Release Train Architect for Marketing & Innovation - Aarhus or Gdansk

Are you ready to shape the digital future of marketing, products and innovation at Arla Foods? Do you have a passion for leading technical teams to create cutting-edge solutions? If so, we want you on our Marketing & Innovation team at Arla IT!

As a Release Train Architect, you will play a key role in our organization, collaborating with the Marketing & Innovation Agile Release Train (M&I ART) management team to lead our digital transformation initiatives. We are approx. 50 highly skilled people in a mix of internals and externals. We span from deep technical insights to broad business knowledge, and we collaborate to create the best solutions for the business and maximize the value of our IT investments.

How you will make an impact

You will be responsible for advancing Arla’s architectural design and leading a team of solution architects. Your focus will include areas such as Marketing Excellence, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Innovation. To enable the digital future, we drive the technical direction and development through a roadmap where you engage with our enterprise architects and business stakeholders to ensure the support of our business strategy.

We operate in an agile environment, leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to guide our processes and methodologies. You will collaborate closely with the Product Manager and Release Train Engineer to inspire the business and identify new opportunities. At the same time, you ensure we build the best technical solutions to solve the business challenges, and engage with our IT Operations and IT Security to ensure stable and secure operations.

Your role will involve technical leadership but also the development and mentoring of a team of 6 solution consultants and solution architects. By fostering a supportive, inclusive and innovative environment, you will help your team reach their highest potential, driving both individual and organizational success.

More specifically, you:

• Are a key member of the M&I ART leadership team setting and communicating the technical and architectural direction
• Build target architectures and high level technical solution architectures
• Lead the development of technical solutions as well as the infrastructures, environments, build & release pipelines, etc.
• Responsible for technical solution quality and compliance with Arla’s processes, architecture principles, security guidelines, operational models, etc.

The position is based in either Aarhus, Denmark or Gdansk, Poland. Some infrequent travel between Aarhus and Gdansk will be required, along with occasional trips to our European markets.

What will make you successful?

In our dynamic business environment, adaptability is key. Thus, you will be expected to navigate varying demands from the business and manage fluctuations in funding. Your ability to set direction through evolving business priorities and market dynamics is crucial in ensuring the continued success and alignment of our IT initiatives with our business goals. Further, you possess great communication skills and good in building strong relationships. Through your technical leadership, you supervise, inspire and deliver excellent results through others.

To succeed in this role, we imagine that:

• You are a highly experienced IT architect with a proven track record in designing and implementing enterprise-grade digital solutions
• You have a strong knowledge of digital development and operational disciplines, modern architectures, and clouds
• You have experience with digital solutions in marketing, product data, and innovation is highly advantageous, e.g. PLM, PAM, PIM, CMS, DAM, Data Platforms, etc.
• You have the ability to oversee a very diverse landscape of systems as well as familiarity with our key platforms such as 3Dexperience, InRiver, and Optimizely
• Ideally, you have people management experience, but we are also open for candidates who have a big aspiration of becoming a people manager

What do we offer?

The M&I ART is part of Arla IT, comprising about 600 professionals across mainly our offices in Denmark and Poland. The M&I ART is responsible for delivering all digital solutions to the Marketing, Product Management and Innovation departments in Arla.

In addition to our core values, Arla is dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge digital technology to drive innovation and efficiency. Our digital ambitions include implementing state-of-the-art solutions to enhance our business operations, improve customer experiences, and support sustainable practices. By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with advanced technologies and contribute to transformative projects that shape the future of the dairy industry.  

Application and contact

If you want to drive innovation and help shape the industry, then seize this exciting opportunity. Please apply as soon as possible, as we will evaluate applications on a continuous basis.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?