At Food Folk, we’re entering the next phase of our AI journey, where the focus shifts from exploring possibilities to building, scaling, and operationalizing AI solutions that create real business value.
Do you enjoy taking validated ideas and turning them into robust, production-ready solutions?
Do you thrive in building AI tools, agents, and automations that people rely on every day?
Do you want to work at the intersection of product ownership and hands-on AI development?
If so, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.
As our AI Product Owner / AI Solution Developer, you will play a key role in industrializing AI across the organization.
You will primarily take ownership of validated concepts, requirements, and prototypes and transform them into scalable, secure, and maintainable AI solutions. You will work close to the Emerging Technologies function, which drives ideation, exploration, and early validation, while you focus on execution, productization, and lifecycle management.
This is a strongly hands-on role, combining technical development with product ownership. You will build, integrate, deploy, and continuously improve AI solutions, ensuring they deliver sustained business value over time.
You will:
Take AI use cases from validated concept or PoC to production
Design, build, and maintain AI agents, workflows, and automations
Integrate AI capabilities with existing systems, APIs, and business platforms
Own and manage the product lifecycle, including backlog, prioritization, and continuous improvement
Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, compliant, and maintainable
Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, tech teams, and Emerging Technologies
At Food Folk and McDonald's, we believe in creating opportunities, for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve.
You will be part of a global and professional environment where we actively leverage scale, data, and technology to continuously improve how we operate.
We offer:
Competitive compensation, pension, and bonus
Food allowance and a wide range of employee benefits
A collaborative, high-performing culture
Opportunities to grow within the Nordics and across the broader McDonald’s ecosystem
You are a builder at heart.
You enjoy taking something that works in theory and making it work reliably in reality. You are comfortable working from partially defined inputs and know how to create structure, momentum, and outcomes.
You combine technical execution with product thinking, and you care about both how solutions are built and how they perform over time.
Have hands-on experience building AI solutions, agents, automations, or internal tools
Have worked with modern AI platforms and tooling, such as n8n, Copilot Studio, Azure AI, OpenAI or similar
Have experience integrating AI solutions with APIs and business systems
Are comfortable taking a solution from requirements or PoC to production and ongoing management
Have experience with product ownership, including backlog management and iterative development
Are skilled in creating practical, scalable, and maintainable solutions
Thrive in environments where execution, speed, and quality must be balanced
Experience with AI governance, compliance, and responsible AI practices
Familiarity with cloud-based AI services and architectures
Experience with lightweight scripting (e.g., Python, JavaScript)
working in retail, QSR, or multi-unit environments
Collaborating across product, engineering, and business teams
Curious? Even if you’re not actively looking, we welcome confidential conversations, reach out and we’ll tell you more.
This is a Nordic role with flexibility in where you are based. The position can be based in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, or Helsinki. As this is a cross-Nordic role, some travel should be expected.
In this recruitment process, McDonald's / Food Folk is partnering with Aliby – The Pink Company.
As interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. For questions, please contact: Lars Ohlson at +46 70 588 81 75 or [email protected]
McDonald's is the largest restaurant chain in the Nordics, serving iconic products like the Big Mac and world-famous fries to 600,000 guests every day. With more than 430 restaurants and approximately 20,000 employees, McDonald’s delivers great restaurant experiences across the region.
Since 2017, Food Folk has held the license rights for McDonald’s in the Nordics and is responsible for developing the brand across these markets. The Nordic headquarters organization consists of around 220 colleagues working across group functions in a matrix structure.
Food Folk is the largest youth employer in the region, with around 20,000 restaurant employees and approximately 70 franchisees operating across four countries. There are ambitious plans to grow to 600 restaurants by 2030.
With a strong high-performance culture, a focus on sustainability, and a commitment to making a positive impact in the communities we serve, Food Folk continues to shape the future of McDonald’s across the Nordics.
