Portfolio Manager – Growth Solutions - Water

Alfa Laval Corporate AB; Denmark; Hybrid; DKK 950,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval Corporate AB in Søborg (Denmark) seeks a Portfolio Manager to drive technology in the water portfolio, including ALDrum, digital services and systems solutions, balancing service and capital sales.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, shape the portfolio roadmap, and manage lifecycle with regulatory alignment. The role requires ~30–40 travel days per year in a hybrid work setup. This position partners with R&D, Capital/Sales, and Service teams to deliver growth and value.

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical field with willingness to work in a commercial context.
• Strong understanding of market dynamics and regulatory environments in Municipal/Industrial Wastewater treatment.
• Skilled collaborator with cross-functional teams (R&D, Sales, and Application Development).
• Strong communicator capable of leading discussions with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Market-Driven Portfolio Ownership: translate market demand into a competitive portfolio while ensuring strategy and regulatory compliance.
• Portfolio Roadmap Leadership: develop and manage the roadmap with NPD/EPD and technology projects; manage phase-out of models.
• Lifecycle Oversight: execute the roadmap and manage full product/service lifecycles with regulatory and operational changes.
• Collaborative Development: partner with stakeholders to ensure portfolio fit and strategic alignment across functions.
• Market Readiness and Introduction: ensure portfolio readiness and support successful market implementation.

Skills

Market-Driven Portfolio Ownership

Portfolio Roadmap Leadership

Lifecycle Oversight

Collaborative Development

Market Readiness & Introduction

Education

Technical degree

Job description

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact: on our colleagues, partners, customers, and society. Together, we're pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water, and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

About the Job

As a Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for driving different technologies in the water portfolio, which we expect to grow consistently in the next years: ALDrum (rotating drum thickener), digital services and systems solutions, all from both a Service and Capital Sales standpoint. Your role includes driving development, maintenance, and optimization of a competitive portfolio aligned with customer needs, industry trends, and regulatory requirements, in close cooperation with the sales and engineering teams. You will work collaboratively across teams to ensure the portfolio’s strategic direction and operational success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Market-Driven Portfolio Ownership: Translate market and customer demand into a competitive, customer-focused portfolio while supporting its strategic direction, ongoing maintenance, and regulatory compliance.
• Portfolio Roadmap Leadership: In collaboration with main stakeholders, develop and manage the portfolio roadmap, prioritizing actions such as new product development (NPD), existing product development (EPD) and technology projects as well as phase-out process of selected models.
• Lifecycle Oversight: Execute the roadmap by managing the full lifecycle of products and services, addressing market regulatory, and operational changes to maintain relevance.
• Collaborative Development: Partner with stakeholders (e.g. Application Development, R&D, Capital Sales, Service Sales) to ensure the portfolio’s application fit and strategic alignment.
• Market Readiness and Introduction: Contribute by ensuring portfolio readiness and supporting successful market implementation.

At Alfa Laval, we embrace a hybrid work model, providing you the flexibility to work from home when it aligns with your tasks. This position is based at our Søborg (Denmark) office, with an expected travel commitment of approximately 30-40 days per year.

What You Know

You bring, or can build, a strong understanding of customer needs, industry dynamics, and regulatory environments, particularly within the Municipal and Industrial Wastewater treatment industries. You are comfortable working in complex industrial settings and translating market insights and technical understanding into actionable portfolio and business strategies that support growth and value creation.

• A degree in a technical field, with willingness to work in a commercial/business-driven context (without hands‑on technical development).
• Strong understanding of customer needs, industry trends, and regulatory environments, particularly in the Municipal and Industrial Wastewater treatment industries.
• Skilled collaborator, working effectively with cross‑functional teams such as R&D, Sales, and Application Development. Proficient in analyzing market data, competitive benchmarks, and performance metrics to inform decisions.
• Strong communicator, capable of leading discussions and managing multiple stakeholders.

About You

You are a proactive and strategic leader who thrives in complex, dynamic environments where multiple priorities need to be balanced. You have a strong ability to focus on what matters most in each period, while working across a broad range of topics, from strategy and portfolio management to quality, supply chain, and competence development. You know when to take ownership and when to collaborate with others to ensure the best outcome for the portfolio.

You are a natural relationship builder who easily creates trust and alignment across a wide range of stakeholders, both within the Business Unit Water, Industrial Flow & Heat Transfer Technologies

and across other business units. With a problem‑solving mindset and strong focus on results, you navigate complexity with confidence and deliver measurable impact. You are known for being reliable, proactive, collaborative, courageous, altruistic, and creative.

For more information, please contact

Portfolio Management & Innovation Manager, Riccardo Romano on [e-mail]

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner Europe - Food & Pharma Claus Wiinholt on [e-mail]

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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