Job Description

Shape Valmet’s Commercial Data Future

Are you ready to take Valmet’s Commercial Data Management as a strategic asset to better serve customers, support digital transformation, increase operational efficiency and ensure successful implementations of the future enterprise systems?

We are seeking a visionary, hands-on and results-driven Data Architect, Commercial Data, to join our IT Sales and Service team to ensure that our commercial data is managed and aligned based on business needs, architectural principles, long-term value creation, and growing AI capabilities across the organization.

In this role, you will work with Valmet IT Transformation and business colleagues. As the lead for the Commercial Data architecture, you will be a key player in the digital transformation of IT Sales and Service—ensuring data integrity and quality to enable efficient AI driven capabilities that support our sales and business partner operations.

• Leads sales and business partner data architecture initiatives across domain roadmaps, ensuring data considerations are embedded in the development of domain capabilities and support scalable analytics and AI-driven business capabilities

• Identifies needs for development, analyzes gaps, creates plans, collects requirements and implements with a focus on business outcomes, value creation, scalability and AI enablement

• Owns concepts, process and data standard for data domain, ensuring they support automation and advanced analytics requirements

• Ensures proper data documentation of the domain data and related processes to enable efficient AI model development and data reusability

• Acts as driver in data-domain-related projects and transformation initiatives, including those enabling predictive and generative AI solutions

• Responsible for setting domain specific data quality principles and rules

• Design data processes, system changes and transition plans together with business- and IT stakeholders, ensuring readiness for AI-enabled business processes

• Engages with all relevant stakeholders, including IT, business units, and vendors

• Promotes scalable data solution architecture and innovation, including the practical and value-driven use of AI technologies to unlock new business value.

• Drives awareness and understanding of AI-related opportunities, risks, and best practices within the Commercial Data domain and the extended stakeholder network

• High level of accountability — you take ownership and lead with courage

To succeed in this position, we expect:

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Information Systems, Data, or related field

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in data management specifically for sales and business partner data combined with overall business process acumen in a global organization

• Strong knowledge of data architecture principles and data modelling

• Experience of leading project work, planning and organizing

• Demonstrated ability to manage adversity and challenging situations, and deliver results

• Understanding of modern data management, governance technologies, and applied AI trends

• Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize

• Genuine interest in following data, AI, and analytics technologies and applying them pragmatically in business

• Excellent communication skills in English, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills

• A collaborative mindset and the ability to develop cooperative relationships and influence across organizational boundaries

Location & Reporting

This role can be based at any major Valmet location in Finland (Vantaa, Tampere, Jyväskylä) or Pune, India. You will report to the Director, Sales and Service Domain.

Additional Information
If you're ready to take the next step in your career, please submit your application by April 19th, 2026.

For further details about the role, feel free to contact Jyri Kulmala – Director, Sales and Service Domain at +358 40 4839 847 during the following times:

• Wednesday, April 8 between 13:00–14:00 PM (EET)

We will review applications throughout the application period, and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.

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When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork. www.valmet.com/careers