Product Manager, Identity Security

Ørsted; Gentofte Kommune; On-site; DKK 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid pension

Full insurance coverage

Five weeks of paid holiday + 10 days

3% holiday allowance

Ørsted Life & Fitness Vitality access

Multimedia package

Staff club membership

Canteen access

Job summary

Ørsted is seeking a senior leader to own and evolve the Identity Security capability spanning IT, OT, and cloud. You will shape the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of a critical security platform while leading a team of identity and cybersecurity professionals across a global organisation.

Reporting to the CISO, you will partner with Digital Technology, Generation, IT, OT and external partners to strengthen security posture and enable secure, scalable access for colleagues and partners while

Qualifications

• Experience leading identity security, IAM, or cybersecurity platforms in a complex organisation.
• Proven people leadership, building and motivating high-performing teams.
• Understanding of access governance, privileged access management, directory services, authentication, MFA, federation.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the vision, operating model, and roadmap for Ørsted's Identity Security across IT, OT, and cloud environments.
• Lead, develop, and empower a team of identity and cybersecurity professionals, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Prioritise initiatives based on cyber risk, regulatory requirements, business value, and delivery capacity.
• Drive identity-related delivery across transformation programmes including IGA modernisation, NIS2, UK NIS CAF, and OT identity security.
• Strengthen core capabilities across access governance, privileged access management, directory services, authentication, federation, and identity assurance.

Job description

Join us in this role where you’ll lead and continuously evolve Ørsted's Identity Security capability across IT, OT and cloud environments. Reporting directly to the CISO, you'll own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of a business-critical security platform while leading a team of identity and cybersecurity professionals. You'll shape how identity security enables secure, reliable access for colleagues, partners, and critical infrastructure teams across our global organisation.

Welcome to Cybersecurity

You’ll join our Identity Security platform, where you’ll lead a highly skilled group responsible for delivering and operating critical security capabilities across access governance, privileged access management, directory services, authentication, and identity assurance.

Working closely with Digital Technology, Generation, IT and OT environments, and external partners, you'll play a key role in strengthening Ørsted's security posture while supporting our continued digital transformation and green energy ambitions.

As a team, we collaborate openly, take ownership, and focus on building secure, scalable solutions that protect our business while enabling innovation and growth.

You’ll play an important role in:

• defining and owning the vision, operating model, and roadmap for Ørsted's Identity Security capability across IT, OT, and cloud environments
• leading, developing, and empowering a team of identity and cyber security specialists, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture
• prioritising initiatives based on cyber risk, regulatory requirements, business value, and delivery capacity
• driving identity-related delivery across key transformation programmes, including IGA modernisation, NIS2, UK NIS CAF, and OT identity security
• strengthening core capabilities across access governance, privileged access management, directory services, authentication, federation, and identity assurance
• partnering with senior stakeholders across Generation, Digital Technology, Cybersecurity, Audit, Legal, HR and external partners to ensure secure and practical adoption across the business
• improving platform resilience, control effectiveness, automation, reporting, and audit readiness
• acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on identity security strategy, risks, and investment priorities.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have strong experience leading identity security, IAM, cybersecurity platforms, or similar business-critical technology capabilities within a complex organisation
• bring proven people leadership experience and a track record of building, developing, and motivating high-performing teams
• understand access governance, privileged access management, directory services, authentication, MFA, federation, and related identity controls
• can translate cyber strategy, regulatory requirements, and business needs into a clear product vision, roadmap, and delivery priorities
• are confident operating across IT, cloud, and preferably OT or critical infrastructure environments where security, availability, and safety are equally important
• communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and can explain risks, trade-offs, and opportunities in a practical, business-focused way
• have a relevant degree within cybersecurity, IT, engineering, or equivalent experience.

Shape the future with us

Position salary range

For this position, the expected base pay range is kr86,480.00- kr129,720.00 for the advertised location. The offered base salary will be determined within this range based on relevant skills, experience, and expected role fulfilment within the stated pay range to ensure a fair and competitive offer. Where applicable, you may also be eligible for variable payment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our benefits package

• employer‑paid pension (11 % contribution)
• full insurance coverage (accident, life, critical illness, and health insurance)
• five weeks of paid holiday plus 10 additional paid days off per holiday year
• a 3 % holiday allowance
• access to Ørsted Life & Fitness Vitality including fitness classes, physiotherapy, massage, and well-being programmes
• a multimedia package (mobile phone, PC, and internet)
• staff club membership with sport and cultural activities
• access to the company canteen (monthly lunch scheme or daily tickets)

Pre-employment background check

This position requires a background check as part of the hiring process and the offer is dependent on the outcome of this check. You will receive more information during the recruitment process. Background checks are conducted by an external provider in accordance with local legal requirements.