Head of Digital Services

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.

About The Job

As Head of Digital Services – Food & Water Division, you will play a critical role in shaping and driving the digital transformation journey across Alfa Laval’s Food & Water Division. You will lead the strategic direction, commercial development, and technical alignment of digital services. Your focus will be on delivering synergies across business units, ensuring a unified go-to-market approach, and enhancing our position as a digital leader in the industry. You will be reporting to the Business Unit President of Decanters, as a hosted function for this position, and to the “Digital Service board”/ committee where all Business Unit president is represented.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and secure a clear value proposition and commercial offering towards customers

• Define and implement a digital strategy aligned with divisional goals.

• Drive synergies across all aspects of digital services – commercially and technically.

• Set and oversee the division-wide digital services roadmap in collaboration with business units BUs.

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• Lead the go-to-market strategy and engagement model with Sales Companies.

• Drive community-building across IoT/digital resources to ensure a common approach and nurture innovation & sharing

• Ensure end-to-end digital capabilities across platforms, subscription, marketing, and delivery.

•   Foster collaboration across the matrix organization and high performing teams.

At Alfa Laval, we embrace a hybrid work model, providing you the flexibility to work from home when it aligns with your tasks. This position can be basted at multiple locations: Søborg or Kolding in Denmark, Lund or Flemmingsberg in Sweden, with an expected travel commitment of approximately 45 - 55 days per year.

What You Know

You bring a solid foundation of over 5+ years of experience in digital services, automation, and IoT — both from a commercial and technical perspective. Your background includes leading cross-functional teams and driving collaborative initiatives across different areas of the business.

You have a proven ability to shape and drive strategic topics, transforming vision into clear actions and successful execution. Your perspective is both customer-centric and operational, allowing you to take an outside-in as well as inside-out view when working with digital services. Your educational background is in engineering, with a focus on digital technologies and automation. You thrive in dynamic environments where innovation meets real-world applications.

About You

You are a collaborative and driven leader with the ability to inspire others without relying on hierarchy. You navigate strategic and operational topics with ease, combining a strong drive for results with agility and learning ability.

You have a natural talent for networking and influence, and you thrive in cross-functional settings. With both commercial acumen and technical insight, you see the big picture while understanding the details needed to deliver real impact.

For more information, please contact

President BU Decanters, Food & Water Division, Carl Rehncrona on carl.rehncrona@alfalaval.com

Vice President HR, Food & Wate, Pernilla Südow Gustafsson on pernilla.sudowgustafsson@alfalaval.com

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Claus Wiinholt on claus.wiinholt@alfalaval.com

Please send your application and resume through the link below no later than 3rd of August 2025

We are conducting a continuous review of the applications received. However, the process may take longer than usual due to the summer vacation period. We do not accept applications via email, they will be deleted, due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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