Senior Lead Product Owner, Digital Workplace - Ramboll Tech

Ramboll; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ramboll is seeking a Senior Lead Product Owner to enhance its Digital Workplace. This role entails leading product strategy and development for Microsoft 365 and ensuring a cohesive digital experience for over 18,000 employees. Join us to transform the future of work at a leading firm committed to sustainable solutions.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Opportunities for professional development

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in related roles.
• Strong experience in managing digital workplace platforms.
• Familiarity with governance and compliance principles.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the strategy and continuous improvement of digital workplace products.
• Lead a product team to enhance user experience.
• Drive adoption of digital workplace features across the organization.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Change management

Education

7+ years in digital workplace, IT strategy, or employee experience

Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Teams

OneDrive

Job description

Job Description

We’re passionate about using technology to drive sustainable solutions for our clients and society. You too? Join us as a Senior Lead Product Owner (Digital Workplace) at Ramboll Tech and help us become the leading tech-enabled Partner for Sustainable Change.

Are you driven by making your colleagues’ days more efficient and enjoyable through brilliant technology solutions? We are looking for a bright mind to shape and deliver our Digital Workplace for over 18000 architecture, engineering and consultancy experts.

Our Digital Workplace is a core part of the digital journey for our employees at Ramboll — from onboarding, upskilling, collaborating and everyday productivity – the Senior Lead Product Owner, Digital Workplace, is accountable for delivering a cohesive, people-first digital workplace that enables employees across the full business to communicate, collaborate, and be more productive.

This new role owns the strategy, development, and continuous improvement of our digital workplace products —including Microsoft 365, employee portals, communication, collaboration and knowledge management — ensuring they are cohesive, scalable, and aligned with our brand, enterprise architecture, and data strategies.

By combining strong stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, and a clear vision for the future of work, the Senior Lead Product Owner, Digital Workplace will play a key role in tech-enabling Ramboll’s “bright minds” all over the world.

This role will join the leadership team in the newly formed Digital Employee Journey division in Ramboll Tech, which brings together product design, user experience, digital adoption, digital workplace and employee support capabilities. Our mission is to deliver an efficient and enjoyable digital employee experience for Ramboll’s 18000 colleagues.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end Digital Workplace product lifecycle accountability
  This new role is accountable for the strategy, development, and continuous data-driven improvement of our digital workplace products —including Microsoft 365, employee portals, communication, collaboration and knowledge management.

• Lead a product team to shape and deliver the Digital Workplace product, drawing on competencies within Ramboll Tech and the Ramboll organization as set out in your roadmap.

• Product alignment
  Engage with Product Owners across the business to align needs, remove duplication, and maintain a unified digital workplace across Ramboll.

• Knowledge management
  Lead knowledge management strategy and execution for the digital workplace, ensuring content is well-structured, easily discoverable, user-centric and supports both employee needs and AI-readiness. You will do this in collaboration with the Digital Employee Support lead and other key stakeholders in the business.

• Employee communication and adoption
  Accountable for continuous adoption of existing and new features in the digital workplace products and clear communication to employees on updates or changes.

• Governance and compliance with standards
  Ensure the digital workplace setup follows Ramboll’s standards for data, tools, brand, compliance and architecture.

You will help shape this role and we value your ideas on how to make it a success.

HOW YOU WILL SUCCEED IN YOUR ROLE

Professional experience

• 7+ years of experience working in digital workplace, IT strategy, or employee experience roles, preferably in a global or matrixed organization.
• Proven track record of owning or managing digital workplace platforms that enable communication, collaboration, and productivity across diverse business areas and at scale.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management, working across business units, functions, and geographies to align on digital needs and priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead global knowledge management initiatives, including content structuring, governance, and self-service enablement.
• Experience with change management curve and driving adoption of new tools and ways of working through structured communication.
• Familiarity with governance, compliance, and data management principles in a digital workplace context.
• Gathering data to report on digital workplace impact.

Technical Experience

• Must have hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 ecosystem (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Viva) and how these tools are used to support digital workplaces.
• Experience with other communications, collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. Miro, Templafy, etc.) is a plus.
• Working knowledge of digital workplaces, employee portals, intranet platforms, digital communication tools, and workplace analytics.
• Understanding of knowledge architecture, metadata, tagging, and content lifecycle management.
• Basic familiarity with AI and automation trends in the context of knowledge delivery and workplace productivity (e.g., Copilot etc.).

Other requirements

• You possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• You are empathetic and maintain composure when dealing with many stakeholders and various expectations
• You enjoy teamwork and support colleagues to learn through knowledge sharing
• You are fluent in English and ideally also in the local language of your office

We encourage you to apply even if your profile does not meet all the requirements for the role. We are looking for a diverse range of experiences, skills, and interests to enrich our team.

WHAT DEFINES US: CURIOSITY, OPTIMISM, AMBITION, EMPATHY

Our team at Ramboll Tech is currently on a steep growth trajectory while maintaining a strong team culture and delivering solutions to our colleagues and clients.

• We are curious about other people and their motivations; about new business models and technologies; about each other and the future.
• We are optimistic, focusing on solutions rather than problems; we plan for success and are willing to take calculated risks instead of playing it safe.
• We are ambitious, setting our own standards higher than others’ expectations, and we celebrate each other's successes.
• We are empathetic, taking ourselves, others, and each other seriously without prejudgment, and we help each other and our clients, colleagues, and the world.

HOW WE WORK AS A TEAM

Our team culture is crucial to us; that's why we take time daily to exchange ideas and discuss our work priorities. We support each other when facing challenges and foster a strong team spirit. We aim to learn and grow continuously from one another. We value diversity, and although we're not perfect, we regularly engage in open discussions about how we can improve in this area.

Our current hybrid work approach focuses on adapting to different needs, including increased flexibility that works best for our global teams and individuals, with as much autonomy as possible.

ABOUT RAMBOLL

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll employs more than 18,000 people globally across 35 countries. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, Management Consulting, and Architecture & Landscape.

AND WHAT DOES RAMBOLL TECH DO

Ramboll Tech accelerates innovation and digital transformation for the entire Ramboll Group and directs all AI initiatives within the company. We digitally enable and co-create with Ramboll’s world-class experts to deliver solutions that drive sustainable change for our clients and society. This includes collaborating with Global Business Areas and Enabling Functions at Ramboll on their digital journey, developing proprietary AI and digital products for Ramboll and our clients, following our product life cycle. Ramboll Tech also works on larger technology projects within Ramboll and provides world-class Technology Operations. Ramboll Tech currently has over 300 employees globally, with strongholds across Nordics, Germany, the USA, and India. We are looking to quickly expand in key areas across Europe and the globe.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• We don't require a cover letter—just send us your current CV (preferably without a photo) through our application tool, and we're eager to get to know you better in a conversation.
• Application deadline:31.07.2025– however, we evaluate incoming applications continuously.