Senior IT Product Architect - Retail - Aarhus or Gdansk

Do you want to own the architecture of a valuable and interconnected commercial domain? This role focuses on shaping technology direction, simplifying complexity, and driving business value across a modern retail landscape.

The future of commercial success depends on how effectively business processes, data, applications, and AI-enabled capabilities work together. As Senior IT Product Architect, you will shape the architecture supporting critical commercial capabilities and future growth ambitions.

Quick Facts

• Location: Aarhus, Denmark or Gdańsk, Poland
• Hybrid working model with 50% office presence expected

Description

You will define and drive the architectural direction across the Retail & Commercial Technology landscape. Working closely with the Head of Product, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams, you will shape technology roadmaps, guide architectural decisions, and ensure solutions deliver business value while remaining scalable, maintainable, and aligned with strategic direction.

You will act as the architectural anchor for the domain, supporting business leaders, product leadership, and technical teams at strategic, tactical, and operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural direction across products, platforms, data products, and integrations
• Partner with the Head of Product and business leaders to support strategic decision-making and long-term planning
• Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps, investment recommendations, and architectural priorities
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, product leadership, and engineering teams, balancing business goals, architectural integrity, and technology investments
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance to product teams, engineers, and stakeholders
• Support decision-making at strategic, tactical, and operational levels across the domain
• Coach and challenge stakeholders in architectural thinking, solution design, and technology choices
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, Machine Learning, and Data Products, to identify business-value opportunities
• Drive long-term architectural integrity across the technology landscape

What Will Make You Successful

You thrive in complex, interconnected business environments where technology, data, and commercial processes come together. You combine architectural depth with strong stakeholder-management skills and understand that successful architecture depends on alignment and influence as well as technology.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Architect, Solution Architect, or in a similar role in a complex enterprise environment
• Strong understanding of integration architecture and modern application landscapes
• Experience shaping technology strategy, roadmaps, and architectural direction
• Business understanding from retail, commercial, or related domains
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and guide decisions across business, product, and technology teams
• Track record of turning business needs into technology outcomes

Benefits

You will work alongside skilled product teams, engineers, data specialists, and fellow architects in an environment that values collaboration, innovation, and architectural excellence. The role offers a flexible hybrid working model, competitive salary and benefits, and the opportunity to influence technology direction within a strategically important commercial domain.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, and the process may close once the right candidate is found.