Head of Value Stream – Data, Analytics & Group Functions

We are looking for an experienced digital and IT leader to lead our global Data, Analytics & Group Functions Value Stream within Group Digital. Reporting to the Group CIO and as a member of the Group Digital Leadership Team, you will shape and deliver the digital agenda across enterprise

Finance, HR, Sustainability, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Communications, Digital Workplace and Automation. Working closely with senior business leaders, you will translate business priorities into digital investments, deliver measurable business outcomes and ensure reliable operations of business-critical solutions. The role combines strategic business partnership, technology leadership and end-to-end accountability for delivery, operations, people and financial performance.

About Alfalaval

• 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.

Responsibilities

Data & Analytics and Group Functions, including

• Shape digital strategy and investment priorities.
• Partner with Group Functions leadership to define digital roadmaps, prioritize investments and establish accountability for business outcomes.
• Lead enterprise Data & Analytics capabilities.
• Develop secure, scalable and governed data capabilities that enable trusted insights, self-service analytics and AI across the organization.
• Advance Finance transformation by supporting the deployment of a modern digital suite that enables Finance Shared Services to scale, drives process and data harmonization, and accelerates automation - delivering superior analytics and insights for better business decisions.
• Develop digital HR capabilities.
• Drive the evolution of HR technology and digital capabilities to support harmonization of HR operations, process standardization and automation across the organization.
• Deliver business transformation.
• Lead digital initiatives across Group Functions, improving process efficiency, automation, compliance and decision-making.
• Drive measurable business value.
• Establish success measures, track adoption and realized benefits, and continuously improve the value delivered from digital investments.
• Ensure operational excellence.
• Own the performance, reliability, security and lifecycle management of business-critical solutions.
• Drive simplification and cost efficiency.
• Lead and develop the organization.
• Build a high-performing global team, strengthen accountability and develop the capabilities needed to deliver business priorities.
• Manage financial and delivery performance.
• Own budgets, resource allocation, supplier performance and delivery commitments.
• Contribute to Group Digital leadership.
• Shape enterprise technology priorities, governance and ways of working, ensuring effective collaboration across Value Streams.
• Who You Are You are an experienced leader who combines strong business understanding with deep knowledge of enterprise technology.
• You engage confidently with senior executives on strategy and investment decisions while maintaining a clear focus on delivery and operational performance.
• You set direction, make difficult prioritization decisions, challenge established ways of working and build teams that take ownership of results.

Requirements

• You Know Proven experience leading global IT or digital organizations with accountability for strategy, delivery, operations and financial performance.
• Strong track record of delivering complex enterprise technology and business transformation initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and translating business strategies into digital priorities and investment decisions.
• Solid understanding of enterprise data platforms, analytics, data governance and emerging AI capabilities.
• Experience managing enterprise application portfolios, product-oriented delivery organizations and business-critical IT services.
• Strong financial management, stakeholder engagement and organizational leadership capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and develop high-performing teams in an international environment.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.
• You will join a global leadership team with the opportunity to influence how technology, data and digital capabilities support Alfa Laval’s business performance and future development.

Preferred

• Experience from a complex global industrial or manufacturing environment is an advantage.

Office location

Przybyszewskiego 56, Kraków. Please submit your application, including a cover letter and CV combined into one document in English , stating your notice period and salary expectations , via our applicant management system. We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games. #LI-OM1 #LI-Hybrid