Do you want to shape how Arla invests in technology across a complex enterprise landscape? If so, we encourage you to join IT Foundation as our IT Portfolio Partner and take end-to-end ownership of portfolio governance, financial control and prioritization. The Portfolio Partner plays an important role and is a vital part of the management team of Foundations.
You will administer and govern the IT portfolio for a Foundation domain, balancing investment across operations, maintenance/technical debt and new development within budget. Manage vendor scorecards and contract renewals with procurement and product teams; The role sits within IT Foundations which covers what we define as utility services like Network, Datacenter & Cloud, End User Computing, Security Operations, OT Infrastructure & End User Support. Also, you will execute practical tasks such as entering requests into systems, routing for approval to stakeholders and handing over decisions to the Heads of Product.
We expect you have a structured, analytical approach and solid economic understanding that enable you to drive effective control of funding, forecasting, tracking and variance analysis. Stakeholder management is essential in this enterprise-wide role—you build transparency, secure alignment and provide scenario-based recommendations (defer, accelerate, re-scope) based on value, risk and capacity. Confident facilitation and clear communication support governance forums and decision-making, while a continuous improvement mindset helps simplify reporting and processes. Fluent English is required.
You will have significant visibility across Arla, the mandate to leave your mark on portfolio outcomes and the opportunity to create measurable results by aligning investment, performance and governance.
Please apply as soon as possible as we will process applications on a continuous basis and close the recruitment once the right candidate is found.
For additional information, please call Senior Director, Foundation, Brian Østergaard Andersen on +4591311008.
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