Digital Workplace Manager

VARD Group continues to strengthen its focus on digitalisation and improving the everyday work experience for employees. Our digital workplace solutions play a key role in how people collaborate, communicate, and get work done.

Our Digital Innovation & IT (DIIT) organization is a global in‑house technology team with about 40 employees in Norway, and another 30 in Romania, Vietnam, and the USA. We deliver modern and business‑critical platforms and applications for the entire company.

We are now looking for a Digital Workplace Manager who will take ownership of the areas where people meet technology in their daily work.

At VARD we care about nurturing talents and embracing diverse strengths, giving everyone the opportunity to develop and grow. Join us and be part of a community that celebrates your skills, and where together we are shaping the future of shipbuilding.

So – what are your skills?

Duties and responsibilities

As Digital Workplace Manager, you will have overall responsibility for a team that plans, delivers, operates, and continuously improves digital and physical workplace services across VARD.

The role ensures that meeting rooms, audiovisual solutions, information screens, flexible workspaces, printers, and shared technical equipment function seamlessly and provide employees with a modern, efficient, and reliable work experience.

You will be responsible for both service quality and people leadership, and work closely with IT operations, security, facilities/buildings, HR, and the business.

Personal fit – this role suits you if you:

• Care about user experience and how technology is actually used and provides value for people
• Enjoy working in the intersection between the digital and the physical workplace
• See structure, standardization, and improvement opportunities in everyday solutions
• Like leading people while also shaping services and direction
• Enjoy contributing to strategy, roadmaps, budgeting, standardization and prioritization within the digital workplace domain
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in leading teams and taking HR responsibility
• Strong understanding of digital workplace and end‑user services
• Good technical insight into workplace technology, even if the role is not hands‑on
• Experience working across IT, facilities, and business functions
• Structured, proactive, and comfortable with ownership and coordination
• Professional communication skills in a Scandinavian language and English
• IT Infrastructure and Support operational experience

VARD works systematically for inclusion and diversity and encourage everyone to apply, even if your competence does not match 100% the above.

This employment may require a background check, or security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority.

Personal qualities

• Able to work independently and take initiative, with a strong focus on finding good solutions
• Enjoys collaborating with others and building positive working relationships
• Confident in your skills while also open to learning and growing
• Thrives in a dynamic workday with varied tasks and opportunities
• Service-minded, and able to see from the user/customer perspective
• Identify yourself with the VARD values Craftmanship, Salesmanship and Fellowship.

Our commitment to you

• A good working environment with exciting and important tasks in an international environment
• Competitive pension scheme and insurance package
• Flexible work from home policy
• Free mobile phone usage and subsidized internet at home
• Central office location and free parking
• We understand the importance of continuous learning and we strive to give you the chance to gain new skills and further develop your career

VARD recognizes the importance of having fun at work, this is why with VARD Social you will have the chance to bond with colleagues through new experiences and shared interests. The social offer varies throughout the year and includes activities like 'walk and talk' during lunch hours, fjord cruises, cooking lessons, go karting, football practices and wine tasting, just to name a few.

With the right blend of fun, expertise and hard work, we create ships for the future. Join us!

World leaders in offering the best marine engineering solutions, we are the only shipbuilders who can conceive, design and construct all types of extremely complex ships, from cruise vessels to mega yachts, naval vessels and high-tech offshore units. Every ship is a unique, state-of-the-art, highly complex and innovative product, a symbol of our culture and the result of the excellence of sound engineering expertise. Innovation, research, technology, quality and 230 years of experience, through which Fincantieri has played a crucial role in the Italian Navy's history.

We are proud of our active participation in all the segments with the most potential, and although our roots are in Italy, we are present around the globe with sites and infrastructure on four continents. We are part of a global network that brings together the work and the expertise of thousands of people who all have different skills, experiences and ambitions. With people of substance, whose value we recognize.