesforce, e-commerce systems and Cloud infrastructure architecture.
• Extensive experience with system integrations, security reviews, and data privacy. Knowledge of manufacturing operations is a plus.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a strong ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• User-centric mindset with a passion for understanding and solving user pain points.
• Your colleagues experience you as a team player who is passionate about what you do and can sell your ideas. You are a natural presenter that can get your message across.
• You are fluent in English, both written and oral.
• You are expected to work from the office in Copenhagen at least 3 days per week, with the option of working from home 2 days per week.

Interested?

If this could be your next career step, we would be truly excited to hear from you! We look forward to receiving your application. If you have questions regarding the position, please reach out to jfrenken@nilfisk.com.

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Let’s create a cleaner future together

Cleaning has emerged as a key contributor to health and safety, sparked by technology and innovation. At Nilfisk we are a driving force in this development. Being part of Nilfisk means thinking outside of the box, bringing your inspiring ideas to life, sharing the results, and learning from your setbacks. We believe that diversity is our greatest strength – as we achieve the best results from a wide variety of views and approaches. At Nilfisk, you have the freedom to be yourself and express your opinions. Nilfisk is firmly committed to growth and sustainability in everything we do. You will be empowered in your role as you collaborate with passionate colleagues on a quest to create a cleaner future.

Are you ready to make a change for a cleaner future?

We embrace diversity and equality with an environment of inclusion. We encourage everyone to apply for the position, regardless of origin, race, ethnicity, religion, physical or mental ability, gender, gender-identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age.

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