Chief Legal Consultant for Finance and Supplier Management in Regional IT

Do you want to help drive the daily professional development of supplier management in a large and complex health IT organization?

As a senior consultant, you, as the professional beacon, will play a central role at the intersection of law, IT, projects and administration. You coordinate the professional task solution, support the staff in everyday life and contribute to developing the area in close collaboration with the head of function.

Your role and responsibilities

You are hired as senior consultant without management responsibility and report directly to the head of function for Finance and Supplier Management. Supplier management consists of 13 professionally strong employees spread across several teams and sites, who primarily work with:

• Procurement and contract management of IT solutions (clinical and administrative)
• Tendering and advice on contract-law questions
• Contract management with a focus on disputes, supplier dialogue and follow-up on larger contracts such as EPJ systems
• Development of processes, standards and tools for supplier management.

Your main tasks

Professional responsibility and structure

• You develop clear frameworks and processes for supplier management that support cross-functional task solving and high quality
• You support a structured and coordinated approach to handling contracts and tenders through, among other things, tender and procurement plans.

Daily sparring and collaboration

• You must be the professional beacon for tender consultants, contract managers and license managers and ensure coordination and cross-team knowledge sharing
• You consult with staff on method, law and practice and help develop best practices
• You support wellbeing, professional development and a proper collaborative culture where there is room to be human, even when tasks are complex and time-critical.

Compliance and quality

• You contribute to legality and quality in procurement and contracts and ensure active use of tender and contract terms in governance processes
• You support access to information and complaints in close collaboration with lawyers and key persons in the organization.

Development and strategic input

• You participate in relevant strategic projects and fora that bring the area even more into play in the organization
• You collaborate with the head of function on strategic development of the area, e.g. via a new ERP system and better contract management.

Your profile

You have solid experience with supplier management, procurement and contracts and can bring structure, professional quality and collaboration into play across a complex organization. You are analytical, quality-oriented and thrive on translating legal requirements into pragmatic solutions, while building strong relationships and driving processes forward.

We also expect that you

• have a relevant higher education, e.g. cand.jur., cand.merc.jur. or similar
• have solid experience with supplier management, procurement and contracts – preferably from a large public organization with focus on IT procurement
• know procurement law and public procurement processes such as SKI framework agreements, mini-tenders, advertising and EU procurement
• have worked with complex IT contracts, development and operation agreements
• have strong collaboration skills and thrive with a large contact surface in the organization
• are structured, quality-oriented and able to handle both detailed work and strategic overview
• are proactive, curious and actively contribute to process development and renewal.

This combination of professional and personal competencies enables you to elevate the professional responsibility and create interest and engagement around supplier management in Regional IT.

You have experience in driving and coordinating complex tasks in a large organization and can navigate across disciplines and organizational levels. Experience as a senior consultant in a similar professionally coordinating role is an advantage. Knowledge of handling requests for information and complaints about tenders is also an advantage.

Personal qualities

We are seeking a senior consultant who is action-oriented, proactive and persistent. You work structured and keep an overview, even when tasks are complex and shift between operations, development and analysis.

You are curious and reflective and have an eye for both the whole and the important details. At the same time you are good at prioritizing and creating momentum in the tasks. You are a strong collaborator, who listens, builds trust and manages to build good relationships across disciplines and organizational levels. You work with appreciation and constructively and are motivated by achieving results through good collaboration and high professional quality.

Your new workplace

Region of Southern Denmark is one of Denmark's largest workplaces with more than 28,000 employees. The business areas cover health, psychiatry and social sector as well as regional development.

Regional IT is Region of Southern Denmark's central IT and operations organization with just under 500 employees. We strive to be an organization where there is room for the whole person. In daily life we focus on making work and private life function together.

We offer

We offer an exciting and challenging job in a sector where the latest technology is used to improve everyday life for the region's employees to the benefit of citizens.

We work in a structured way with leadership and place emphasis on personal development so our employees have the competencies necessary to solve their tasks. We work purposefully with skill development and continuously follow up on plans for further education. There is plenty of opportunity to stay updated and sharp within your field. Our daily life is characterized by trust and we place high value on our well-being.

Your base will be at our location in Odense. You will have colleagues at several locations (Vejle, Odense and Kolding) and should expect travel between sites.

Salary and terms of employment

We offer a full-time position at 37 hours per week.

The position is to be filled on January 1, 2027.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position applied for. You will be informed of base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension. In addition to the starting salary, the salary may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

You will be employed under the following collective agreement: Academics - collective agreement 33.01.1 - salary as of 1.4.2026

See starting salary for positions in Region Southern Denmark .

Further information

For further information about the position you are welcome to contact department head Jan Højgaard Funder at tel. 23 43 64 28.

Read more about Regional IT as a workplace on regionsyddanmark.dk

Your application

There is an application deadline on November 2, 2026 .

We expect to hold the first interview round on November 11 and the second interview round on November 20. Between the interviews you will be asked to complete a personality test. References will be requested.

We look forward to receiving your application.