Data Management Solution Architect

Do you enjoy turning complex data challenges into scalable and secure solutions?

Insurance is all about life. And it's all about IT. There are over 1000 techies in the IT community at If. Most of our tech teams are working in an agile setup consisting of tribes and cross-functional squads to enable an optimal environment to reach our shared objectives and key results. In our team, you will work with technical solutions that have the power to turn misfortunes into possibilities and dreams into reality. We use modern technologies to create front-running insurance experiences for our customers. Giving them the security and the confidence to be curious, explore new worlds, start new business, and live their lives. Read more about the important work that we do here: https://medium.com/if-tech

About the role

Your responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain the technical integrity and strategic direction of data management solutions

• Act as the technical authority ensuring deliveries are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with the organizations overall data strategy

• Gather and translate business requirements into a specific, viable technical blueprint

• Proactively identifying architectural risks and non-functional requirements failures

• Apply strategic, system-level approach to solve complex challenges, focusing on minimizing technical debt

About the Tribe and Squad

The Data Enabler Tribe's main responsibility is to enable the use of data in If. We build and operate data platforms, support teams with data management practices, provide AI guidance. We enable data producers and data consumers distributed across our organization, including data warehouses, business intelligence, integration and ML and AI solutions. You will be joining a unit with more than 120 enthusiastic developers, engineers, architects, and managers. Our squads are mostly located at the If offices in Turku, Espoo, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Riga. You will be working in Data Management squad.

We offer

In the same way that we place high expectations on you as an employee, we also expect you to place high demands on us as an employer. Here are some of the benefits of working at If:

• An inclusive work environment where everyone is welcome

• Career and development opportunities in the biggest insurance company in the Nordics

• Social activities, as well as highly skilled professional environment

• Health promoting workplace with e.g., wellness allowance and various sports activities

• Great insurance benefits

Who are you?

• You are a data architect with deep specialized knowledge of data architecture patterns like data mesh

• You bring over 5 years of comparable experience delivering results in similar roles

• You have gained experience with cloud data platform technologies. Experience working with Databricks and DBT is seen as an advantage

• You have experience of modern and scalable technologies

• You have great communication and stakeholder management skills

• Any previous consulting experience is seen as an advantage

Additional information and recruitment process

To apply for the position: Please apply through our recruitment system and attach your CV and answer the questions on the application form. We will start screening and interviewing candidates already during the application period.

Deadline: Last day to apply is 15th of February 2026.

Location: Stockholm, Copenhagen, Turku, Espoo, Riga or Oslo

Employment type: Permanent and full-time

Traveling: Requires some occasional traveling in the Nordics and Baltics

Background check: Final candidates will undergo a background check before a job offer can be presented. Background checks will be done in accordance with the law in the country of employment.

If have any questions about the position, please contact:

• Norway: Svein F. Tryggestad, svein.f.tryggestad@if.no

• Sweden: Stellan Sardal, stellan.sardal@if.se

• Latvia: Viktorija Ignatova, viktorija.ignatova@if.lv

• Denmark: Rasmus Dyhrberg, rasmus.dyhrberg@if.dk

• Finland: Kimmo Vuori, kimmo.vuori@if.fi

We are eager to hear from you!