Senior Solution Architect within Wealth & Asset Management Tech | SEB, Stockholm

Are you a Senior Architect with a deep knowledge within the wealth and asset management area? If you thrive in a strategic role where architecture, business and large-scale transformation meet, this could be a great opportunity for you!  

About the role 

In this position you will have a lead solution architecture role in our custody transformation program and play a pivotal role in driving and guiding our strategic transformation from an end-to-end perspective. The custody transformation program is one of SEB’s key initiatives for developing our savings and investments offering. By modernising our custody infrastructure, we are building a modern next generation custody platform. You will work very closely with the Program Architect and act as the deputy. 

You will actively lead and contribute to this ongoing large-scale digital transformation and build completely new capabilities. The purpose is to position SEB as an industry leader within the wealth and asset management area (i.e. investments and trading in stocks, funds and other financial instruments). You will collaborate extensively with technology and architecture stakeholders across the organization, as well as business and business services representatives. 

The architecture team within Wealth Asset Management consists of Solution Architects led by a Domain Architect. Together we combine deep technical skills with strong business knowledge. We believe in teamwork, learning from each other, and building solutions together. 

Your responsibility will be to: 

• Shape and hands-on drive SEB’s architecture transformation agenda for the wealth and asset management area with focus on the custody transformation program. A key to success is close collaboration with other parts of SEB regarding e.g. front-end applications, business layers, ledgers, authorization, cloud, API, AI and data management.  

• Drive change, transformations and modernizations towards our target architecture. 

• Design future-ready, modern, secure and stable solutions which attract and service our clients and gain their trust. 

• Interact with other architects in relevant parts of SEB to be able to align and materialize your architecture roadmaps. You will also be part of the SEB architect community and both the programs and Wealth Asset Management architecture design authorities.  

• Build, develop, and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to truly understand needs, anchor your ideas and shape sustainable solutions.  

To be successful in this role, we believe you have: 

• At least 5 years’ proven professional experience as a Senior Solution Architect.  

• Proven track record of successful architecture-driven changes in a highly complex environment with diverse technologies and platforms. 

• Proven ability to drive and contribute to large-scale technology transformations, both modernization of existing platforms and full-scale system replacements. 

• End-to-end knowledge of wealth, savings, trading and investment services, processes and client needs from a digitalization perspective. 

• Have a proactive and strategic mindset, with the ability to translate vision into actionable roadmaps. 

• Employs a pragmatic yet creative mindset to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for complex business challenges with goal orientated approach and strong commitment to deliver. 

• Broad interest in various architecture disciplines, including business, application, information, and technology. 

• Proven experience with APIs, modular architecture, test-driven development, and data-centric designs. 

• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence, engage, and guide both business, IT stakeholders and tech leads. 

• Experience in regulations and directives relevant to financial markets. 

• Advanced oral and written communication abilities, adept at articulating concepts, visualizing architectural roadmaps, and engaging effectively with stakeholders across Business, Business Services, and Tech. 

• Takes personal responsibility for achieving and delivering impactful, high-value outcomes. 

It’s a strong plus if you have 

• Proven experience from being the Lead Solution Architect for a larger transformation within the financial industry. 

• Hands-on experience driving modernization from legacy platforms to modern cloud solutions. 

• Designing AI components in solutions. 

• AI-driven architecture work with machine readable architecture as input to end-to-end AI product development. 

• Experience in cyber security and security architecture is merited. 

As part of the application, you must explicitly describe:   

1) your experience in designing and building systems.  

2) your role in large-scale technology transformations. 

3) your collaboration skills.   

• Agile and modern ways of working
• A flat hierarchy and openness to share ideas, opinions and points of views
• Extensive training and learning opportunities
• Hybrid work model
• Innovative company at the forefront of technology