Job Description

About the company
Orkla Health is a leading Nordic branded consumer health company, recognized for its strong positions in Omega-3, Wound Care, and Oral Care. With exports to over 25 markets outside Europe and distribution in more than 60 markets globally, we generate an annual revenue of approximately 7.7 billion NOK. Orkla Health has a commercial presence in the Nordics, Baltics, and Poland, with additional representation in several other countries. Our products are sold through pharmacies, grocery/food trade, direct-to-consumer channels, and contract manufacturing.

Are you ready to shape and drive the IT agenda for one of Norway's leading consumer health businesses?

Orkla Health Norway is looking for an experienced and business-oriented Head of IT. As Head of IT Norway, you will serve as the key technology partner to the business, ensuring secure and reliable IT operations while driving governance, cyber security, and continuous improvement.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, factories, external vendors, and the wider Orkla IT organization to ensure that technology supports our strategic goals and everyday operations.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitating collaboration between business and IT stakeholders and ensuring technology supports business priorities and strategic objectives
• Ensuring stable and efficient IT operations, including onboarding and offboarding processes, user support, incident management, and vendor coordination
• Supporting production facilities with both IT and Operational Technology (OT) related needs
• Acting as the local owner of IT governance, architecture, compliance, and cyber security, ensuring adherence to company policies, security standards, and GDPR requirements
• Maintaining documentation, software licenses, user access structures, and local IT architecture
• Participating in and leading IT and business transformation initiatives, governance forums, and continuous improvement activities
• Identifying opportunities for process optimization, automation, and cost efficiency across the organization
• Collaborating closely with other Heads of IT across the Orkla Group to drive best practices, standardization, and high-quality service delivery

Experience and qualifications

• Higher education in Information Technology or a related field
• 5+ years of experience within IT operations, infrastructure, and service management
• Experience leading IT projects and coordinating cross-functional initiatives
• Experience with service management and vendor management
• Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, including Windows servers, PCs, client devices, printers, and related technologies
• Good knowledge of ITIL principles and service management frameworks
• Experience working within larger organisations with shared or group-wide IT solutions
• Experience working with offshore service delivery models is an advantage

Personal Characteristics

• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across functions and work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders
• Service-minded and solution-oriented, with a genuine commitment to supporting users and delivering high-quality IT services that create business value
• Structured and proactive, with the ability to prioritize effectively, maintain attention to detail, and drive tasks and initiatives to completion
• Comfortable navigating change and continuous improvement
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical topics into business language
• Professional maturity, integrity, and sound judgement, with the ability to balance business needs with governance, security, and compliance requirements

Why join Orkla Health?

At Orkla Health, you will join a company with strong brands, ambitious growth plans, and a clear focus on digitalization and innovation. You will have the opportunity to make a real impact on how technology supports our business while working closely with experienced colleagues across Norway and the wider Orkla Health organization.

Location
The position is based at our offices at Skøyen in Oslo. Some travel may be required.

Application deadline
We look forward to receiving your application by 6 September 2026.

Contact information
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Johan Ekegren, CIO, at Johan.Ekegren@orkla.com or Benedikte Mæland, Global People Partner, at benedikte.maeland@orkla.no