Senior IT Product Architect — Retail Tech (Aarhus/Gdańsk)

Arla Foods; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Arla Foods seeks a Senior IT Product Architect to own the architecture of our Retail & Commercial Technology landscape, shaping roadmaps, guiding decisions and ensuring solutions deliver business value. You will act as the architectural anchor across domains, aligning business goals with technology investments.

You thrive in complex environments and will influence senior stakeholders, translate strategy into roadmaps, and evaluate emerging tech including AI/ML to create tangible business value.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Architect, Solution Architect or similar role in a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of integration architecture and modern application landscapes.
• Experience shaping technology strategy, roadmaps and architectural direction.
• Business understanding from retail, commercial or related domains.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and guide decisions across business, product and technology teams.
• A track record of turning business needs into technology outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural direction across Arla's Retail & Commercial Technology landscape.
• Partner with the Head of Product and business leaders to support strategic decision-making and long-term planning.
• Translate business strategy into technology roadmaps, investment recommendations and architectural priorities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, product leadership and engineering teams, helping balance business goals, architectural integrity and technology investments.
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance to product teams, engineers and stakeholders, ensuring alignment between business priorities and technology direction.
• Support decision-making at strategic, tactical and operational levels across the domain.
• Coach and challenge stakeholders in architectural thinking, solution design and technology choices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, Machine Learning and Data Products, and identify opportunities to create business value.
• Drive long-term architectural integrity across the technology landscape.

Skills

Product Architect

Solution Architecture

Integration Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Technology Strategy

Enterprise Architecture

Job description

Arla Foods seeks a Senior IT Product Architect to own the architecture of our Retail & Commercial Technology landscape, shaping roadmaps, guiding decisions and ensuring solutions deliver business value. You will act as the architectural anchor across domains, aligning business goals with technology investments.

You thrive in complex environments and will influence senior stakeholders, translate strategy into roadmaps, and evaluate emerging tech including AI/ML to create tangible business value.