Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.
As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.
Background
Alfa Laval’s Global IT Delivery Centre, play a pivotal role in enabling and delivering technical capacity across the organization. Our operations are overseen by Line Managers who ensure that delivery excellence, resource alignment, and strategic priorities are consistently met.
The Centre is home to a diverse team of 200+ professionals, each contributing specialized expertise across a wide range of technologies. Our scope spans from maintaining and optimizing legacy systems to implementing and innovating with the latest modern applications and solutions. This breadth of capability allows us to support Alfa Laval’s global business needs with agility, resilience, and forward‑looking solutions.
By combining deep technical knowledge with collaborative practices, the Global IT Delivery Centre serves as a hub of innovation and operational strength, ensuring that Alfa Laval remains competitive and future‑ready in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
About the job
This role calls for an IT People Manager with proven leadership experience. You will be responsible for managing talent and competence pool, driving people development, fostering cross‑functional collaboration, driving and supporting people process, working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners. Success in this position requires very good leadership skills deep focus on people, ability to cultivate talent and unlock potential. IT background, interest in AI tools, and good understanding of SAFe Agile methodology is beneficial.
Who You Are
We are looking for a person with End-to-End responsibility of all activities within the defined domain. Lead and manage the team in accordance with Alfa Laval DNA and Lean Agile leadership.
Your Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, manage, develop and recruit people and teams within the area of responsibility, supporting them to reach their highest potential with focus on agile, customer- and service-oriented behaviors.
- Assure the SAFe/Agile structure and mechanisms are implemented and secure execution.
- Manage up and across the team: eliminate impediments and relentlessly improve operations and flow.
- Communicate with stakeholders in line with overall decided structure, templates, engagement and governance models.
- Exposure to service delivery, financial management, supplier management, system ownership and TCO (total cost ownership) for the area.
- Lead the change: demonstrate the values, mindset, and principles of Lean-Agile Leadership.
- Explore new ways of working, improve and develop GITDC framework, standards and organization.
- Work closely with Talent Acquisition Partners, Financial Controllers, HR Business Partners and Group Digital stakeholders.
Your Skills & Experience:
- People management and Leadership.
- People development, cultivating talent, fostering leadership growth, and building resilient teams.
- Guiding cross‑functional collaboration, aligning diverse stakeholders, and ensuring seamless delivery across complex organizational structures.
- Understanding of SAFe Agile framework, championing agile practices, continuous improvement, and organizational agility.
- Deep understanding of what constitutes good digital experience and how to work for increased efficiency and connectivity for all employees.
- Fluent in English is a must.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with experience in effectively engaging with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Ability to manage change effectively, ensuring smooth transitions and organizational adoption of new processes.
- Budgeting and forecasting control.
- Experience and good understanding of IT environment would be beneficial.
- Interest in AI tools, especially supporting performance and productivity.
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Skills Required
- People management and leadership experience
- Experience developing talent and building resilient teams
- Experience guiding cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder alignment
- Understanding of the SAFe Agile framework
- Understanding of digital employee experience and efficiency improvement
- Fluent English
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage organizational change
- Budgeting and forecasting control
- Understanding of the IT environment
- Interest in AI tools supporting performance and productivity
Alfa Laval Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alfa Laval and has not been reviewed or approved by Alfa Laval.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) support is described as generous in U.S. postings, and the retirement plan is a notable strength alongside core coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are core parts of the package, and health insurance is often described positively in U.S. materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and paid holidays are standard, with options like purchasing additional PTO expanding flexibility for some roles.
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What We Do
Pioneering positive impact! Our pioneering 140-year-old start-up culture is built on the idea that partnership is the key to solving complex problems and unlocking the full potential of resources. So we collaborate closely with our partners, customers, and thought leaders to create game-changing solutions that challenge conventional thinking on quality, efficiency, and innovation. United by a shared commitment to creating positive impact we’re reshaping vital industries, like energy, food, water, and shipping, to optimize efficiency, reduce emissions, and increase yields. Together, we’re building business success, elevating the quality of life across society, and driving progress towards a more sustainable world. Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of first-rate heat transfer, separation, fluid handling products separation, and fluid handling products. With these as its base, Alfa Laval aims to help enhance the productivity and competitiveness of its customers in various industries throughout the world. We define their challenges and deliver sustainable products and solutions that meet their requirements – in energy, the environment, food, and the marine industry. Alfa Laval today has customers in some 100 countries, employs more than 21,300 people, and annual sales were SEK 63.6 billion (5.5 BEUR) in 2023. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Alfa Laval contributes to 15 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Our solutions make a difference in daily life. You can learn more on our website about how our products work, and how they are used in industries worldwide. We welcome your engagement, comments and questions - our guidelines and moderation policy for Alfa Laval channels on social media can be found here: https://www.alfalaval.com/legal/community-guidelines/ Personal data will be handled in accordance with the Alfa Laval Privacy Policy. https://www.alfalaval.com/privacy
