Experienced IT Specialist to lead transformations initiatives, 12-months maternity cover - Aarhus

Arla Group; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Job summary

Arla Foods is seeking an Experienced IT Specialist in the IT Excellence team in Aarhus to lead key transformation and continuous-improvement initiatives. You will move between strategic thinking, practical design, stakeholder alignment, and hands-on execution, shaping the IT operating model and product-led practices.

You will drive adoption, anchor changes in everyday work, and guide cross-functional initiatives with strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Experience with or understanding of product-led IT organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with organizational design, capability building, or agile/continuous-improvement practices.

Responsibilities

• Shape and improve our IT operating model and product-led ways of working, translating ambitions into our product lifecycle model, roadmaps, roles, and processes.
• Drive adoption and anchoring of change, ensuring new ways of working become part of everyday behaviors and continue to evolve after implementation.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives, creating alignment across stakeholders and turning complex challenges into actionable solutions.
• Use data, insights, and feedback to identify improvement opportunities and demonstrate progress and value.
• Enable leaders and teams to succeed with change through facilitation, capability building, clear guidance, and practical tools.

Skills

Transformation programs

Product-led IT

Stakeholder management

Organizational design

Change management

Job description

Are you energized by shaping how a large IT organization works and equally motivated by making sure new ways of working are actually adopted?

“We have recent led our transformation from taking Arla IT & Digital from a plan-build-run operating model to a product-led organization. Our ambition with this change is to strengthen end-to-end product accountability, introduce more fit-for-purpose practices, improve cross-team transparency, and create common guidance and capability-building activities across IT & Digital,” says Head of Product IT, Kasper Duus.

How will you make an impact

As Experienced IT Specialist in the IT Excellence team, you will take ownership of key transformation and continuous-improvement initiatives, moving between strategic thinking, practical design, stakeholder alignment and hands-on execution. Your key responsibilities will include

• Shape and improve our IT operating model and product-led ways of working, translating ambitions into our product lifecycle model, roadmaps, roles, and processes.
• Drive adoption and anchoring of change, ensuring new ways of working become part of everyday behaviors and continue to evolve after implementation.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives, creating alignment across stakeholders, clarifying ownership, and turning complex challenges into actionable solutions.
• Use data, insights, and feedback to identify improvement opportunities, challenge existing practices, and help demonstrate progress and value.
• Enable leaders and teams to succeed with change through facilitation, capability building, clear guidance, and practical tools.

This is a maternity cover position of 12 months based in Aarhus.

What will make you successful

You bring solid experience within organizational transformation, operating-model development, change management, continuous improvement, management consulting, or a similar field.

You are comfortable translating ambition into action and have experience driving change from design through implementation and adoption. You combine a structured and analytical mindset with strong stakeholder-management and facilitation skills. We expect the ideal candidate brings

• 5+ years of experience with large-scale transformation initiatives
• Experience with or understanding of product-led IT organizations
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience with organizational design, capability building, performance insights or agile/continuous-improvement practices is an advantage

Most importantly, you are pragmatic and hands-on. You are comfortable challenging existing thinking, navigating ambiguity, and creating momentum without relying on formal authority.

What do we offer?

You get the chance to shape how a large, Global IT organization works, at a time when the new operating model is being anchored. You will work with leaders and teams across Arla IT & Digital, see the direct impact of your work on everyday practice, and build experience that is valuable for your further career, in a team that cares about connecting strategy with execution.

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.

For additional information, please contact Kasper Duus on [e-mail]