Sous-chef for the Business Unit

Do you want to help make a clear mark on the Future Randers Municipality? As deputy head of the Business Unit, you will help develop, drive and quality-assure the unit's efforts in collaboration with internal and external partners. You will be a close sparring partner to the Commercial Director and at the same time lead a unit with strong momentum and with professionally strong and ambitious employees.

About the Business Unit

Randers Municipality stands on a solid foundation with an active business sector, strong communities, attractive cultural offerings and outstanding nature. With the strategic plan The Future Randers Municipality we work purposefully to create a positive and self-reinforcing development for both citizens and businesses.

The Business Unit was established in May 2026 and aims to ensure a single entry point for business. We work closely with companies, business organizations, educational institutions and the municipality's other departments to create the best conditions for growth, development and employment in Randers Municipality. The unit reports directly to the municipal director and supports political work in §17, stk. 4-committee for The Future Randers Municipality .

Our work includes strategic business development and business services, including projects and initiatives such as: City Center Forum, tourism strategy and business development projects, strategic recruitment, investments, CSR strategy and network, partnership agreements etc.

The unit has established a secretariat that reports to and directly supports the director with tasks such as political support, case preparation, data, analysis, digitalization, reporting, collaboration agreements as well as secretariat coordination.

The Business Unit comprises twelve engaged employees, all characterized by high professionalism and an ambitious approach to both operations and development.

The job and tasks

As deputy head of the Business Unit you report directly to the Commercial Director. You will have independent responsibility for selected projects as well as management of 8 business consultants, including wellbeing, motivation, performance reviews, skill development and professional sparring in daily work. The Commercial Director will be a close sparring partner for you and the employees in day-to-day tasks, and has the overall responsibility for strategy, policy, partnerships and the overall business effort.

Since the director also has a strong outward-facing role with many strategic and political collaboration relations, you will be an important support in the daily operation and leadership of the unit.

In the Business Unit we work in flexible work communities, where employees are composed across tasks and projects. As deputy head it will be your task to bring the right competencies into play, prioritize resources and ensure progress, quality and follow-up across the unit's many initiatives. You will have a central role in creating cohesion in the unit and ensuring that we work towards common goals with a focus on results for the companies and Randers Municipality.

You will also be an important bridge-builder to the various professional administrations, where you support cross-cutting cooperation and contribute to identifying and developing opportunities and workflows across disciplines, departments and secretariats.

In short, your tasks include

• Daily operation and leadership of the unit.
• People management and development of employees.
• Prioritization of tasks and resources.
• Ensuring implementation, progress and follow-up.
• Quality development of business service and business initiatives.
• Cross-cutting coordination and collaboration.
• Operations management and budget follow-up.
• Ensuring balance between existing initiatives and new development initiatives.

Therefore we are looking for a deputy head who

Has leadership experience and can create structure, direction and progress in an organization with many simultaneous tasks and collaborative relationships. You thrive on translating strategic goals into action and are able to create overview, keep focus on the results and ensure follow-up all the way to the goal.

You are a present, authentic and unifying leader with strong relational skills. You manage to set a clear direction and create a sense of community around the task, so that employees' different strengths are brought into play as well as possible. At the same time you have a view on collaboration across the organization and an understanding of the interaction with the political level.

We also envisage that you

• Have experience with project management, implementation and governance of development tasks.
• Have business understanding and insight into the reality of companies.
• Are analytical, structured and strong at creating overview and prioritization.
• Are results-oriented and able to balance operations and development.
• Have knowledge of business service, business promotion or related areas.

Your background may be from both the public and private sector. The crucial thing is your leadership experience, your understanding of the needs of business life and your ability to create results through others.

We offer

With us you get a unique opportunity to put your mark on a newly established business unit with high ambitions for Randers Municipality's business development. You will become part of an organization characterized by engagement, decisiveness, professionalism and a strong sense of community, where we succeed together.

We offer

• A central leadership role with great influence on the development of the Business Unit, its culture, workflows and initiatives.
• Close collaboration and sparring with the Commercial Director.
• Skilled and engaged employees who are passionate about business development and business services.
• A broad cross-section and a strong network across Randers Municipality and external partners.
• Responsibility for concrete projects and initiatives with great significance for businesses, citizens and local communities.
• An versatile job with both freedom and responsibility, where we believe more in solutions than in compartmental thinking.
• Opportunity to help shape the future business effort in Randers Municipality.

The practical

For further information and questions you are very welcome to contact the Commercial Director Tina Mariager at phone 2726 4801.

Read more about The Future Randers Municipality via this link: The Future Randers Municipality

The hiring process consists of two interview rounds, where first interview is 09.12.26, and second interviews are 16.12.26. For candidates who go on to the second interview a personality profile will be made, where the feedback will take place 15.12.26.

We look forward to receiving your application no later than 02.12.26.