Senior IT Specialist - Digital Transformation - Viby

Arla Group; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Arla Group is seeking a Senior IT Specialist to lead the AI governance agenda and drive responsible, scalable AI adoption across the business. You will connect strategy, governance, and delivery, shaping how AI is governed and embedded into daily work for thousands of colleagues.

You will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to translate AI opportunities into roadmaps, develop value cases, and enable practical, measurable outcomes across Arla’s global functions.

Qualifications

• Solid experience leading AI governance and digital transformation initiatives in large organisations.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable initiatives across IT & Digital teams.
• Proven stakeholder management with senior leaders and technical experts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end AI governance agenda, including policies, standards, and controls across Agents, Copilot, and automation use cases
• Drive business transformation through AI by identifying opportunities, shaping PoCs and MVPs, defining value cases, and leading the transition from experiments to scaled solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
• Enable adoption of AI by defining clear frameworks, practical guidelines, and reusable patterns for business and IT product teams
• Partner with senior leaders to translate emerging AI opportunities into strategic decisions, roadmaps, and practical actions that create business value
• Facilitate workshops and drive collaboration across platform teams, architects, product teams, and business functions
• Lead communication and storytelling that builds confidence, clarity, and momentum around AI at Arla

Skills

AI governance

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Communication

Tools

Copilot

AI platforms

Job description

Do you have the AI insight and business acumen to determine which technologies will create the greatest value for Arla in the years ahead?

This is a unique opportunity to lead the AI agenda, driving the transformation from experimentation to scaled adoption of AI, Copilot, and intelligent automation across the business.

In this role you will influence the future of how more than 20,000 colleagues will benefit from emerging technologies across Arla. Your work will help identify the use cases that bring value, and the governance work you do will ensure a safe steer on the journey says Søren Bækgaard Hansen, Senior Director, CIO Office and Data Governance.

How you will make an impact

This role combines hands-on thought leadership with transformation execution. You will operate as a key driver in the CIO Office - shaping how AI is governed and embedded into everyday work.

As our newSenior IT Specialist you will take ownership of the AI governance framework and cross-functional collaboration model, ensuring that AI is used responsibly, effectively, and at scale across Arla. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business zones and functions, external partners, IT and senior leadership and act as a connector between strategy, governance, and delivery teams to drive tangible business value and outcomes.

In this role, you will

• Lead the end-to-end AI governance agenda, including policies, standards, and controls across Agents, Copilot, and automation use cases
• Drive business transformation through AI by identifying opportunities, shaping PoCs and MVPs, defining value cases, and leading the transition from experiments to scaled solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
• Enable adoption of AI by defining clear frameworks, practical guidelines, and reusable patterns for business and IT product teams
• Partner with senior leaders to translate emerging AI opportunities into strategic decisions, roadmaps, and practical actions that create business value
• Facilitate workshops and drive collaboration across platform teams, architects, product teams, and business functions
• Lead communication and storytelling that builds confidence, clarity, and momentum around AI at Arla

What will make you successful

To succeed in this role, you bring solid experience driving AI, technology, or digital transformation initiatives in a complex organisation. Ideally, you have worked in a similar role within a large global company. Alternatively, you come from a consulting background where AI, emerging technologies, and business transformation have been a core part of your work.

• Strong understanding of governance, risk, and compliance, ideally in the context of AI or data
• Proven ability to drive adoption and influence without formal authority across multiple teams
• Solid stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical experts and senior business leaders
• A pragmatic mindset – able to translate strategy into initiatives that drives real business value, that can be actionable by our IT & Digital organisation
• Strong communicator with the ability to drive fact-based storytelling and engagement
• Solid understanding of business challenges and opportunities in a large internal cooperation ideally in a FMCG context
• Confident in building business cases that demonstrates tangible business value

What do we offer?

You will join the CIO Office at Arla at a moment where AI is becoming a core capability across the Arla business.

We offer a highly visible role where you will help shape Arla’s AI and Agentic AI adoption journey. You will be part of a collaborative and forward-looking environment where innovation and execution go hand in hand, with opportunities to work with leading partners and technologies. You will also join a culture focused on learning, trust, and making a real impact, while helping define how AI creates value across one of the world’s leading dairy companies.

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.