Technical Application Owner, web & e-commerce - From Complexity to Clarity

Do you enjoy working at the intersection of business and digital solutions? Are you motivated by translating needs into clear priorities, plans, and execution?

If so, you might be the Technical Application Owner we are looking for at ABENA.

ABENA is investing significantly in its digital platforms to strengthen scalability, governance, and long-term business value.

We are moving towards a more mature setup, where ownership is clearly defined, governance is strengthened, and digital platforms are managed with greater structure, prioritization, and accountability.

As Technical Application Owner, you will take technical ownership of key web- and e-commerce platforms such as Magento, Shopify, and Sitecore – not as a technical specialist, but as the one who creates structure, drives execution, and ensures progress across business, IT, and external partners. The role sits at the intersection of business and IT and plays a key part in moving from ad-hoc execution to a more mature, scalable, and well-governed setup. You will translate business needs into clear priorities and roadmaps, align stakeholders, and make sure work is scoped, planned, and delivered through structured and agile ways of working.

Success in this role means being comfortable creating clarity, driving decisions, and building structure in an environment that is still taking shape - turning complexity into clarity and progress.

Your main responsibilities

• Drive ownership of web- and e-commerce applications (Magneto, Shopify, Sitecore) with clear governance, structure, and accountability
• Translate business needs (e.g. pricing, campaigns, markets) into structured backlog, priorities, and roadmap
• Coordinate across business, IT, and external vendors to ensure execution, quality, and follow-through
• Establish and run agile ways of working (backlog, refinement, sprint planning, continuous improvement)
• Manage vendors, budgets, and external development partners with clear accountability for deliveries and quality
• Ensure transparent reporting, stakeholder alignment, and progress through steering groups and governance forums

What we hope you bring

• Experience working in roles where you coordinate across business and IT (e-commerce, CMS, PIM, ERP, digital platforms, or similar)
• A solid technical understanding of APIs, system architecture, data models, and integrations – enough to understand dependencies, challenge solutions, and collaborate effectively with specialists
• A structured and proactive way of working – you create clarity where it doesn’t exist yet
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills
• Solid understanding of agile ways of working (backlog, sprints, prioritization)
• Business understanding – you can translate needs into priorities and value
• Comfort operating without being the technical expert, while still challenging and collaborating with specialists

Your Team, Our Culture and Values

The team structure is designed to foster independence while ensuring strong collaboration. As a Technical Application Owner, you will be part of a team of other Application Owners and Application Specialists, each responsible for their respective solutions. You will have access to architects, security specialists, integration experts, and ERP specialists within ABENA Data and external vendors as needed.

We offer a position where teamwork is highly valued, and responsibility and attention to detail are appreciated competencies. It is important that we carry out every task with great pride in quality and integrity. The team’s everyday life is busy, and deadlines often occur, but we also have an informal atmosphere where there is always room for laughter.

The team refers to Senior Manager, Customer-Facing Applications, Jan Jørgensen, who describes his leadership style as follows:

“I subscribe to what is called Servant Leadership, which means that my primary function as a leader is to enable you to perform our utmost best by removing obstacles and trying my best to create that freeway of success. I emphasize trust and transparency when it comes to communication, but also our failures and shortcomings, as we succeed and fail together. I trust in you to make decisions as to develop and optimize our applications in the best way you see fit.”

At ABENA, you join a global company with a strong purpose: to make a real difference in the everyday lives of people around the world. We combine professionalism with a warm, people-first culture where collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement are necessary parts of everyday life. We take pride in delivering high-quality work with integrity, guided by our core values of trust, fairness, and cooperation. These values shape how we lead, support one another, and create meaningful impact for our customers and communities.

We look forward to hearing from you

If you’re interested in the position, please send your application and CV. We review applications as we receive them and will close the process once we’ve found our new colleague.

Read more about our recruitment process here.

If you have any questions about the position, feel free to contact Senior Manager Jan Jørgensen at +45 6026 9817.