Information architect

BEC is a financial technology company creating IT solutions for Danish banks. Together, we enable their customers to invest online, take out loans and transfer money. In other words, everything it takes to run a bank.

We have 1,700+ employees spread across five locations in Denmark and Poland. We collaborate in a flat hierarchy with a high degree of mutual trust. Here, great ideas have no rank, and we invite everybody to chip in to create the strongest banking solutions for Danish society.

Information architect

The position is based in our Warsaw (Poland) office where you will join our Information Architecture team, which is part of BEC’s Architecture division. The team develops a holistic view uniting perspectives.

Information Architecture aims to create a common understanding of the kinds of things involved in our business, their properties and their relationships. Through this understanding, we enable different organisational communities of practice to properly understand how their software and data needs fit into the enterprise whole, which is the basis of removing dependencies and duplication.

We work in a hybrid remote model, coming into the office at least 3 days a week with the option of working remotely for 2 days. Your direct manager will be the head of Information Architecture, David Holling.

Primary tasks and responsibilities include

As an Information Architect you will work closely with colleagues across BEC throughout the demand / delivery process. The primary collaboration is with Data Stewards and Enterprise Data Architects, but also strong connection to business experts, API Centre of Excellence, and enterprise and domain architects.

Your primary tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Defining Information Architecture principles, standards and guidelines

• Developing and maintaining an information landscape and parts of the information model used in Enterprise Architecture’s activities to precisely scope domains and factories

• Leading early initiative analysis to scope and understand proposed change

• Supporting and maturing Data Stewards in their information model development and API specification responsibilities

• Securing that new integrations reflect proper information segregation realised in the Factory landscape and remove dependencies and duplication

• Contributing to the different information and data communities and governance bodies (both as participant and owner).

To succeed you will have

A master’s degree in information management, computer science or a related field of study. Due to the semantic nature of our framework, we are also open to other specialisms (e.g. Librarian, Philosophy, Linguistics) having a deep understanding of how information perspectives determine, and are realised in, data stores and software.

Since we are looking for an experienced profile, you will also have:

• At least 5 years of documented experience in a relevant information architecture role, preferably within a financial services enterprise. Previous experience with working with a truly semantic-based information approach to partition complexity and scope composable interfaces is a clear advantage

• An ability to precisely distinguish and communicate the difference between information and data

• An ability to work constructively and inclusively with different communities of practice having multiple world-views, vocabularies or terminologies

• An ability to creatively lead immature stakeholders unfamiliar with an information-driven approach, and work alongside, and within, a software-focused delivery organisation

• Deep knowledge of Ontology, information and data models and how they relate

• Knowledge of specifying information-based efficient Services / interfaces, their practical realisation, and hard link to the traditional data world

• Practical modelling skills covering many repository tools, frameworks and standards, although a deep understanding of SysML / UML and Mega Hopex is a plus

• Excellent team player and an effective communicator, whose nature is outgoing and relationship-building

With colleagues in teams distributed across Denmark and Poland, you must be fluent in spoken and written English.

Be your best self with BEC’s Benefits!

• Flexible working hours

• Mental health support

• Free lunch at the office

• Professional development

• Referral bonus up to PLN 10,000

• PLN 600 on a benefit platform a month

• Passion clubs and social events (Tennis, salsa dancing, board games, family picnics and more!)

What does the recruitment process look like?

1. Send us your CV: We want to get to know you.

2. Screening call: Let’s chat and see if we’re a match.

3. Meet your future manager and team: See who you’ll be working closely with.

4. Personality and cognitive test: Let’s learn more about you.

5. Meet our talent partner and your future manager once more: Get feedback on your test results.

6. Meet the head of architecture. Learn more about us.

7. Time to sign the contact: We’re ready to welcome and onboard you to BEC!