Application Domain Owner - Digital Workplace Lead

DFDS; Københavns Kommune; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

DFDS is seeking an experienced Application Domain Owner to manage the lifecycle of critical business applications within the Digital Workplace and Crew Management System, including Microsoft 365 and Adonis HR. You will act as the technology counterpart to the business, translating needs into a prioritized backlog and guiding agile delivery.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, vendors and technology teams to ensure stability, security and continuous improvement, while balancing

Qualifications

• Experience in application management, product ownership, IT service management or a similar role.
• Strong experience working with business stakeholders and translating needs into technology initiatives.
• Practical experience with agile ways of working and facilitating agile ceremonies.
• Experience managing application backlogs, roadmaps, vendors and delivery plans.
• Good understanding of application lifecycle management, integrations, security and technology dependencies.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 applications, with SharePoint being a key area of expertise.
• Experience in application management, digital workplace solutions, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Knowledge with Adonis HR systems and/or Marine Crewing Systems is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage the application lifecycle — ensure applications are stable, secure, supported and continuously improved, including upgrades, technical debt, compliance and vendor management.
• Partner with the business — understand business needs, translate them into a structured backlog, and facilitate prioritization and roadmap discussions together with the business.
• Drive agile delivery — lead quarterly planning and facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Coordinate delivery — work across business stakeholders, application specialists, vendors, architects and other technology teams to ensure agreed initiatives are delivered.
• Manage risks and dependencies — identify and follow up on technical, operational and delivery risks, dependencies and impediments.
• Continuously improve — identify opportunities to improve applications, processes and the digital employee experience through technology, automation and new capabilities.
• Build synergies across the domain — identify opportunities for standardisation, reuse and collaboration across applications, teams and business areas, ensuring we leverage common capabilities and avoid duplication.
• Lead or support projects impacting the domain — represent the domain in cross-functional initiatives, provide application expertise and ensure impacts, dependencies and requirements are properly addressed.

Skills

Application management

Product ownership

IT service management

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Adonis HR

Marine Crewing Systems (advantage)

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Adonis HR

Marine Crewing Systems

Job description

DFDS is seeking an experienced Application Domain Owner to manage the lifecycle of critical business applications within the Digital Workplace and Crew Management System, including Microsoft 365 and Adonis HR. You will act as the technology counterpart to the business, translating needs into a prioritized backlog and guiding agile delivery.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, vendors and technology teams to ensure stability, security and continuous improvement, while balancing