Joining Arla, you will become part of a vibrant and dynamic work environment. We work agile, and you will collaborate with colleagues from your own team counting our scrum master, product owner and team members, as well as with stakeholders across the Arla value chain. Some of your colleagues are highly skilled within data science and Power BI, others are experts within their business domain.

“You will become part of Arla Analytics Powerhouse (APH), where you will develop and carry out UX strategy within data and analytics,” says Senior IT Manager Tina Rosholm.

Welcome to Arla IT in Gdansk

Arla is a global farmer-owned organisation that is behind many well-known and loved brands, including Arla Apetina®, Castello®, Lurpak® and many, many more.

As our new Senior User Experience Designer you will become a part of Arla IT Solutions in Gdansk. Here, you won’t find factory machines or farmers. Instead, you will join over 500 colleagues working with IT, HR, financial and procurement operations. Joining us, you will take part in our mission to make a real difference for colleagues near and far.

With over 10 years of existence in Gdansk, we offer you a lot of knowledge and the opportunity to partake in challenging and exciting innovation projects. As a part of the Arla organisation, you will also enjoy a Scandinavian, collaborative work culture. We are all on first name terms with each other, and we truly appreciate diversity and individuality.

You will join our IT Solutions team with 200+ other colleagues located in Denmark, Germany, Poland and UK.

Highly skilled and value-driven user experience designer who thinks of the user first

You will be a key player in APH, and among other things you will:

• Apply your UX skillset, such as conducting user- and usability tests, sketching, define information architecture, create mock-ups, wireframes and prototypes, define flows, collect insights through user research, and data visualization.
• Transform insights into actionable recommendations for the stakeholders.
• Crunch data and use it for validating user behaviour, needs, optimizing and more.
• Facilitate workshops with users and key business representatives.
• Work across and within large project that deliver to the whole value chain in Arla.
• Help institutionalize UX at all levels, and set direction for UX within data and analytics tools.
• Join our UX team, where you will share your knowledge and spare with colleagues from other IT departments.

Mindset

• You have a strong understanding of usability and user-centered design principles, and naturally see things from a user perspective.
• You also know that transforming user insights into valuable deliverables is a key to success.
• You know best practices in different contexts, and can guide others in applying them when needed.
• You are able to communicate on all levels in the organization, and find it naturally to do so.
• You are driven and excited by challenges and changes, and have the courage to challenge the ‘as-is’.
• You have an interest in new technologies and methodologies, and isn’t afraid of trying out new things.

Skillset and experience

• You know how to work with and visualize data according to user needs.
• You possess a good IT understanding, allowing you to engage in dialogue with your IT colleagues.
• You know how to facilitate workshops and train other colleagues in simple UX principles and methods.
• You have excellent presentation abilities - both verbally and visually
• You are highly skilled in Balsamiq and Adobe XD (or similar).
• You have experience with “data” tools such as Power BI and Google Analytics, but it is not a requirement.

Furthermore

• You have a strong portfolio from working with User Experience for a number of years – a portfolio you can document and demonstrate.
• You find yourself comfortable in an Agile setup and know your way around in an Agile organization.
• Preferably, your theoretical insight derives from a Master’s degree within design, interaction design, human factors engineering, psychology, communication or similar.
• It is a requirement that you speak and write English effortlessly.
• Note, that you will be located at our office in Gdańsk and the role will take you travelling 10-20 days a year if the situation allows it.

Are you interested?

We are a farmer-owned Scandinavian company that values trust, collaboration, and initiative. You will therefore have the opportunity to share your own ideas and try new things on your own, and of course you will have plenty of development opportunities.

In Arla IT Solutions, we support the business and our farmers through great and intuitive IT solutions. Help us create these and make a difference, as we create the future of dairy.

What do we offer?

• International operating environment   
• Medical care & life insurance   
• Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.  
• Scandinavian working style & no dress code  
• Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position  
• Development programs (function additions, coordinator programme)  
• Financial support of your education   
• Relocation package  
• Referral program for employees  
• Employee Assistance Program (legal, psychological, health, financial consulting, etc. )  
• Support for your healthy lifestyle (fruit day, facility for sportsmen, sport challenges and activities, Arla active teams / sport groups)  
• Flexible working time (start your day of work between 7-9) and home office work possibility  
• Additional holiday depending on length of employment (up to 4 days)  

… while in the office you can also use some of below:   

• Modern office space with beautiful view and high standard furniture (i.e. adjustable desks)  
• Spacious canteen, delicious coffee and tea available on every floor in special designed spots  
• Chill-out rooms with X-box, pool table, board games, football table and swing 

Application and contact

If you want to be part of our journey and help shape the industry, then seize this exciting opportunity.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible.

For additional information, please call Senior IT Manager Tina Rosholm on +45 89 38 17 35

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?