{"id":4087378,"url":"https://alion.io/job/stark-group-ai-strategy-manager","title":"AI Strategy Manager","company":{"id":2535859,"name":"STARK Group","domain":"starkgroup.dk","url":"https://alion.io/company/starkgroup","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Viby, Denmark"],"countries":["DK"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T19:14:40Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T01:40:07Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"AI Centre of Excellence | Strategy, transformation and value creation at a PE-backed European leader\nAt STARK Group, a leading B2B distributor of building materials across Europe, AI is a strategic lever for commercial growth, stronger sourcing and operational improvement. We are looking for a Senior Manager who combines management-consulting rigor with the ambition to turn strategic opportunities into measurable business results.\nYou will join the AI Centre of Excellence (AI CoE) within the Technology Office, Group IT, reporting directly to the Group CTO. Your focus will be to shape the AI transformation agenda, prioritise value-creation opportunities and help business leaders translate ambition into action across countries and functions.\nWorking closely with executive management, Group Strategy and local business leaders, you will tackle complex business questions, develop fact-based recommendations and follow initiatives through to realised impact.\nYour role and impact\nThis is a strategy and business-transformation role, not an IT implementation position. You will lead structured problem-solving, build compelling business cases and steer the Group AI portfolio towards the opportunities that matter most. You will bring clarity to investment choices, challenge assumptions and ensure that senior stakeholders have a clear view of progress, risks and value creation.\nYou will partner with business owners on priorities, adoption and benefits realisation, while architects, engineers and product teams lead technical design and implementation. The role combines the analytical depth and executive exposure of consulting with the opportunity to stay close to decisions and their outcomes - contributing to our purpose of building the future by helping others build theirs.\nWhat you will be working with\nHelp shape the AI transformation agenda: translate Group priorities into a focused roadmap across commercial, sourcing and back-office activities, supporting strategic reviews and investment decisions.\nIdentify and prioritise opportunities: structure business problems, test hypotheses and assess value potential, feasibility and organisational readiness to build a robust AI initiative pipeline.\nBuild business cases: quantify revenue, margin and efficiency opportunities, assess investment needs and trade-offs, and develop clear recommendations with Finance and business owners.\nDrive value realisation: agree baselines, KPIs and benefit ownership with business leaders, track outcomes against business cases and identify corrective actions where impact falls short.\nSteer the transformation: maintain a clear view of priorities, progress and cross-business dependencies, facilitate decisions and remove organisational barriers with executive sponsors.\nSupport executive decisions: prepare concise Steering Committee and executive-management material, turning complex analysis into clear choices, recommendations and actions.\n Strengthen the AI CoE: develop practical approaches to prioritisation, value tracking and knowledge sharing, helping business units learn from one another and avoid duplicating effort.\nYou will be based at our offices in Viby, Aarhus (preferred) or Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, working within the Group Technology Office and collaborating with colleagues across Group functions and local business units. Expect approximately 10-20 travel days per year.\nWhat’s in it for you?\nYou will work directly with the Group CTO on an AI transformation agenda with clear strategic relevance and exposure to senior decision-makers across Europe. The role offers the breadth and intellectual challenge of consulting, combined with sustained ownership of how recommendations translate into business impact.\nYou will deepen your experience in value creation, executive advisory and international business transformation while helping shape the AI CoE’s approach. It is an opportunity to build on a consulting background and develop towards broader strategy, transformation or business leadership roles. \nYou will become part of a collaborative, down-to-earth environment where your input matters, and where we value both performance and work-life balance.\nWho are we looking for?\nWe are looking for an experienced strategy and transformation profile who is comfortable working with complex business questions and senior stakeholders.\nYou have:\nA strong foundation in management consulting, ideally from a leading strategy consultancy, or a comparable corporate strategy role, with experience leading complex workstreams and advising senior stakeholders. Your experience should include digital or AI-enabled business transformation.\nA strong academic background, such as a master’s degree in Strategy, Data Science, Finance, Engineering or a related field, with strong results.\nExcellent analytical and financial-modelling skills, with the ability to size opportunities, challenge business-case assumptions and turn findings into compelling executive presentations.\nThe ability to combine detailed analysis with senior-level discussions, lead workshops and influence across functions and countries without formal authority. You understand AI’s business opportunities and limitations; hands-on development or IT implementation experience is not a prerequisite.\nFluency in English and a Nordic language. German and experience from B2B distribution, retail, sourcing or logistics are advantages.\nYou are a structured, hypothesis-driven problem-solver with sound commercial judgement and a pragmatic approach. You are comfortable challenging senior stakeholders constructively, navigating ambiguity and taking ownership beyond the recommendation. You bring curiosity about AI, but judge success by business adoption and measurable outcomes rather than technology deployment.\nWant to know more and apply?\nWe look forward to receiving your motivational application letter and CV via the apply link as soon as possible. We will interview candidates on an ongoing basis and will finalise the hiring process once we have found the right match. You are welcome to contact Senior Director, Group CTO Thomas Rosendahl at  for any specific questions regarding the role.\nSTARK Group\nSTARK Group is a growing private equity-owned company with a solid legacy. STARK Group was established in Denmark in 1896 and has today evolved into a leading European retailer and distributor of heavy building materials with net sales of approx. EUR 9 billion. With a skilled team of more than 20,000 employees and +1,150 branches and distribution centres across the Nordics, Greenland, Germany, Austria and the UK, we live and breathe to equip professional craftsmen with heavy building materials all the way from the Austrian Alps to Tromsø, close to the Arctic circle and everywhere in between. STARK Group is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 across the entire business, is a signatory to the UN Global Compact, and works within fully 2030 validated science-based targets to keep global warming below 1.5°C. At STARK Group IT, we believe in the richness diversity brings. We invite candidates of all backgrounds to join us in creating an inclusive and welcoming environment. We believe in a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.\nAgency Policy\nSTARK Group IT appreciates the interest of all candidates. However, we prefer to directly engage with candidates seeking employment opportunities. Therefore, we kindly request recruitment agencies, headhunters, and third-party staffing services to refrain from contacting us regarding this job posting. All applications should be submitted directly by the candidates through our official application process. 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