Technology Strategy - Junior Manager

Life tastes better with ice cream 

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. 
  

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.  

What truly sets us apart is how we work.  

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.  

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.  

The role

Reporting to the Technology Strategy Senior Manager, the Technology Strategy Junior Manager will act as a key execution partner across Technology Strategy and the CTIO Office, helping to translate strategic priorities into action and establish the governance, operating rhythms and ways of working that enable a globally connected, high-performing Technology organisation.

This is a role for a technology strategy professional with a track record of leading enterprise-wide initiatives. You will translate Technology strategy into clear direction, compelling narratives and practical guardrails, while establishing the IT operating model and cross-functional operating rhythm that connects strategy, portfolio management, performance, transformation and leadership decision-making. Working directly with the CTIO, the Technology Leadership Team, Procurement and a broad network of stakeholders across the business, you will bring clarity, transparency and momentum to the Technology agenda.

As a newly independent company, much of what you will work on does not yet exist. In your first year you will help to professionalise technology governance, establish rhythm, advise leadership and strengthen how we manage a +100-technology supplier landscape.

This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys building from a blank page, solving complex problems and improving how an organisation works, building the Technology foundations that enable TMICC to grow, innovate and create extraordinary ice cream experiences for consumers around the world.

What you'll be responsible for

• Support to shape TMICC’s Technology strategy and translate it into clear direction, compelling narratives, practical guardrails and executable roadmaps.
• Support the CTIO Office in creating an effective operating rhythm that connects technology strategy, portfolio priorities, performance, transformation and leadership decision-making.
• Drive strategic priorities into execution, establishing clear outcomes, milestones, owners and measures, while proactively managing risks, dependencies and decisions.
• Provide strategic decision support to the Technology Strategy Senior Manager and Technology Leadership, turning complex information into analysis, clear recommendations and executive materials.
• Shape and continuously improve the Technology operating model and performance framework, simplifying processes and creating transparency across priorities, progress, risks and outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives, bringing together technology, business and functional stakeholders to solve complex challenges and translate decisions into action and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Procurement and Finance across 100+ technology suppliers, shaping the technology ecosystem strategy and driving supplier engagement, onboarding, governance, spend visibility and performance, including hands-on execution where needed, to maximise value and innovation.
• Accelerate digital, AI-enabled and future-ready ways of working, strengthening Technology capability.

We're looking for someone who

• Has experience in technology/ IT strategy, IT operating-model design, transformation delivery, cross-functional programme management, with sound financial acumen, executive storytelling and practical application of AI to improve decisions and ways of working, and can operate confidently in a global environment with senior leaders, technical experts and external partners.
• Brings strong skills in building trusted relationships, stakeholder management and influencing across boundaries, combined with a kind, proactive and action-oriented mindset and the drive to turn ambiguity into clear direction and ideas into measurable outcomes.
• Thinks end-to-end and takes ownerships for results
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organisation
• Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working

Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could! 

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

• Roles with real accountability and visible impact

• Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done

• Continuous learning and development as the business grows

• Reward linked to performance and contribution.

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.

Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?

If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps. 

If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.

Additional information

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.