Head of Innovation to drive and scale our growing business unit

Are you ready to work with business strategy and state-of-the-art technology at the highest level? Take leadership of our Digital Innovations team in this brand-new position and set the strategic approach that will lead us into the future.

"If you are looking for a position where you will get to work with digital business innovation, stakeholder management, strategy and change, this is the chance of a lifetime,” says Senior Vice President of Digital Business, Rasmus Blom.

At FOSS, we are driven by a strong sense of purpose, and we hope you are too. A rapidly growing world population means that the global food production will have to increase by 60% by 2030 to meet demand. We want to continue to come up with smarter ways to make the best and most sustainable use of agricultural resources. Around 80% of grain and 85% of milk traded on the world market is analysed on a FOSS instrument, so improvements and developments we make can truly make a global difference.

If being a key driver in the digital evolution towards becoming a truly data-driven company sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, then read on.

Lead our Innovations team
In our Innovations team, you will take leadership of 3 experienced concept, application specialist and algorithm developers specialized in AI, IIoT and machine learning. Your team picks up ideas and concepts from within our organization as well as our extensive customer base, which you develop into specific, tested and well-designed solutions that are ready to be developed into new digital services. 
This way, you get to see your solutions unfold - from ideation to product launch.

Apply strategy and scale our digital development
Besides managing the development of existing and new concepts for digital solutions, you will also apply a strategic approach aimed at scaling our digital innovations objective. You do so by implementing a solid customer-driven business approach as well as working with corporate governance, stakeholders, process design and change management both internally and externally.

More specifically, you will:

• Establish and solidify new digital innovation processes
• Build a valuable portfolio and pipeline innovation concepts
• Participate in customer meetings to gain insights, making our digital solutions even more targeted to their needs
• Have leadership responsibilities for your team, including onboarding procedures and employee development planning

 “To succeed in this position, you will successfully establish clear integrated processes together with the rest of the FOSS organization. You will build a solid and valuable pipeline of new digital concepts and services. You do this by applying strong analytical skills and your ability to use data and insights to power our digital innovation,” Rasmus continues.

Leave your footprints on our digital journey
This newly created position is a unique opportunity for you to take charge and lead the food and agricultural industry into a digital era. At the same time, you will work with cutting-edge technologies side by side with top-level scientific and technical experts. Furthermore, you get to be a part of reaching our goal towards a sustainable use of our planet’s agricultural resources and thus to the nutrition and health of everyone.

To succeed in this role
You have a well-trained commercial and innovative mindset combined with a sound understanding of how to translate it into a clear strategy. You also inherit strong networking, communicative and presentational skills.

We imagine that you:

• Have a master’s degree in a business-related field
• Have at least 5 years’ experience from a global company working with B2B sales, and you have a proven track record of developing solutions and taking them to market
• Have experience with IIoT and digital innovation as well as lean start-up and design thinking
• Have experience with business innovation, stakeholder management and corporate governance
• Are able to communicate fluently in English.

Application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Vice President of Digital Business Rasmus Blom on +45 2761 6972. Send us your application using the link below. We invite candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis.

All applications for vacant positions will be welcomed and considered on the relative merits of the applicant against the role profile for the position regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, family status, age, or religion.

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