WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead the design, maintenance, and evolution of conceptual and logical information models that enable shared understanding of core business concepts across the organization.
- Own and contribute to central information architecture artefacts such as the Enterprise Data Model and Data Domain Map, ensuring alignment across domains and initiatives.
- Drive the definition and consistent use of business terminology, taxonomies, and ontologies, enabling a common language between business and technology.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, data product teams, solution architects, and engineers to translate business needs into clear information models that guide downstream implementations.
- Define and maintain standards, guardrails, and best practices for information architecture and modelling, ensuring they are pragmatic and usable in a fast‑changing environment.
- Ensure that information models support interoperability, reuse, and long‑term scalability across the solution landscape.
- Assess current (as‑is) data flows for core business objects and design target (to‑be) views that support future business needs.
- Actively support and enable data governance and metadata practices, in close collaboration with Data Governance colleagues.
- Educate, guide, and coach stakeholders and architects, helping to embed information architecture thinking across teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of architecture tooling and ways of working, including integration with data catalogues and metadata management tools.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will work closely with business domain experts, Data Domain Owners, Data Stewards, solution architects, data engineers, analytics teams, and data governance colleagues.
Together, you will establish shared language, trusted information structures, and clear architectural guidance that support data‑driven initiatives and future AI and analytics use cases.
WHO YOU ARE
We are looking for someone who has:
- Several years of experience working as an Information Architect or in closely related architecture roles, with a strong focus on conceptual and logical modelling.
- Proven ability to translate complex business concepts into clear information models, taxonomies, and definitions.
- Experience working with enterprise‑level architecture artefacts such as enterprise data models, domain maps, or similar structures.
- Strong understanding of how information architecture, data management, and data governance work together.
- Experience defining and documenting standards, guardrails, and modelling guidelines.
- Hands‑on experience with architecture and modelling tools (e.g. Sparx EA, Erwin, LeanIX or similar) and familiarity with data catalogues or metadata tooling.
- Hands‑on experience with ontology or semantic standards (e.g. RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL) or equivalent conceptual modelling approaches.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to educate and influence both business and technical stakeholders.
And someone who:
- Has a holistic mindset, seeing the big picture while still being able to work hands‑on with models and definitions.
- Is comfortable operating in a low‑maturity environment, helping the organisation move step‑by‑step toward more structured and shared ways of working.
- Can take ownership, work independently, and drive progress without everything being fully defined upfront.
- Enjoys mentoring and coaching others, contributing to a strong and collaborative architecture community.
- Is curious, pragmatic, and motivated to continuously improve how information is structured and understood across the organisation.
Additional Information
WHO WE ARE
H&M Group is a global company of strong fashion brands and ventures. Our goal is to prove that there is no compromise between exceptional design, affordable prices, and sustainable solutions. We want to liberate fashion for the many, and our customers are at the heart of every decision we make.
We are made up of thousands of passionate and talented colleagues united by our shared culture and values. Together, we want to use our power, our scale, and our knowledge to push the fashion industry towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE
We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.
In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.
JOIN US
Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are.
Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here.
*We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application.
Skills Required
- Several years of experience as an Information Architect or closely related architecture role focused on conceptual and logical modelling
- Proven ability to translate complex business concepts into information models, taxonomies, and definitions
- Experience with enterprise-level architecture artefacts such as enterprise data models and domain maps
- Strong understanding of information architecture, data management, and data governance
- Experience defining and documenting standards, guardrails, and modelling guidelines
- Hands-on experience with architecture and modelling tools (e.g., Sparx EA, Erwin, LeanIX) and familiarity with data catalogues or metadata tooling
- Hands-on experience with ontology or semantic standards (e.g., RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL) or equivalent conceptual modelling approaches
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder education skills
- Ability to operate in a low-maturity environment, take ownership, and drive progress independently
- Experience mentoring and coaching colleagues and contributing to an architecture community
H&M Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about H&M Group and has not been reviewed or approved by H&M Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, pharmacy and vision options with low employee costs and free dental are available, alongside telehealth and inclusive offerings such as transgender, bariatric and fertility coverage. These features are highlighted as solid for U.S. retail roles, with some availability for part‑time positions depending on eligibility.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, flexible wellness days, company‑paid holidays and a paid birthday off are offered, with some paid time off available to part‑time staff. The time‑off structure is presented as generous within the retail context.
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Parental & Family Support — Eight weeks of paid parental pay for mothers and fathers is provided, complemented by adoption assistance and healthy pregnancy/babies programs. These family supports add depth to the core medical coverage in the U.S. package.
H&M Group Insights
What We Do
Founded in 1947, H&M Group is a global design company with ~4,702 stores in 76 markets and 56 online markets. At H&M Group, we believe in making great design available to everyone. It’s essential in everything we do. Our family of brands and business ventures offer customers around the world a wealth of fashion, beauty, accessories and homeware, as well as modern menus with fresh and local produce at some of the brands’ in-store eateries. But design is so much more than just products; it’s about clever design processes, efficient product flows, creating experiences that enrich, and smart solutions that benefit all our customers. Sustainability is always at the core of our business. Not only because we like to do what’s right — but it’s also beneficial for our business. We will continue to push for change and lead the way towards a more inclusive and sustainable fashion future. Do you want to join us? We will trust you with great responsibility right from the start, reward a passionate mindset and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit. When you start a career with H&M Group, there’s no limit to where it can take you. H&M Group's Moderation Policy: Welcome to H&M Group’s official LinkedIn page. Ask questions, exchange ideas and meet members and employees from all over the world. This page is moderated daily and we always do our best to answer each one of you in a timely manner. Please remember to keep a friendly tone and in line with LinkedIn’s legal terms at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement Comments and posts that contain foul language, are off-topic or unnecessarily rude will be deleted. We also encourage you to report any inappropriate content. We use an external tool to handle the comments on our page, so please note that your comments can be stored. For questions, please contact our team at [email protected].
