Senior IT Specialist - Digital Transformation

Technology, Data & Digital · Data, AI & Analytics · Data Science · Software Engineering

In short

Senior IT Specialist der skal drive AI-dagsordenen og digital transformation hos Arla. Rollen indebærer ledelse af AI-styring, identifikation af use cases og formning af udbredelsen af AI, Copilot og intelligent automation for over 20.000 kolleger.

Responsibilities

Led 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.

Requirements

Solid experience driving AI, technology, or digital transformation initiatives in a complex organisation.
Worked in a similar role within a large global company, or 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.

Benefits

Highly visible role where you will help shape Arla’s AI and Agentic AI adoption journey.
Part of a collaborative and forward-looking environment where innovation and execution go hand in hand.
Opportunities to work with leading partners and technologies.
Culture focused on learning, trust, and making a real impact.
Defining how AI creates value across one of the world’s leading dairy companies.

Skills

AICopilotautomationgovernancerisk managementcompliancedata governancestakeholder managementbusiness case development

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About Arla

We are more than 23,000 colleagues across 39 countries and 7,624 dairy farmer-owners in Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. We aim to create the future of dairy, to bring healthy and sustainable dairy products to people across the world, and to lead the transition towards sustainable dairy farming and production. We work continuously on the farms, at the dairies, and in our administration to reduce our carbon footprint and environmental impact. We are committed to champion good food habits and inspire a healthy life. We collaborate with NGOs and…

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