Product Manager, Identity Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Employer-paid pension

Comprehensive health insurance

Five weeks holidays + 10 days

Fitness and wellness programmes

Canteen / lunch scheme

Job summary

Ørsted is seeking an experienced Identity Security leader to define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for IT, OT and cloud identity capabilities, owning a critical security platform and leading a global team.

You will translate cyber strategy into practical delivery, prioritise initiatives by risk and value, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and drive secure adoption across IT, OT, and business partners.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading identity security within a complex organisation.
• Proven people leadership experience building and motivating high-performing teams.
• Experience across IT, OT and cloud environments with secure identity controls.
• Ability to translate cyber strategy and regulatory requirements into a clear product vision and roadmap.
• Excellent communication with senior stakeholders on risks, trade-offs, and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the vision, operating model, and roadmap for Ørsted's Identity Security across IT, OT, and cloud environments.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of identity and cybersecurity professionals.
• 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.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Generation, Digital Technology, Cybersecurity, Audit, Legal, HR and external partners to ensure secure adoption.
• Improve platform resilience, control effectiveness, automation, reporting, and audit readiness.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on identity security strategy, risks, and investment priorities.

Skills

Identity Security

IAM

Cybersecurity platforms

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Relevant degree in cybersecurity/IT/engineering

Job description

Imagine a future where you help protect the identities powering our global renewable energy operations

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.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [e-mail].

Join a global leader in renewable energy

Ørsted is a global leader in offshore wind and is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world. With us, you’ll play your part in creating a world that runs entirely on green energy. As a leading green energy company, we leverage the curiosity and passion of our people to innovate and develop new technologies or bring existing technologies to scale, collaborating with governments, suppliers, and our industry partners to make renewable energy solutions a reality. At Ørsted, we work together with openness and respect and seek fresh perspectives to solve any task at hand: big or small.

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

For this position, employees who meet eligibility requirements have access to: 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; and 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.

An inclusive team

At Ørsted, we strive to be an inclusive workplace where you’re respected for who you are, valued for the unique perspectives you bring, and rewarded fairly for what you achieve. We want all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, no matter their age, race, ethnicity, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

About Ørsted

• We provide countries, companies, and communities with sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy solutions, including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, and energy storage.
• Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.
• We built the world’s first offshore wind farm, Vindeby in Denmark, in 1991, and completed the world’s largest, Hornsea 2 in the UK, in 2022.
• We were founded in Denmark in 2006 and now have approximately 8,000 employees, working in 15 countries and counting.

Application deadline

30th August 2028

Location

Gentofte, DK

Area of work

IT and digital

Employment type

Permanent

Work hours

full-time

Workplace

Hybrid (office and home-working)