Are you ready to help shape the digital future of Arla Foods? Do you thrive on enabling innovative digital products for customers, consumers, and farmers? If so, this is your opportunity to make an impact at the heart of our Commercial IT & Digital department.
As our new Senior Manager - IT Architecture Partner, you will play a key role within Arla’s Commercial IT & Digital organization. Working across 11 product teams with around 230 highly skilled colleagues, you will help set the architectural direction that supports Arla’s commercial ambitions – from retail and marketing to e-commerce and sustainability. You will collaborate closely with IT Product teams and the IT Product Enablement team to co-create digital solutions and transformations across Arla’s zones and functions.
In this role, you will guide and enable our product teams to design, build, and operate digital products that are secure, scalable, and aligned with Arla’s IT architecture principles. You will ensure that our technical direction supports both innovation and stability – balancing speed and flexibility with compliance and quality.
You will report to the Head of Commercial IT & Digital and collaborate closely with product teams, enablement teams, and key business stakeholders to translate strategy into tangible technology outcomes.
The position is based in Aarhus, Denmark or Gdansk, Poland. Limited travel between locations and occasional visits to our European markets should be expected.
To succeed, you combine strong architectural leadership with the ability to drive collaboration and create clarity in complex settings. You bring a strategic mindset, business acumen, and a genuine interest in co-creating digital value.
You bring experience as a senior IT or solution architect, ideally from a commercial or customer-facing digital environment. Deep knowledge of modern enterprise and cloud architectures is essential, and you preferably have hands-on experience with platforms such as Salesforce, Optimizely, Azure, SAP, InRiver, or 3DExperience. You have a strong grasp of IT architecture governance, security, and lifecycle management, and you know how to translate these principles into scalable, resilient solutions.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication come naturally to you, enabling you to build trust and drive alignment across diverse groups. You inspire and develop others, creating real followership and engagement across teams through your leadership and collaboration style. People management experience is a plus, or you may also bring a clear aspiration to move into formal leadership as the next step in your career.
Joining Arla IT means being part of a team dedicated to shaping the future of digital dairy. You will work with leading technologies and talented colleagues across Europe and the world, contributing to digital solutions that enhance business performance, customer engagement, and sustainability.
We offer a modern, flexible, and collaborative working environment where your ideas matter and your impact is tangible.
If you’re ready to drive architectural excellence and co-create digital value for Arla, apply today. We review applications continuously, so don’t delay.
For further information, please contact Christian de Molade Kirkegaard, Head of Commercial IT & Digital, at ckirk@arlafoods.com.
Ansættelsestype: Permanent
Hjemmearbejde: Not disclosed
Ugentlig arbejdstid: Full-time
Arla is committed to creating products that delight customers and contribute to healthier, more balanced lifestyles. We also want to develop new products that cater to local tastes and preferences, respond to emerging trends and opportunities. Which is why we have a dedicated team of colleagues – and a purpose designed building – to focus on research, technology and innovation.
Here, we push the boundaries of science and technology to create an exciting future for both dairy and food in general. Part of creating the future of dairy is imagining what could happen next.
Arla is committed to creating products that delight customers and contribute to healthier, more balanced lifestyles. We also want to develop new products that cater to local tastes and preferences, respond to emerging trends and opportunities. Which is why we have a dedicated team of colleagues – and a purpose designed building – to focus on research, technology and innovation.
Here, we push the boundaries of science and technology to create an exciting future for both dairy and food in general. Part of creating the future of dairy is imagining what could happen next.
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