Senior Director, IT Operations & Infrastructure

Raab-Karcher Baustoffhandel; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

STARK Group in Aarhus seeks a Senior Director of IT Operations & Infrastructure to lead the operational backbone of a major digital transformation. You will drive reliability, security and efficiency of IT services across an international, multi-vendor landscape, reporting to the Group CIO with a team of senior managers.

You will own strategy, budget, vendor management and 24/7 operations, guiding the organisation through complex changes and ensuring scalable, resilient IT foundations for future

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience within IT infrastructure and operations.
• Experience leading complex international IT environments.
• A track record of high-availability 24/7 operations.
• Experience leading leaders and developing senior managers.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive the overall strategy and roadmap for IT Operations & Infrastructure.
• Lead and develop the IT Operations & Infrastructure leadership team with accountability and high performance.
• Own the financial performance and prioritisation of investments and external spend.
• Collaborate as a member of STARK Group IT Management Team to shape overall IT direction.

Job description

## Senior Director, IT Operations & InfrastructureApply: Aarhus: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: End Date: November 1, 2026 (12 days left to apply): JR40136**Lead the operational foundation behind STARK Group’s digital transformation**Are you an experienced IT Director with a strong background in infrastructure and operations? Do you know how to combine operational stability with transformation, and can you create direction and momentum across international teams and strategic partners? As Senior Director, IT Operations & Infrastructure, you will be a key leader in STARK Group IT, responsible for ensuring stable, secure and efficient IT operations while developing the infrastructure and operational capabilities needed to support STARK Group’s continued growth and transformation. You will report to VP, Torben Fabrin, Group CIO, and be part of the Group IT Leadership Team. As a leader of leaders, you will lead the organisation through four experienced Senior Managers, each heading their own team. In total IT Operations & Infrastructure counts +35 FTE’s. The organisation is further supported by external and outsourced resources, and you will hold significant budget responsibility across the area.A key part of your role will be to lead through leaders: setting clear direction and expectations, developing strong leadership capabilities and creating an environment where your leaders can take ownership and deliver results through their teams. As a senior Director in STARK Group IT, you will be expected to drive performance, make an impact, build for the future, inspire the will to win and create results through strong teams and collaboration. **What success will look like**Your overall responsibility will be to provide and continuously improve reliable IT infrastructure and operational services aligned with business needs. You will set direction for the area while create the conditions for the organisation to perform in a complex international and multi-vendor environment. You will be directly responsible for: * Setting and driving the overall strategy and roadmap for IT Operations & Infrastructure, supporting scale, agility, security and efficiency.* Leading and developing the IT Operations & Infrastructure leadership team, creating clear direction, strong leadership, accountability and high performance across the organisation.* Taking responsibility for the overall financial performance of the area, ensuring effective prioritisation of investments, resources and external spend.* Contributing actively as a member of the STARK Group IT Management Team, taking shared responsibility for the overall direction, priorities and performance of Group IT. Through your leaders, you will be accountable for:* Ensuring high availability, operational stability and resilience across STARK Group’s IT infrastructure and services.* Delivering strong performance across infrastructure, workplace services, operational security, service management, sourcing & vendor management and strategic vendor partnerships.* Ensuring an operational setup capable of supporting business-critical services and applications in a 24/7 environment.* Driving operational excellence and continuous improvement, while ensuring that new solutions and major transformation initiatives transition successfully into stable operations.**Why join STARK Group?** This is an opportunity to lead the operational foundation behind STARK Group’s IT landscape at a time of significant transformation. You will play a central role in ensuring operational excellence across business-critical services today while shaping the infrastructure, operational capabilities and service model needed to support the next phase of our digital transformation.You will have both the mandate and responsibility to influence how we operate, how we work with strategic partners, and how we build a scalable and resilient technology foundation for the future. You will join an ambitious and down-to-earth organisation where collaboration, accountability and the ability to turn strategy into execution are highly valued. **Who are we looking for?**We are looking for a seasoned IT Director who combines strategic thinking with strong operational execution and has the authority and leadership presence to set direction in a complex international organisation.In other words, you are comfortable setting direction while remaining close enough to operations to understand risks, challenge decisions and act when needed.You are a visible and pragmatic leader who creates clarity in complexity, builds trust across organisational boundaries and takes accountability for results. We expect that you have:* Significant senior leadership experience within IT infrastructure and operations.* Experience leading complex international or multi-country IT environments.* A strong track record from high-availability and business-critical 24/7 operations.* Proven experience as a leader of leaders, with the ability to develop senior managers, create accountability and deliver results through multiple layers of an organisation.* Experience working with internal teams, outsourced services and strategic technology partners.* Broad understanding of infrastructure, networks, service continuity, disaster recovery and end-user services.* Experience driving operational excellence, continuous improvement and organisational change.* Strong vendor management, stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.* The ability to operate effectively across strategic, tactical and operational levels. The primary workplace is in Viby j. Aarhus in STARK Huset and the role includes approximately up to 20 travel days annually. **Welcome to Group IT** When joining Group IT, you will be joining a digital transformation journey as we replace our legacy monoliths and transition towards a modular and flexible integrated setup. Group IT, a dynamic and rapidly evolving part of STARK Group, is responsible for delivering group-wide business-critical IT solutions. We aim to modernise and reimagine the IT landscape to ensure both scalability and composability to meet existing and future business needs, and we would like your input to rethink the way things are done in our industry to offer our customers an extraordinary experience. **Want to know more and apply?** We will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the position and your options in STARK Group. You are welcome to contact Torben Fabrin, Group CIO at [e-mail] for any specific questions regarding the role.