Head of Business Technology

Location: Oslo Norway or Stockholm Sweden

Reports to: COO

About Nofence

Nofence is a Norwegian scale-up who has built the worlds first virtual fencing solution for livestock. As we aim to revolutionize livestock management we will need top-notch competence within Business Technology / IT and we are now looking for a Head of Business Technology. This position can be performed from our Stockholm or Oslo office. Occasional travel will be required. Elevate your career with us and be at the forefront of innovation in agricultural technology!

The Role

As Head of Business Technology at Nofence you will define build and lead our business technology function shaping the systems data and infrastructure that enable scalable growth and operational excellence.

Reporting to the COO youll combine strategic leadership with hands-on execution. Youll balance transformation with reliable secure and scalable operations that keep our business running smoothly every day.

This role carries ownership for the business technology roadmap budget and delivery. Youll ensure investments are cost-effective compliant and aligned with business objectives while driving the adoption of tools data and platforms that empower every team at Nofence.

Key Responsibilities

Tech Strategy & Governance

• Define and execute Nofences business technology strategy and enterprise architecture
• Manage the business technology budget optimizing cost efficiency and value realization
• Define technology standards interoperability principles and governance frameworks
• Manage run/change portfolios allocate capacity and track technical debt and dependencies
• Serve as product owner for enterprise platforms by managing roadmaps partners and delivery

Data & Business Intelligence

• Establish data governance MDM and quality SLAs with clear domain ownership
• Define and implement the BI strategy to deliver a trusted single source of truth and enable self-service analytics

Security Risk & Compliance

• Own information security privacy and compliance frameworks
• Oversee risk management vendor assessments and audit readiness
• Define business continuity and disaster recovery plans with clear response governance

Operations & Reliability

• Design and maintain scalable secure and resilient IT infrastructure
• Oversee end-user IT services including device lifecycle software provisioning and service desk operations
• Lead the evaluation and rollout of platforms such as ERP CRM e-commerce and low/no-code tools always balancing governance security and ROI
• Implement QA and release governance for enterprise platforms and integrations

Ecosystem & Vendor Management

• Own the partner and vendor landscape across enterprise platforms and services
• Negotiate contracts manage SLAs/OLAs and ensure transparent SaaS/cloud spend through FinOps practices

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Collaborate with Product & Engineering Finance Commercial and Operations to deliver secure scalable solutions that enable business performance
• Serve as the executive point of contact for IT ensuring transparent communication alignment and proactive risk management
• Drive user adoption and readiness for new systems and processes through structured change management

Talent & Organization

• Design the future IT organization hire and develop key roles
• Build team capabilities and foster effective collaboration across technical and business teams

Collaboration with Product & Engineering

This role focuses on business technology: the systems data and infrastructure that enable scalable internal operations.

Our Product & Engineering teams retain full ownership of customer-facing technology development frameworks and cloud architecture decisions. The Head of Business Technology will collaborate closely as a consultative partner to ensure coherence data flow and security across the enterprise landscape.

What Were Looking For

• 7 years of IT leadership experience ideally in a fast-growing international environment
• Proven track record in IT strategy systems/enterprise architecture and infrastructure management
• Deep understanding of IT security privacy compliance and risk management frameworks
• Experience managing run/change portfolios platform roadmaps and technical debt
• Strong knowledge of data governance MDM and modern BI tooling
• Experience managing IT budgets P&L accountability SaaS/cloud FinOps and vendor relationships
• Background with ERP CRM process automation and integrations
• Skilled in defining and enforcing QA/release governance and service SLAs
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills across all levels
• Hands-on leader with experience hiring and developing high-performing IT teams
• Fluent in English (Norwegian or Swedish is a plus)

Why Join Nofence

Join a passionate mission-driven team redefining agriculture through innovation. Youll have end-to-end ownership of the business technology function shaping how systems and data drive growth efficiency and security across the company.

If youre ready to combine strategic influence with hands-on execution and make a real-world impact wed love to hear from you.

Apply Now

Apply through Teamtailor and tell us how your experience can help Nofence scale with secure reliable and impactful business technology.